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

The University of Manchester is up thirty places in a national university ‘green’ league table

Having formed little more than a year ago and with less than a week to go before they embark on their first UK tour as headliners, everything seems to be falling together nicely for Palma Violets.  They’ve just signed to Rough Trade this year, they’ve played the likes of Bestival and Reading this summer and […]

Policy calls also for increased public investment in science and research and for an immigration system that encourges “bona fide students” to come to the UK with the most talented to stay.

A library lottery win, app-ordering drinks in Deansgate and a vigil held in memory of police officers

Demonstrators against A C Grayling’s new private college called for its closure on the first day of term

Business people from around the North-West praise the new MMU Business School

Councillor made off-colour remark to the wife of a serving officer

Stressed students pay thousands to cheat – “this goes all the way up to the Ivy League”

A study has found that most European languages lack the technological support required to survive in the digital age

– Commons cost around £24m
– 24/7 facilities
– Alumni celebrated inside

UK fee increases are tempting more students into studying at US universities

A man has been jailed for six years after revealing a drug empire while giving evidence in a murder trial

Pair run 180 miles from Manchester to London to fund scholarships for students suffering with brain injuries

Why I love: Alan Bennett Without doubt the master of comedy on the stage. From The History Boys to Habeas Corpus, he can make even the printed words in the hard copy hilarious, never mind the on-stage action. And Bennett’s constant collaborations with the National Theatre’s Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner not only means the staging […]

Fancy escaping Manchester for an afternoon? Here are some of the best places you can go to escape the city

RBS, Natwest and HSBC promise to refund millions of pounds worth of uncollected ATM money

William Chambers hosts our first night of erroneous olives and inventive duvet covers

Your guide to Chorlton courtesy of The Mancunion