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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.

15th November 2015

A young man and his girlfriend have been attacked in the centre of Fallowfield, leaving a young man in a serious but stable condition

13th November 2015

The Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity hopes to name Thomson’s newest plane SuperJosh in honour of their namesake

13th November 2015

Data obtained by the Taxpayers’ Alliance reveals some of the most highly-paid staff members at HE institutions

12th November 2015

We sat down with Sam Ward, the young man at the head of one of the fastest-growing local breweries around, Tweed

12th November 2015

As part of Global Fest, the Indian Society will host a Diwali Mela, complete with the “wildest” of afterparties

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12th November 2015

Calling all chocolate lovers—this easy and dangerously delicious fridge cake is a winter comfort that you’ll want to make again and again

12th November 2015

Just another bar, or a good hangout with easy food? Felix Sanders explores

12th November 2015

Outrage as union club night, hosted by DJ Lee Watson, “exploited and degraded” women during a game to win a free ticket to sports tour

11th November 2015

Next Monday, the Student Parents and Carers stall will be outside University Place to offer support and advice to those who care for a family member or child

11th November 2015

HEFCE admit statistics released this summer, suggesting state school students did better at university than privately educated students, were reversed

11th November 2015

The ALDI discount store in the student area was robbed by four men carrying dangerous weapons recently

11th November 2015

The BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage series recorded their latest episode at the Museum of Science and Industry in which they explored the unknown 95 per cent of the universe—dark energy and dark matter

11th November 2015

Helena Maxwell-Jackson heads to Chorlton to find out

11th November 2015

In an attempt to highlight the debt that students are getting into, one art student plans a controversial project

11th November 2015

Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer, Dr Beate Peter, has created an exhibition inspired by her previous clubbing days in Manchester’s iconic Haçienda