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Liveblog: SU election candidates – question time
Join us for the liveblog of the “question time” hustings for the positions of Campaigns and Education Officers.
Soul music for soul food?
Can carefully selected transcendental rhythms really enhance out gastronomic experience?
Siemens Executive awarded honorary professorship
Juergen Maier will take up a five year post within the faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Manchester archaeologists win national award
Digging at Ice Age site ‘Star Carr’ captured public interest in a popular vote
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
Exeter students agree tuition fees may have to rise
‘This House Believes Tuition Fees Should Not Increase’ was defeated by student audience in a university debate
Students occupy University of London as protests continue
London students call on their Vice Chancellor to ‘resign immediately’
Fallowfield caterer reaches Food and Farming final
Deborah Kermath, head caterer at Ashburne Hall, has beaten thousands of contestants to reach the finals BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards.
QS to fund MBS scholarships
The funding will cover half the tuition fees for any masters course at the Business School
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
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‘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
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
Manchester scientists discover lung cancer protein
Scientists from the University of Manchester have discovered a new protein that is involved in cancer and inflammation in lung tissue. It is believed the findings of the research, carried out as part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) and published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, could help in the future development of […]
UCL student fined £1000 for chalking
A student from University College London has been fined £1010 for writing a protest slogan in chalk on the building that houses the office of the university’s Vice-Chancellor. Konstancja Duff, 25, was arrested last July on a protest against the outsourcing of university employees’ contracts after writing “sick pay, holidays, pensions now” in chalk on […]
In this world of selfies, groupies, hashtag and yolo, how is traditional photography placed amidst it all?
As photography becomes the most accessible form of art in our ever-progressing world of technology and social media, is it being enriched or undermined by our incessant documenting and uploading of our experiences? Arts Editor Abbie Roberts isn’t sure…a
Cambridge dons call for more female professors
Emphasis on “different types of success” would help promote gender equality in academia, say proposals
180 students’ unions demand universities fix international student fees
Fee increases for international students condemned as “unfair”, by NUS officer
Humanities faculty suggests drastic grading system change
Proposed change in the mark scheme could see students graded in a similar way to the American style of letter grades
OFT considers detailed investigation into ‘non-competitive practices’ at universities
Reports of poor value for money, substandard teaching, and price fixing, may lead to university probe
Exec ignore voters, nix paid Mancunion editor
Sixty-eight per cent of students vote for Mancunion editor to be full-time paid job – but Exec ignore result and remove role as part of cuts to make up for £0.5m deficit