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LeadMCR voting has opened

LeadMCR voting has opened

Lead MCR voting has opened for next years’ Exec Officer team – Find out everything you need to know below:
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XR announce four-day Deansgate occupation

XR announce four-day Deansgate occupation

Extinction Rebellion have announced plans for a four-day peaceful occupation of central Manchester street Deansgate
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Year In Review 2019: International Students’ Officer Riddi Viswanathan

Year In Review 2019: International Students’ Officer Riddi Viswanathan

She spent £1,000 on an 83-second-long video on mitigating circumstances
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Year In Review 2019: Education Officer Olivia Meisl

Year In Review 2019: Education Officer Olivia Meisl

Olivia Meisl has enjoyed a very active year as Education Officer at the Students’ Union (SU). She attended 97% of her scheduled meetings, spent just 3.6% of the Exec’s budget, and successfully helped introduce the new Postgraduate Students’ Officer role for 2019/20. Meisl’s £298 spend was mainly on travel for the Lessons From Auschwitz programme, […]
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Year In Review 2019: SU Exec Officers

Year In Review 2019: SU Exec Officers

One Officer spent 41% of the total Exec budget
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Banned candidates win SU elections

Banned candidates win SU elections

Turnout also fell – with only 19.4% of students voting
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Preview: December student Senate

Preview: December student Senate

This Senate session could be one of the most divisive yet
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SU opens zero-waste shop

SU opens zero-waste shop

The shop is in its “experimental” phase, with a full launch scheduled for January 2019
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New exec team protest poem by ‘racist’

New exec team protest poem by ‘racist’

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New artwork in the union is causing somewhat of a stir
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End of year report: exec team 2017-18

End of year report: exec team 2017-18

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In this shocking end of year report, The Mancunion exposes the activities (or lack thereof) of the 2017-18 exec team
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Only 16 per cent of students vote in Exec elections

The Exec elections saw a 36 per cent drop in turnout for 2017 elections, as Alex Tayler becomes General Secretary of the Students’ Union
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Standing opens for the 2017 Exec elections

Standing in the University of Manchester’s Students’ Union Exec elections is now open to students until the 17th of February
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Exec Elections Hustings Live

The Mancunion liveblogs the unofficial hustings for this year’s Exec Team elections
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Exec ignore voters, nix paid Mancunion editor

Sixty-eight per cent of students vote for Mancunion editor to be full-time paid job – but Exec ignore result and remove role as part of cuts to make up for £0.5m deficit
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Meh-lection frenzy sweeps Students’ Union Exec

Exec position nominations see lack of interest, even though advertised for people who “fancy earning £16.6k” or “taking a paid year out”
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Have the Exec kept their promises?

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One semester in – we check if the Exec have kept their promises
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Should Students’ Union executive candidates be allowed to campaign with iPads?

With increased accusations of voter intimidation and the inequity to allowing a tool to be used that costs hundreds, we ask whether iPads should be allowed
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‘Reclaim the Night’ cost Union £7k

But the figures show “not even half of the picture”, says Tabz O’Brien-Butcher
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The importance of being accountable

After last week’s dramatic front page, Emma Bean discusses the importance of holding elected officials to account
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