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10th December 2015

University College London (UCL) has been made to pay students nearly £300,000 in compensation over noisy and rat-infested housing in second disagreement over substandard accommodation

8th December 2015

The University of Manchester’s Manchester Access Programme turns ten

8th December 2015

The University of Manchester and other institutions connected to the Janet network had their internet connections knocked out after sustained attack

8th December 2015

The government will be shifting the responsibility for paying for equipment, support workers & travel costs for disabled students to universities

7th December 2015

The Student Nucleus is down to the final 12 to win a set of incredible opportunities to grow their business

4th December 2015

The University of Sheffield has pledged to withdraw investments in fossil fuels, after mounting pressure from protest groups

4th December 2015

Students in Manchester and across the country took to the streets while to protest while MPs debated whether to start military action against the IS in Syria

4th December 2015

Students will be driven from the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons straight to their front doors in an attempt to help students feel safer in the city at night after increasing reports of sexual assaults in the last year

4th December 2015

‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the Union, Creatures were stirring, at The Mancunion. Articles were written, published and subbed, Stress levels were rising, shoulders were rubbed. The elves set to work, loading the paper, Deciding how best, to divide the labour. Stitches were sewn, from cover to cover, In order to create, […]

4th December 2015

The theme of the 10th birthday of Pangaea Festival, the largest student-led festival in Europe, has been revealed

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3rd December 2015

Manchester City Council has outlined its intentions for the city to be run entirely on green energy within the next 35 years

3rd December 2015

A team of contributors scope out the best of the Christmas Market offerings to see which of the hut will suit your gut

3rd December 2015

Hope Rapp tells us all why we should #wastenot and be aware of wasteful practices, both to save money and save waste

3rd December 2015

University and College Union ask average performance of an applicant’s school to be considered by UCAS in attempt to get more disadvantaged students into universities

2nd December 2015

Delicious and classy pizza until 4am? If that’s not enough to tempt you, Felix Sanders visits this out-there pizzeria to dish out what’s on offer

2nd December 2015

A walk-out was staged at Brunel University during Katie Hopkins’ appearance in a debate on welfare

2nd December 2015

Three day event organised by the University of Vermont for undergraduates who “self-identify as white” to discuss issues of race and “white privilege”

2nd December 2015

Students and staff of the University of Cambridge have protested a recent video made by the University that contains an alumni with a history of racially insensitive comments

2nd December 2015

Teaching unions express concern over the recent proposal to turn Parrs Wood High School, one of Manchester’s highest performing secondary schools, into an independent academy

2nd December 2015

Amid growing calls for drinking culture reform and support, the SU is planning a partnership with Alcoholics Anonymous to battle alcoholism in students