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Manchester stands in solidarity with London in Town Hall vigil
The Lord Mayor of Manchester led a vigil and a minute of silence on Thursday to honour the victims of Wednesday’s Westminster attack
Lancashire students among injured in London attack
Four Lancashire students were injured in the Westminster attack
Only four UK universities see sexual assault as ‘mitigating circumstances’
The majority of universities in the UK do not explicitly state that being the victim of a sexual assault is an extenuating circumstance for exams
Two arrested in Manchester connected to London attack
The Metropolitan police have so far made two arrests, a man and a woman, in the North West in relation to the Westminster terror attack
Students react to the triggering of Article 50
As Theresa May announces plans for the implementation of Article 50, Manchester students voice their opinions on what it means and how it will affect them
Students face disciplinary action after banner drop
Two students are facing disciplinary hearings after they hung a banner from the roof of a University building
Afzal Khan selected as Labour candidate for Gorton
Afzal Khan, the MEP for the North West and former Lord Mayor of Manchester, has been chosen to represent the Labour Party at the Gorton by-election
Venture further winner and runner up encourage students to enter competition
Leopoldo Rodríguez and Unéné Gregory, previous winner and runner-up the Manchester Enterprise Centre’s Venture Further competition speak about their experience of the competition and encourage students to enter
George Galloway standing in Manchester Gorton by-election
George Galloway has announced he plans to stand in the upcoming Manchester Gorton by-election, calling Labour’s shortlist “not good enough for the people of Gorton”
Controversy: Animal testing
This week, Senior Science & Technology Reporter, Serena Holloway, tackles the ongoing debate on animal testing in pharmaceutical development
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Smear test ‘not needed for lesbian women’?
LGBT+ groups have said that gay women are being told that they do not need mandatory cervical screenings
Brexit and Indyref2 leaves the future of EU students in Scotland unclear
Leaving the EU could put huge financial pressure on Scotland to continue providing free education to non-UK EU students after Brexit
Student found unconscious in Richmond Park halls dies
A 22-year-old student has passed away in Richmond Park university halls in Fallowfield. Police are not treating the death as suspicious
Oxford University to offer summer schools for white working class boys
Summer schools offered to white British working class boys in an attempt to bolster university admissions from this socio-economic group
Burnham announces Graduate Retention Plan
The Labour Mayoral election candidate announced the key student policy at his manifesto launch
University of Manchester student premieres film at HOME
Christopher Murray sits down with The Mancunion to unpack his second feature length film, El Cristo Ciego (The Blind Christ)
Malala Yousafzai wins conditional Oxford PPE offer
The celebrated young humanitarian campaigner Malala Yousafzai has received several offers from British universities
33,062 no-shows for NHS appointments
Central Manchester University Hospitals have seen over an estimated £3,570,696 lost to missed appointments in the past three months alone
Preview: Sex Week 2017
Let’s talk about sex. Here’s the line-up for this year’s annual Sex Week
Holi curfews placed on female students in Delhi
The curfew placed on female students during the spring festival is not the first of its kind, and the campaign against it has now garnered international attention