University of Manchester Students’ Union Executive Officers give us an insight into how they shape university policy.

T. S. Eliot examines proof-reading companies: are they killing the skill of writing a good essay?

Equal fees and unequal funding disfavours humanities students writes Elliot Mills

Arts Emergency Manchester plans to build on the success of last year by conducting another series of workshops in schools around Manchester, promoting the arts and social sciences

A Japanese minister has called for universities to teach subjects that “better meet society’s needs,” resulting in institutions closing or severely cutting humanities, social science and law departments

Proposed change in the mark scheme could see students graded in a similar way to the American style of letter grades

Arthur Baker explains the need for the Arts and Humanities

Why are so few international students studying humanities subjects? Daniel Zuidijk investigates.
For three days now, I have been sitting at my desk attempting to find a way to write about this subject without either sounding racist or as if I am plagiarising an equal opportunities leaflet. As a small disclaimer, I’d just like to say now that I am neither racist nor a hand-wringing pseudo-racist (you know, those ones that are so anxious about being perceived as prejudiced that they’re generally the most offensive of the lot).