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‘Free university’ founded in Liverpool
Academics will work unpaid and rely on donations for teaching resources
A night on the tiles: students sleep rough to raise money for the homeless
Charity praises public response and calls for more student participation
Anti-trespass legislation may criminalise sit-ins
NUS promises to make law preventing student occupations ‘politically impossible’
Student suspended after anti-Clegg protest – NUS silent
Birmingham’s Vice President of Education is suspended after protest during Lib Dem conference
Clubs depend on students for both work and play
‘The importance of particularly student-festive periods can not be underestimated for clubs which experience business cycles so closely linked to the student calendar.’
Jailed: the fast food worker who stalked and raped students
Asim Javed faces an indeterminate prison sentence for attacking two women in Fallowfield and Didsbury. Joshua Carroll, Catriona Gray, Duncan Jaycock and Hannah Tosh report
Stories from the West Bank: A Curfew Day in the Camp
Last year the University of Manchester Students’ Union mandated The Mancunion to feature the stories of students at Al-Najah University, which our students’ union is twinned with. Al-Najah is based in Nablus, in the West Bank. The aim of this is to show the everyday experiences of students in the Palestinian territories. Here is an account given by student Sa’ed Abu Ayash.
Boy hit by police van – force are ‘devastated’
Police are investigating the collision which left a 13-year-old in hospital
Manchester medics to get free iPads
Exclusive: Medical students will get the tablets as part of a pilot scheme, the first of its kind in the UK. Ruth Wildman, Khalil Secker and Emily Cant report.
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Man falls out of moving car during ‘assault’
Details of the incident are not clear but two women have been charged with assault
Engineers first to study drone design
Students on the masters course at Southampton are the first to be taught how to design unmanned aerial vehicles
Formula milk banned in Manchester hospital
A Manchester hospital is to stop giving out formula milk to encourage new mothers to breastfeed
Man who died chasing thief: suspect found
A man has been arrested for theft after David Schofield died chasing the thief who stole his mobile phone
Higher bursaries fail to attract poorer applicants
More than 20 universities failed to reach target levels for attracting poor students, despite the offer of means-tested awards
Labour would cut tuition fees by a third, says Miliband
The universities minister and the NUS say the policy will not encourage poorer students to enrol
Charles Kennedy launches attack on Lib Dems
Former party leader has made an attack in new film
Student arrested after ‘hate Clegg’ protest
Elected officer in the Birmingham Guild of Students arrested after ‘causing danger to road users’