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

The increase in student prostitution has initiated a £500,000 investigation by Swansea University

Police presence is increased after a string of crimes in south Manchester

Economics student “takes something everyone is familiar with and puts a twist on it”

Applicant figures for private university BBP have seen a large increase this year while publicly funded universities have suffered

A sentence of 10 years has been given to the abductor and torturer of a Salford man

Free online tuition service, the Khan Academy, provides thousands of videos allowing students of any age to develop their knowledge on a range of subjects

Hearty congratulations must go to the University this week after they resolved to pay all of their staff in line with their own pay scales. This means that service staff will be paid at least £7.80 an hour. Given the difficult economic climate and financial difficulties hitting the higher education sector it is particularly commendable […]

If a pint is the equivalent calories of a doughnut, maybe I should rethink my drink

Elyssa Mckeown tells us what bento is and where to get it

Medical students study war, refugee camps, floods and genocides in a new degree course at Manchester University

Oliver Taylor and Oliver Harman discuss whether Uni Place should be the start of Manchester’s version of Times Square, NY.

A cannabis farm containing 400 plants has been found under a trap door in Greater Manchester. The farm was discovered in Whitefield, Bury by police on the 8th February. 200 mature plants and 200 seedlings were found concealed by a makeshift trap door in the basement of a house on Dales Lane. Inspector Mark commented […]

Vince Cable has dropped plans to charge students for re-paying their student loans early

We’re fast approaching that time in the union calendar where the real fun begins: Student Media Week, obviously. From next Monday the Steve Biko Building will become a shining temple of all things media-related. While we encourage students to get involved with the student paper, radio station and online TV channel all year round, we […]

“after just under five months, they have raised over £27,000.”

In some years as many as 90 percent of those caught cheating in exams have been international students

‘MikeJoslin’ finished ahead of ‘Michel Foucault’ and ‘Margaret Thatcher’

Exam procrastination (well, procrastination in general in fact), is something us students are undeniably aware of. With the popularity of sites such as Facebook and Twitter, this has only been further enabled. However, the start of the exam period this year saw University of Manchester student Sean (who asked for his surname not to be […]