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Food for thought
Joanne Procter offers her expert advice on how to eat smart for the coming exam period.
Champagne: Go out with a bang
Victor Croci, soon to depart Manchester for good, has left us with a guide to show us how to celebrate the coming end-of-year revelry in style. All you need is a flute, a magnum, and post-exam euphoria.
University prospectuses sub par says OFT
The Office of Fair Trading finds no evidence of non-competitive practices at universities, but says they urgently need to improve the quality of information that applicants receive.
MOOCs’ popularity on the rise
More UK universities are starting their own Massive Open Online Courses to help more than their student body learn degree-level material.
UCAS sells access to students’ personal details to advertisers
Company reportedly makes millions for selling access to the personal details of university applicants
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
UMSU General Secretary slams Osborne’s budget
The People’s Assembly held an anti-budget demonstration in the city centre last Wednesday
Manchester Central Library re-opens
The library’s four year renovation is finally complete
Academics predict ‘voteless recovery’ for the Tories
Current trends show economic recovery is not translating into public opinion, according to a group of academics blogging on Policy@Manchester
Angry Birds publisher backs Manchester students’ new ‘hype’ app
App tells people ‘most hyped’ places to be on a night out
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As it happened: University of Manchester Students’ Union Election results 2014
Liveblog for the University of Manchester Students’ Union Election results 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
Living Wage granted to Birmingham University staff
Defend Education protests have resulted in the Living Wage victory
Serial Withington sex attacker assaults four more women
Most of the women attacked have been students
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’
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
Bursaries failing to keep poorer students in university
Universities have been advised not to spend so much on bursaries for disadvantaged students
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’
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
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