As part of our Welcome Week Education Special, David Brierley tells us why he thinks the failure of A-levels and standardised testing makes university a more exciting opportunity.

General secretary Grace Skelton responds to last week’s elections criticism, reminding you why you should vote

With the ‘I, too, am’ project sweeping universities around the world, Alice Rigby addressed the casual prejudices we witness every day

Following the #idebate in Manchester last week, Alice Rigby and Charlotte Green debate whether or not young people should abandon Westminster as a way of creating political change

Amelie Eckersley argues that deeming sanitary products ‘non-essential’ and attaching a 5 per cent VAT unfairly disadvantages women

Lauren Gorton questions why the media have overlooked discrimatory legislation in the USA but damned Russia for its ‘anti-propaganda’ bill

Charlotte Green argues that attributing life choices down to economic need not only devalues women’s decisions to sexually empower themselves, but also undermines the concept of female self-determination

Alice Rigby argues that Manchester needs a re-invigoration of the student electoral system to make us believe in our executive and union representatives

Ben Fearn explains why US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is his political villain…

The sex trade is flourishing across the country; including in Manchester. Lauren Wills argues that we need to act now to win the fight against slavery

Michael Selby-Green argues that corporate tax avoidance in the ‘developing world’ is a crime the UK is becoming more complicit in

Christopher James argues the time has come to reconsider our social media ethics

Morris Seifert argues that we need a prison system inclined towards compassion not incarceration

Alice Rigby explains why former Prime Minister Tony Blair is her political villain…

Martha Clarke discusses feminism, solidarity, and how twitter abuse doesn’t solve anything

After a spate of human rights pages being deleted from Facebook, Lauren Gorton asks whether it is taking its history-making role seriously

Ben Fearn explains why politician David Lloyd George is his political hero…

In light of the arrests of students at the University of Birmingham, Jenny Sterne argues that universities should be fostering protest, not criminalising it

Bernadette Chapman argues that we desperately need more women on the front bench of politics

Arthur Baker explains the need for the Arts and Humanities