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17th November 2012

Tuition fees ‘biggest contributing factor to inflation’

Savings from fee increases “mostly taken up” by extra annual spending created by inflation
17th November 2012

Get lost, Get Baked

This student baking venture needs to up its game
17th November 2012

Let me tell you about Chorlton

Are you sitting comfortably? Let Ben Walker watalk you through the culinary hot-spots of charming Chorlton
16th November 2012

GMP hires apprentices to work for under Minimum Wage

Apprentices will be paid £10,000 a year compared to the National Minimum Wage of around £12,000 a year
16th November 2012

MMU students exhibit protest art

‘The Art of Protest: MMUnion Edition’ exhibited student artwork at MMUnion
16th November 2012

Students to face random ‘smart drug’ tests?

10% of students in the UK take ‘cognitive enhancing’ drugs
14th November 2012

42nd Street makes old-school glamour its own

Helen McCarthy reviews ’42nd Street’ at the Palace Theatre
14th November 2012

Women cheat in exams twice as much as men at Manchester

– Student discipline cases up by 70% – International students make up majority of cases – Academic Appeals against ‘poor supervision’ up fivefold
13th November 2012

‘Coalition to blame for low PCC elections turnout,’ says Lloyd

Greater Manchester’s PCC candidates faced questions from members of the public at the University
13th November 2012

Mormons to open church on Oxford Road

Alcohol-free chapel in the heart of Manchester’s student land will open in 2014

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12th November 2012

Car wash company launched on campus

The University teams up with charity to help boost employment among locals
12th November 2012

Manchester’s award-winning Creative Writing professor

Manchester’s Jeanette Winterson wins Independent Booksellers Book Prize and is Stonewalls’ Writer of the Year
12th November 2012

Restaurants ask customers to donate to the homeless for Christmas

A campaign returns to Manchester asking restaurant customers to add £1 to their bill to help the homeless this winter
12th November 2012

“Do demonstrations actually change anything?”

Campaigns and Citizenship Officer Khalil Secker seeks to challenge the notion that protest is pointless in the face of growing apathy
12th November 2012

Students’ Union sticks with NUS

A potential referendum on whether to remain part of the NUS was voted against
11th November 2012

‘All student journalists are dickheads,’ blasts Union President

Queen Mary Student’s Union President lashes out at students declaring them ‘morons’ and ‘liars’
8th November 2012

Notorious anti-abortion group chanted off campus

Women’s rights campaigners create counter-protest in response to graphic images on display
8th November 2012

News in brief – 12th November

A top tourism award, buses fuelled by household waste and 500 calls to the fire brigade on Bonfire Night
8th November 2012

Cocktail masterclass from The Liquorists

We spoke to Jody Monteith of The Liquorists, who gave us a few tips to revolutionise your drinking habits
8th November 2012

£12.8m University funding boost for cancer research

The money will part-fund a £38 million partnership to improve cancer research in Manchester