News Archive
18th November 2013
Working class students under-represented at elite universities
Higher education class gap can’t be explained by grade difference
18th November 2013
1994 Group university research lobby disbands
The research lobby split this month, following half its members leaving
18th November 2013
Biology team wins prize for synthetic palm oil
A team of students won the prestigious prize after modifying a version of E.coli
18th November 2013
Student Assembly endorses ‘Save Our Veggie Café’ campaign
Supporting the Veggie Cafe becomes official Students’ Union policy
18th November 2013
Petition launched to save Disability Studies
Over 900 signatures, supporters include Members of Parliament
18th November 2013
Gang invades house in Withington and cuts jewelry off occupants
Family left traumatised after gang attack
18th November 2013
American university bans electronic music to curb MDMA use
Students rail against banning with petitions and protest
Exchange student says less drug taking than in Manchester
18th November 2013
Manchester Professor leads UK relief team in Philppines
Professor Redmond leads medical team in £10million emergency relief efforts
17th November 2013
Ode to Battery Chickens and Force Fed Geese
‘Chicken Run’ is one of those films which upon enunciating the name, stirs up the flame and fire deep in every child’s bosom. It is a story awash with freedom and slavery, honour and treachery, bravery and cowardice, but above all it is an epic tale recounting the exploits of how a group of battery […]
17th November 2013
Food for Sleep
Fed up of counting sheep? Faye Waterhouse has the food and drink solution.
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17th November 2013
Lessons Learnt: How to Make a Hungover Sunday Roast
Still feeling a fair bit sorry for myself after a rather turbulent Friday night Halloween party, on Sunday my boyfriend and I had the brilliant idea to cook us up a roast, and cook it up good. Inevitably, all did not go to plan, and I learned some valuable lessons that day, some of which […]
17th November 2013
Freeganism
Maddy Hubbard investigates those who use the term ‘bargain bin’ quite literally.
11th November 2013
Outrage at Chester students’ 9/11 Halloween costumes
Two Chester students have found their choice of Halloween costumes come under intense scrutiny
11th November 2013
Oxford rugby players punished for “free pussy” social
Pembroke College rugby players barred from playing in the first round of the season
11th November 2013
‘I’m no crack mayor,’ says Manchester’s Ford
Canadians confused the politics lecturer with the recently disgraced Toronto mayor
11th November 2013
Hosts to be punishable for partygoers’ actions
New legislation will also give councils power to temporarily evict repeatedly anti-social tenants, and ability to recover costs from unhelpful landlords
11th November 2013
Coke back in Students’ Union
No motion to continue the Union’s ban on the product was submitted
11th November 2013
Suspect denies murdering MMU lecturer and family
The businessman denied four counts of murder at Northampton Crown Court
11th November 2013
Student shoppers send city-centre sales soaring
Students in Manchester bring near £1billion to the local economy each year
11th November 2013
Fees should rise with inflation, says Universities UK President
Cap on fees is ‘not sustainable’ according to University of Surrey vice-chancellor