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24th March 2014

UCAS sells access to students’ personal details to advertisers

Company reportedly makes millions for selling access to the personal details of university applicants
24th March 2014

Four of the Sussex five let off with cautionary letter

Despite the large total cost of £32,044 claimed by the university, four of the sussex five will receive an official University of Sussex warning letter and no further reprimand
20th March 2014

As it happened: University of Manchester Students’ Union Election results 2014

Liveblog for the University of Manchester Students’ Union Election results 2014
17th March 2014

Female students more ‘psychologically resilient’

In comparison to men, women with ‘resilience’ are much more likely to get a first or 2:1 in their first year than those without
17th March 2014

Living Wage granted to Birmingham University staff

Defend Education protests have resulted in the Living Wage victory
17th March 2014

Serial Withington sex attacker assaults four more women

Most of the women attacked have been students
17th March 2014

Gang stalk and assault student on Oxford Road

The 20-year-old female student was followed for over a mile and assaulted by a gang ‘like animals stalking their prey’
17th March 2014

Student witnesses may be key to assault investigation

Appeal for student witnesses after incident outside South nightclub, hosting a Murkage night, linked to man’s death
17th March 2014

Bursaries failing to keep poorer students in university

Universities have been advised not to spend so much on bursaries for disadvantaged students
17th March 2014

Manchester students’ success in Shell competition with ‘solar tree’ idea

The project will offer ‘communities in the developing world that aren’t connected to the national grid…use of their biggest source of energy’

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17th March 2014

Islamic Society hosts ‘Community Week’

The Islamic Society have been fundraising for Christie hospital as part of their campaign to give back to the local community
13th March 2014

Liveblog: Question Time – Gen Sec and Diversity

Join us for live coverage of the last SU election hustings – Gen Sec and Diversity candidates answer students’ questions
12th March 2014

Soul music for soul food?

Can carefully selected transcendental rhythms really enhance out gastronomic experience?
12th March 2014

Liveblog: SU election candidates – question time

Join us for the liveblog of the “question time” hustings for the positions of Campaigns and Education Officers.
10th March 2014

Working classes must ‘fit in’ to ‘middle class world’ to go to university, says government adviser

Peter Brant claims acting middle class will encourage the working class to apply to top universities
10th March 2014

‘Lost City’ Pangaea makes loss of £4,000

Slow ticket sales and damages paid to the Union means festival loses money and now has smaller budget for Summer
10th March 2014

Students show solidarity with lecturers’ marking boycott

– Open letter to Dame Nancy Rothwell calls for fair pay for lecturers – Marking boycott to start 28th April
10th March 2014

Siemens Executive awarded honorary professorship

Juergen Maier will take up a five year post within the faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
10th March 2014

Manchester archaeologists win national award

Digging at Ice Age site ‘Star Carr’ captured public interest in a popular vote
10th March 2014

Student caught using university computers to ‘mine’ Dogecoin

Imperial College student banned from computing facilities after ‘mining’ online currency, which follows a similar incident at Harvard University