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Students stage own lectures during strikes

Third-years taught second-years using their previous year’s notes

Glasgow students nominated Snowden – who should Manchester pick?

As Glasgow Students nominate Edward Snowden, Sam Dumitriu looks at the history of the position of university rector across the UK

Manchester’s got Wood: University hires TV historian

World renowned historian, Michael Wood, has made over a hundred documentaries and will teach at The University of Manchester from September

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

Ubisoft’s new Assassin’s Creed game is set in the Golden Age of Piracy

Nobody expects the Papal Resignation

Why would the powers-that-be (no, not the Illuminati) sanction Benedict’s retirement when poor John Paul had to stick-it-out?

The man who changed history

A tribute to the historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) who passed away last week aged 95

Six of the best: a potted history of Manchester academia

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