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15th December 2016
Manchester Enterprise Centre launch Venture Further 2017
The competition offers UoM students and recent alumni a chance to receive expert feedback on their business ideas and the chance to get their business off the ground
15th December 2016
Project invites people to submit the strangest gift ideas
A Northern Quarter creative agency are asking people to submit their strangest gift ideas,to raise awareness for children’s charity Wood Street Mission
14th December 2016
Review: The Infinite Monkey Cage
Megan Harvey reports on seeing the comedy science duo in front of a live audience at the Museum of Science & Industry
13th December 2016
Inter-Faith event at Manchester Students’ Union
An evening of dialogue at Manchester Students’ Union to celebrate and encourage integration between religious communities
8th December 2016
Pro-life students banned from forming group at Strathclyde University
Anti-abortion students at the University of Strathclyde feel their free speech has been violated by the Students’ Association’s decision not to fund their ‘anti-choice group’
8th December 2016
Black students in NUS walkout over ‘institutional racism’
Protesting against the ‘institutional racism’ within the Union, NUS Black Students’ Officer Aadam Muuse led a walkout by people of colour at a major annual NUS meeting
8th December 2016
University of Manchester’s Students’ Union Senate Liveblog
Keep up to date with what’s happening at tonight’s Senate meeting
6th December 2016
Preview: LightUp Fallowfield
The LightUp Fallowfield protest art installation aims to highlight key problems about safety and the dark
6th December 2016
Student running to be NUS delegate pledges to defeat ISIS
A student running to be an NUS delegate under the slogan ‘the NUS is a bit shit isn’t it’ has pledged to build a 217ft statue of Malia Bouattia, and defeat ISIS
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5th December 2016
Manchester Labour Students in disarray
Following the publication of ‘Manchester Labour Students move left’ to unofficial Momentum magazine The Clarion, yet more divisions begin to reveal themselves within MLS
5th December 2016
The misrepresentation of the Syrian conflict
Ryan Khurana discusses the damage caused by the misinformation and over-simplification that surrounds the ongoing conflict in Syria
5th December 2016
Men more likely to suffer from academic ‘imposter syndrome’ than women
A recent study by the University of Houston shows that male academics are more likely to suffer from work-related anxiety, depression, and ‘Imposter Syndrome’ than their female counterparts
2nd December 2016
Petition for a referendum on NUS membership at Manchester goes live
A petition has been launched on the University of Manchester’s Students’ Union website calling for a referendum on membership of the NUS
2nd December 2016
City AM Newspaper criticised for auctioning internship for £650
As debates about the problem of unpaid internships continue, one work experience position has gone on offer at a cost, stirring concerns about inclusivity
2nd December 2016
Review: NUS North West Regional Activists Network
Lily Sheehan’s report on the first ever NUS North West Regional Activists Network meeting
2nd December 2016
Free education protestors occupy University of Warwick building
Student protesters occupied The Slate, the University of Warwick’s new conference building, to protest against the “devastating consequences” of the government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework
2nd December 2016
Boxed: the student-run charity project for the homeless
Boxed UoM needs your help this Christmas with its shoebox initiative
2nd December 2016
Working class students win protection against class appropriation
Does the University need to do more to tackle class discrimination on and off campus?
2nd December 2016
Newcastle to give special dispensation for distressing topics
The University of Newcastle has suggested that students should gain extra time on exam papers which deal with potentially ‘triggering’ topics