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A fresher’s diary: Semester one secrets

A fresher’s diary: Semester one secrets

Every fresher goes through a rollercoaster of highs and lows throughout semester one, so here’s some tips for surviving semester two!
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Tips and Tricks: Our Essential Guide to Eating Well at Uni

Tips and Tricks: Our Essential Guide to Eating Well at Uni

Where to go and what to eat? We’ve got it all covered in our First Year guide.
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Freshers style o’clock – the best places to shop in Manchester

Freshers style o’clock – the best places to shop in Manchester

New to Manchester? Our deputy fashion editor, Zahra Mukadam, walks you through the best places to shop in city center.
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Fresh-faced for freshers

Fresh-faced for freshers

Feeling sloppy after a week of non-stop drinking? Here are our tips to minimise the effects of Freshers’s Week on your skin.
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Back to school: How to build a functional uni wardrobe

Back to school: How to build a functional uni wardrobe

Are you a fresher and want to know how to dress? We got you: here’s how to create the perfect base for a functional university wardrobe.
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Let’s talk about sex, baby

Let’s talk about sex, baby

Whether you’re having sex or not, here are some back-by-science aspects you might want to know.
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Sorry COVID, it’s the common cold’s time to shine

Sorry COVID, it’s the common cold’s time to shine

Why does everyone seem ill at the moment?
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Freshers – go with the flow

Freshers – go with the flow

Do you need to be in Oak House? Struggling to make friends? Third years top tips to thrive in freshers
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Sports Societies Fair postponed amidst Oxford Road chaos

Sports Societies Fair postponed amidst Oxford Road chaos

An alternative, unofficial Sports Society Freshers Fair has taken place in the Armitage Centre following the Oxford Road flooding that has caused severe disruption across Manchester.
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A new normal? How societies are coping with Covid

A new normal? How societies are coping with Covid

Aimee Butler gives us an insight into how university societies have been faring amidst the coronavirus pandemic
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This is what 42s and Factory currently look like inside

This is what 42s and Factory currently look like inside

Manchester’s favourite student clubs open as bars
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Freshers’ flu might be different this year

Freshers’ flu might be different this year

University is stressful enough without the news of a positive coronavirus test
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Promoters threatened with legal action over ‘fake’ freshers events

Promoters threatened with legal action over ‘fake’ freshers events

Many freshers have already bought tickets to events which falsely claim to be linked to the University
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“I hate the government”: Incoming Manchester students react to A-Level fiasco

“I hate the government”: Incoming Manchester students react to A-Level fiasco

Controversial computer-generated grades were ditched
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UoM warns offer holders not to buy ‘unofficial’ freshers tickets

UoM warns offer holders not to buy ‘unofficial’ freshers tickets

Freshers events have begun to appear across social media which falsely claim to be linked to UoM and the Students’ Union
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Survey suggests Manchester students spent £24m on freshers’ week

Survey suggests Manchester students spent £24m on freshers’ week

A Yolt study has found that students in the city are spending more than the national average, partly due to Manchester’s inexpensive student life
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Welcome to Uni! Now let’s budget

Welcome to Uni! Now let’s budget

Want to save money? Hate spending full price? So does Lily O’Reilly
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Nature, Manchester and You

Nature, Manchester and You

A city like Manchester can really take it out of you. Whether you’re running up and down 6 flights of stairs to make it to your next lecture on time or bustling through Deansgate Locks to get a selfie with Love Island star Molly-Mae, metropolitan life in one of the country’s liveliest cities really drains […]
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Be mindful of your mental health

Be mindful of your mental health

Oli Storey writes about his own experiences with mental health whilst at university, and the ways he has found to manage it
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A guide to good health during university

A guide to good health during university

The University of Manchester has more to offer than ever before with their ever-growing advice services in the Students’ Union
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