In an email sent out this afternoon, University Senior Leadership released the findings of the inquiry into the erection of fences around the Fallowfield campus in November
UoM Rent Strike and 9k 4 What have announced a victory for their campaign, as the UoM pledge 30% rent reduction for semester 1
They described the University and SU agreement as ‘patronising and insulting’ and are calling for further discussion
Breaking News – Student action group UoM Rent Strike have begun an occupation of Owens Park Tower in protest of the uni response to the pandemic
Students claimed the fencing had been put up overnight with no prior communication
With his family in Dubai, first-year immunology student Felix Soedira is stuck in Richmond Park
Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi-based and government-owned investment company, has announced it will invest around £175 million in the redevelopment of the Fallowfield campus to create a 3000-room student village.
Early on Saturday morning the emergency services were called to the Unworth Park accommodation block to reports that “around 100 students” were stuck inside a lockdown flat party
The SafeZone app which allows anonymous reporting of Covid breaches and tracking of students locations has received backlash from first years a week after its launch.
Video footage has emerged of security guards pinning a first year to a wall and demanding to see his ID at the entrance to Fallowfield Campus
Rothwell apologised for any distress caused by the decision to set up fences, and said an enquiry would be established to determine exactly what happened
A 19-year-old student has sadly passed away in his halls of residence, the death is confirmed to not be coronavirus-related
A video of a man in a hazmat suit entering a Beech Court hall on Fallowfield campus is being circulated
