Skip to main content

equality Articles

Dear fresher females studying STEM

Elrica Degirmen offers her view on the dangers for women in STEM subjects
Read more

Grammar Schools: do your homework, Mrs May

Would the opening up of new grammar schools really help create the meritocratic society envisaged by Mrs May?
Read more

Are universities sexist?

Recent studies have found that only 22% of professors are female. Does this mean that universities are inherently sexist?
Read more

Muslim women academically outperform male counterparts

Academics find that Muslim women now outnumber Muslim men in the number of people aged 21-24 with higher education degrees, in stark contrast to past statistics
Read more

University wins award for gender equality in physics

University of Manchester’s Department of Physics claims prestigious award for gender equality
Read more

10 reasons why the gender pay gap matters to you

What you should know about the gender pay gap and why it’s a bigger problem than you might think…
Read more

GCSE results reflect a north-south divide

This summer’s GCSE results draw attention to worryingly stark regional educational inequality in Britain
Read more

Are ‘smart’ drugs slowing down our development?

Alexander Piggot asks whether the growth of smart drugs is leading to educational inequality and making us less intellectually able
Read more

“Black History Month reminds me how important voice is.”

Ariel Nash reflects on what Black History Month means to her and the powerful potential of the BME movement in art and culture
Read more

Review: Black History Month student-staff networking event

Diana Khasa reviews one of BME MCR’s Black History Month events
Read more

Domestic Abuse: A double standard

Everybody knows that physical violence is wrong, so why are men hit so much harder when being charged with domestic abuse?
Read more

A year of change for the LGBT community

Hannah McGrory reviews the monumental changes that 2015 has brought to the LGBT community and considers what the future holds in Manchester and beyond
Read more

Stonewall event to be held at North Campus

An LGBT+ panel discussion hosted as a collaboration between charity Stonewall, the Albert Kennedy Trust, and Sparkle, will be hosted by the University of Manchester this Sunday
Read more

What Black History Month Means to Me

At the university, it’s Black History Month every October. A few students were asked what Black History Month meant to them
Read more

The role of men in feminism

Men need to contribute to feminism too argues Deepanshi.
Read more

The Hateriarchy

Feminism is hardly bashful and the pervasive misandry is only serving to make men resentful, says author Swayne O’Pie
Read more

Theatrical hat-trick: football, suffragettes and heroism at the Octagon

Andrew Georgeson heads to Bolton Octagon to review Tull, a dramatisation of racial struggle
Read more