Scientists convert human skin cells into brain cells

Low cost renting will become a greater concern once the cost of attending university increases next year; the likes of Ad Hoc offer considerable competition to Halls of Residence accommodation and university-operated rental services

Campaigners voice their fears over ACTA and internet censorship

Museum schemes offer Mancunians a way out of the recession with training programmes and practical work experience

The most popular can boast bigger brains

David Miliband discusses the implications for social mobility after the tutition fee increase at a Q&A session at the University of Manchester

Future day computers may have graphene at their core

The former mayor of London has pledged to give students in London EMA

Heart attack scar tissue repaired by stem cells

Well what do you know? Student elections are upon us once again.

University of Manchester ‘invisibility cloak’ could prevent earthquake damage

A Syrian student at Manchester tells of the extreme torture his father suffered in a Syrian jail

Dutch researchers hope to have the world’s first lab-grown burger by the end of 2012

As The Mancunion reveals that students are increasingly being targeted by sex attackers, rapist Asim Javed faces an indeterminate prison sentence for attacking two women in Fallowfield and Didsbury

UK manufacturer aims to radically reduce weight and size, from cars to military drones

Almost half of the lunar rocks brought back have gone astray

Alcohol and kebabs are the answer to an economic mystery

Campaigners drew attention to the lack of basic living conditions for asylum seekers by sleeping out on the street

An £1,200 unpaid dinner bill is the final straw for Oxford University’s Conservative Association

Whilst English, Welsh and Northern Irish applicants face £9,000 fees.