News Archive
27th January 2017
Vince Cable: universities in danger of being “main casualties” of Brexit
Former business secretary claims that loss of access to Horizon 2020 and Erasmus schemes could have damaging effects
27th January 2017
Preview: LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month returns to Manchester this February with a plethora of events across the city
27th January 2017
British people should learn community languages
Changes to the languages we are taught at school may be made in a bid to improve the UK’s economic standing and the social integration of immigrants
27th January 2017
King’s College London admits to email monitoring
The university insists that email monitoring is within its rights, and is important to monitor potential radicalisation of students
27th January 2017
‘City of Trees’ launched in Manchester
New research by the University demonstrates the many benefits of a project aiming to plant 3 million trees, one for every man, woman, and child in Greater Manchester
27th January 2017
Interview: Naa Acquah — General Secretary
Our Editor-in-Chief chats to Naa Acquah before her final semester working as General Secretary in the Students’ Union, discussing recent controversies within the NUS, the changes she has overseen on campus, and her hopes for the future of the Union
27th January 2017
Inspired by the Women’s March? Get involved in Manchester
There is a myriad of events happening in 2017 in Manchester to fight for gender equality and women’s rights, so if the Women’s March inspired you to get involved, here’s a short round-up of how you can
27th January 2017
NSS boycott launched as university opts into TEF
The University of Manchester will enter the Teaching Excellence Framework, which will allow better-performing universities to raise fees above the £9,000 cap
27th January 2017
Northumbria University fined for caffeine test
Two students were hospitalised after given a caffeine dose equivalent to 300 cups of coffee in a non-risk assessed test
25th January 2017
NUS react to Ipsos MORI’s early release of the NSS
The NUS claim the early release of the National Student Survey shows “IPSOS MORI is bricking it”, over the NUS’s boycott of the survey
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15th January 2017
Sankeys Manchester shuts its doors
Despite multiple closings and re-openings in the past, it seems Sankeys Manchester is to close for the final time after the building was bought by property developers
13th January 2017
Brexit Britain: lessons from the 2016 Olympics
From the Olympics to the Tour De France, 2016 was a year full of British sporting success stories. But what can they teach us about national identity, immigration and Brexit?
11th January 2017
NUS Vice-President caught on film planning to oust President
An NUS Vice-President was filmed by an undercover Al Jazeera reporter admitting that he was involved in organising groups working against the NUS President Malia Bouattia
11th January 2017
Manchester refute claim that Vice-Chancellor is highest expenses claimant
The Sunday Times reported that Dame Nancy Rothwell’s expenses are the highest among UK university chiefs, as well as revealing that Vice-Chancellors had claimed expenses for bottles of water and slices of cake
8th January 2017
Baroness Deech’s claims that UoM is a ‘no-go’ for Jewish Students criticised
UJS and Manchester J-Soc have dismissed Baroness Deech’s claims that Jewish Students are unlikely to attend Manchester University due to anti-Semitism within the student body
8th January 2017
Standing opens for the 2017 Exec elections
Standing in the University of Manchester’s Students’ Union Exec elections is now open to students until the 17th of February
6th January 2017
Fraudulent degree selling websites targeted
The government are cracking down on companies who are duping students into acquiring fraudulent degrees
2nd January 2017
Elrow uses ‘disrespectful’ picture of Hindu god in promotional poster
There has been outrage in reaction to Elrow’s use of a Hindu God in their promotional material, prompting many to accuse them of ‘appalling’ cultural appropriation
23rd December 2016
KCL lecturer calls LGBT+ campaigners the ‘Gaystapo’
A KCL lecturer has likened LGBT students to Nazis following a long campaign to remove a portrait of KCL alumnus Lord Carey of Clifton, following his comments opposing same-sex marriage and advocating conversion therapy
19th December 2016
Huaxia Supplementary School’s 20th Anniversary
Tom Patterson reports on this month’s 20th anniversary celebrations of Huaxia Supplementary School