News Archive
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