Antonia Jennings dissects Michael Gove’s planned changes to the English exam system

Lisa Murgatroyd’s take on the perpetual debate of broadening access to higher education

Students have been blamed for Manchester being put on the map as the UK’s piracy capital, but is it really a crime?

It is an unfortunate result of living under American cultural hegemony that we are treated to an awful lot of shit television. Much of it is drivel, both drama and comedy, yet it clogs up the schedule each day. While making perfect hangover viewing that acts as a kind of valium to dull your aching […]

Since it’s birth one year ago, the Occupy Movement has spread across the world, writes Eve Fensome

Soapbox Issue 2.

One woman, two jobs: Maria Miller as culture secretary and minister for women and equalities?

The embarrassment of Britain’s failing railways

Antonia Jennings looks into the problem of immigration and population decline.

As pioneers in computer science, the University of Manchester needs to catch up with the times or fall behind in the dark ages of classroom focused teaching.

Every year students are being scammed, but what is anybody doing about it?

Sounding off about the gripes and irks of everyday life

Eve Fensome meets the new leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett

In October 2012, the Mayan’s prophecy looks set to be fulfilled. It’s the story of the year- an issue which encapsulates the current struggle for justice and divisions in our society. Something one man, elected to our democratic chamber called “a major issue, not just in Cornwall, but across the country”. Yes, it is the […]

Personally, I was glad to see such an overwhelming response to the video.

Is the survey just a game to be played?

When the works on, the sun’s out

Andrew Williams meets influential Conservative blogger and commentator Iain Dale to discuss his political career, the Coalition government and why Ed Miliband fails the ‘Number 10 doorstep test’

Even while under oppressive Arab regimes, Arab people have remained faithful to Palestine, but, in light of this support, what have Palestinian citizens and more specifically the Palestinian government given in return, especially in the case of the ongoing struggle in Syria?

The most striking aspect of the whole saga is not the unanswered questions that remain…but the utter indifference