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24th November 2015

For another year the gap between men and women entering higher education gets bigger, with women being a third more likely to enter university than men and dominate subjects including Medicine, Biology and Law

23rd November 2015

Representatives from across the climate change movement met on campus to promote student and public protest ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. On the 12th of November 2015, Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett, Asas Rehman from Friends of the Earth and  representative of the Campaign Against Climate Change Martin Empson, addressed over 100 students […]

23rd November 2015

Food Editor Elena Gibbs cooks up a vegetarian Ottolenghi-inspired middle eastern feast

23rd November 2015

Elena Gibbs spins a 4PLY yarn about the Northern Quarter’s hippest pizza joint

20th November 2015

Protesters took to the Trafford Town Hall this past week to protest recent budget cuts for disabled students

20th November 2015

Free education is to be provided to more than one million young people in conflict zones across the globe by the university

20th November 2015

Gemma Sowerby speaks to Manchester students on their years abroad in Paris about their experiences in the midst of the deadly terror attacks, and the atmosphere of the aftermath, rooted in hope and solidarity

20th November 2015

A new wave of harsh cuts to HE institutions’ funding has left academics in financial uncertainty and fear. Many are struggling to pay for their homes and even food

20th November 2015

University of York cancels International Men’s Day celebrations after controversy regarding a statement from a member of the equalities board

20th November 2015

International scholars will gather at Brunel University later this month for a conference on the Kardashian family, dubbed the ‘Kimposium’

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18th November 2015

Perisha Kudhail sees green with delicious Matcha treats at CHA.ology

18th November 2015

Ellie Gibbs reviews the two day Northern coffee party going on in Victoria Warehouse

17th November 2015

Ahead of Thursday’s talk to Manchester students on how he built his business, Hotel Chocolat co-founder Angus Thirlwell talks to Ellie Gibbs

16th November 2015

Manchester joins Harvard and Cambridge in top 25 of University Employability league table demonstrating its appeal to firms across the globe

16th November 2015

What’s in the Higher Education green paper: Risk of higher fees, more bureaucracy, and an easier route for “providers” to set up new universities

16th November 2015

Ten UK institutions have divested funds from fossil fuel companies ahead of UN climate talks. The move has been praised by other members of the divestment movement

16th November 2015

Greater Manchester Police appeal to the student community to help in the search for the key witness in the Fallowfield rape case

16th November 2015

A new online tool from the University of Manchester could reduce the time between when patients detect cancer symptoms and actually go to the doctor

16th November 2015

The Conservatives green paper, Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, has been accused of “holding our young people and our country back” by Lucy Powell MP.

16th November 2015

The winner of a prestigious teaching award has spoken out against the standardised test culture often found in schools. Nancie Atwell believes that this approach limits learning by students