This week I examine what went wrong with The Welcome Week Party and M13 Festival

– “83 is good but it’s not good enough”
– University targeting improvements to feedback and academic support

Students, trade unionists and activists lobbied outside the Labour Party Conference against NHS cutbacks

A fire caused by sausages, the death of a model and an attack in Rochdale

Police are appealing for information about an assault on a homeless man in Whitworth Park last month

George Galloway is suing the NUS after they referred to him as “rape denier” and banned him from speaking at their events

Students can now compare details of every UK university course on new Unistats website

‘Prestigious’ universities still advertising places for over 13,500 courses

A report has found that an extra 10,000 annual science graduates are needed to maintain the UK economy

300-million-year-old insects have been visualised from inside rock for the first time.

Jamie Williams talks to The Mancunion about getting involved with Manchester Conservative Future

A man was remanded in prison for five months on a charge of rape after a mistake was made processing his DNA for an unrelated incident

20 students enrol on £8,500 a year ‘Comedy Practices’ course

The High Master of The Manchester Grammar School claims that ‘positive discrimination’ acts against privately educated pupils

The 180 run raised money for a Trust set up in memory of a former university of Manchester student

Geography student wows dragons with parking app

New figures show there is a wide and increasing gap between the finances of UK universities. In 2010-11, gross income per full-time equivalent student income per student ranged from over £65,000 at Cambridge to just £7,050 at Edge Hill University, with the national average being under £15,000. A funding inequality that is greater than the […]

A government initiative to loan money to students and young people has launched. The Start-Up Loans scheme, announced in May 2011’s Budget, will lend £82.5 million to prospective entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 24. Loans of up to £2500 are offered with £10 million of funding available in 2012 and the rest being made available […]

A high-salt solution can reduce inflammation in body tissue, a new study has shown

Disgruntled billionaire father offers ‘bounty’ to the man who wins over his daughter