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Oxbridge raise bar in admissions process
Prospective students will have to face more tests and achieve better results next year to gain places at the prestigious institutions
News in brief – 22nd Oct
Furious Man City fans, a cake-baking law graduate and GMP facing a large fine
University leaders stop foreign students queuing overnight
Complaints from university leaders have led to a new ruling meaning international students will no longer have to register in person with the police. Last week foreign students were forced to queue through the night to register at a single office in south-east London within seven days of their arrival and faced “startling difficulties.” This […]
‘Wonder material’ potential mapped out
Potential uses for graphene have been mapped out in a new report
Police seize estimated £1m in drugs and drug money
Police raid 13 houses across Stockport and North Wales in drug operation
UK Universities ‘face collapse into global mediocrity’
University of Manchester slips one place in world rankings
Interview with John Whaite from The Great British Bake Off
Alexandra Williams talks to the former University of Manchester student and GBBO finalist.
Come Have Dinner With Me – Rachel
Rachel’s offering of inter-course entertainment goes down well with the CHDWM crowd
Police link sex attacks in student area
Police increase patrols in Fallowfield and Withington after two sexual assaults in the area
Stressed academics face ‘increasingly intolerable pressure’
University staff are considerably more stressed than the average British working person
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Manchester unveils first British memorial for ‘A Clockwork Orange’ author
A blue plaque is unveiled outside Samuel Alexander for the Manchester graduate
Teenager has stomach removed after 18th birthday celebrations
A liquid nitrogen laced cocktail has left an 18 year in hospital with her stomach removed
Shisha as dangerous as cigarettes, say NHS
Manchester City Council and NHS launch shisha health awareness campaign in effort to publicise dangers of smoking shisha
Manchester Uni Facebook page for ‘hilarious confessions’ launched
Facebook pages created for Manchester university students to tell all their shocking stories
Book Club cross-sections: Emily Clark, Food and Drink editor
We asked fellow Mancunion editor, Emily Clark, what she has been reading (and drinking) this week
Gang injunctions introduced after shootings in Salford
Six shootings over September have led police to pass gang injunctions for the first time
Baking Society
If you don’t join this society you certainly won’t be taking the biscuit
Come Have Dinner With Me – Catherine
Catherine May hosts the second night of jealousy-inducing crockery and a very handsome tarte tatin
Great British Bake Off Drinking Game
In knead of a game to prove you’ve been bread for drinking?
University of Manchester students happiest since 2005, says NSS
83% of students at University of Manchester ‘satisfied’ – up 4% from last year