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Boxed: the student-run charity project for the homeless
Boxed UoM needs your help this Christmas with its shoebox initiative
Working class students win protection against class appropriation
Does the University need to do more to tackle class discrimination on and off campus?
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
Female scientists sign letter against hate
Following Trump’s victory in the US election, nearly 9,000 women have signed an open letter against the “hateful rhetoric that was given a voice” against science and hate
49% of female students are victims of sexual assault
A recent study has revealed that almost half of female students claim to be victims of sexual assault
Jodrell Bank blocks home development plans
Fears of increased signal pollution from new homes behind ruling against 120-home development
Bath chemistry academic leads Christmas Lectures
Professor Saiful Islam, will present ‘Supercharged: Fuelling the Future’ at the 80th anniversary of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
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
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
Review: NUS North West Regional Activists Network
Lily Sheehan’s report on the first ever NUS North West Regional Activists Network meeting
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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
Poorest countries aim to eliminate fossil fuels
Some of the poorest countries in the world, who are heavily affected by increasingly extreme weather conditions, have promised to run on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050
Chicken shop supremacy
‘It is a sad reality, but what is one notch worse than the treatment of restaurant waiters and waitresses, is the treatment of people who work at fast-food outlets’
Student’s new cane design to change visually impaired lives
A wireless cane developed by a Manchester PhD student that detects your surroundings is expected to revolutionise quality of life for the blind and visually impaired
Preview: Interfaith Evening – ‘We Stand Together’
The Students’ Union is hosting an interfaith evening, ‘We Stand Together’, to showcase and promote community cohesion between various faiths in Manchester
32,000 sign petition in favour of proposition to charge cyclists road insurance
A petition has been launched to force cyclists to pay road tax in response to drivers becoming increasingly ‘fed up’ of cyclists disobeying the rules of the road
Trump settles lawsuit against Trump University
Donald Trump has bailed out his controversial University, Trump U, out of a £25 million lawsuit
University of Manchester ranked among lowest for environmental sustainability
The University of Manchester fares poorly in environmental sustainability, while Manchester Metropolitan University ranks an impressive third place
Thousands of students take to London streets to oppose TEF
The National Demo, ‘United for Education’ saw thousands of students march against the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), increasing tuition fees, and the ‘marketisation’ of education
UoM Feminist Collective puts on ground-breaking ‘BAME voices’ poetry night
UoM Feminist Collective hosted an event intended to empower through poetry readings centred around Black and Minority Ethnic voices