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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