News Archive
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
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