Ben Fearn explains why he believes Labour’s spending proposals will result in increased support for the party

60 academics signed a letter calling on the government to drop the plans

A report has found that an extra 10,000 annual science graduates are needed to maintain the UK economy

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

Andrew Williams profiles six of the University of Manchester’s most influential and prestigious scholars, past and present.

Riots in Britain and revolution abroad – it’s been a turbulent year in politics. Andrew Williams looks back, and asks what might be in store for the year ahead

Rob Fuller puts forward the case for Britain’s continued membership of the European Unon

Andrew Williams looks back at a defining era for Italian politics as the curtain falls on Silvio Berlusconi’s premiership