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£300k paid back to UCL students for ‘unacceptable’ accommodation
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
MAP turns ten
The University of Manchester’s Manchester Access Programme turns ten
University network under sustained cyber attack
The University of Manchester and other institutions connected to the Janet network had their internet connections knocked out after sustained attack
Government to cut disabled students’ funding
The government will be shifting the responsibility for paying for equipment, support workers & travel costs for disabled students to universities
MBS students’ Student Nucleus reaches finals of Grad Factor
The Student Nucleus is down to the final 12 to win a set of incredible opportunities to grow their business
University of Sheffield withdraws fossil fuel investment
The University of Sheffield has pledged to withdraw investments in fossil fuels, after mounting pressure from protest groups
Students protest airstrikes on Syria
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
Students’ Union launches nightly shuttle bus service
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
Christmas Poem
‘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, […]
January Pangaea theme revealed
The theme of the 10th birthday of Pangaea Festival, the largest student-led festival in Europe, has been revealed
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Manchester to be carbon neutral by 2050
Manchester City Council has outlined its intentions for the city to be run entirely on green energy within the next 35 years
What’s On: Manchester’s Christmas markets
A team of contributors scope out the best of the Christmas Market offerings to see which of the hut will suit your gut
It’s time to wake up to waste
Hope Rapp tells us all why we should #wastenot and be aware of wasteful practices, both to save money and save waste
UCAS should include school’s average grades to help poorer students
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
Crazy Pedro’s
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
Katie Hopkins left red-faced by Brunel students
A walk-out was staged at Brunel University during Katie Hopkins’ appearance in a debate on welfare
American university offers three day “retreat” to discuss “white privilege”
Three day event organised by the University of Vermont for undergraduates who “self-identify as white” to discuss issues of race and “white privilege”
Cambridge remove fundraising video containing “aggressive racist” alumnus
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
Dispute over Parrs Wood’s proposed academy conversion
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
SU confronts student alcoholism as campus drinking problems rise
Amid growing calls for drinking culture reform and support, the SU is planning a partnership with Alcoholics Anonymous to battle alcoholism in students