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£1.3 million spent on maintenance of University of Manchester student accommodation

£1.3 million spent on maintenance of University of Manchester student accommodation

Oak House sinkhole? Oak House receives £1.3 million in maintenance funds as it continues to house students
We need better funding for Master’s degrees now

We need better funding for Master’s degrees now

Who can afford a Master’s degree? Not me, and unless you’re lucky, probably not you either
Attending the horse races feels like a betrayal of my left-wing principles

Attending the horse races feels like a betrayal of my left-wing principles

A 20-minute drive home from the Cheltenham Festival races may seem like a dream for many Manchester students, but you will never see me present at my hometown’s annual event
Need for (high) speed: Scrapping HS2 will deepen existing divides

Need for (high) speed: Scrapping HS2 will deepen existing divides

Scrapping HS2’s northern leg would entrench regional inequality, and leave Britain lagging behind other European countries
Accounting for Style #3: An identity crisis haircut and a perfume shopping spree

Accounting for Style #3: An identity crisis haircut and a perfume shopping spree

A first-year Politics and International Relations student tracks all their fashion and beauty purchases for the period of a month
Opinion: Is money ruining football? It depends

Opinion: Is money ruining football? It depends

Following yet another financial controversy for a Premier League club, we take a look at whether the amount of money in our game is a bad thing
Are Manchester’s international students getting value for money?

Are Manchester’s international students getting value for money?

Making up 27% of the total student body, they pay almost half of all tuition fees. 

Accounting for Style #1: English lit student spends over budget

Feeling nosey? One UoM student anonymously logs all of their fashion and beauty purchases over the period of September as part of a new series
Number of money mules aged 21 and under rises by 97%

Number of money mules aged 21 and under rises by 97%

Barclays warns that students are at risk of being targeted by criminals due to their financial worries and their ignorance towards the consequences of being used as a money mule
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
Students with outstanding tuition fees denied accessing exam results

Students with outstanding tuition fees denied accessing exam results

SALC students’ exam results were released on 22nd February, although those with a ‘negative service indicator’ could not view them
Will banknotes save the UK’s most endangered species?

Will banknotes save the UK’s most endangered species?

Online lender Quick Quid has ‘redesigned’ some UK bank notes with endangered animals on to raise awareness about conservation
Pret A Manger and the Stern Review

Pret A Manger and the Stern Review

The Stern Report made similar recommendations to the IPCC report which said we have twelve years left to live — Alex Walker believes the reason nothing was done has something to with Pret
Scientist nominations for new £50 banknote

Scientist nominations for new £50 banknote

Nominations have opened to see who will be the new face of the £50 note. We look at the front-running contenders from all fields of STEM.
Sex & drugs & rock ‘n’ roll – where UoM invests your fees

Sex & drugs & rock ‘n’ roll – where UoM invests your fees

Mia Gair investigates how the University of Manchester invests its money in weird and wonderful companies around the world.
Student LifeStart aims to boost CVs with new challenges

Student LifeStart aims to boost CVs with new challenges

The programme, launched by Virgin, aims to develop students’ business and professional skills in order to enhance their chances of employment by offering challenges
Financial struggles put third of students at mental health risk

Financial struggles put third of students at mental health risk

With monthly student budgets reaching up to £1200, mental health issues are fast becoming grave consequences of financing a degree
Nearly half of students in the UK rate their stress level to be at 8/10

Nearly half of students in the UK rate their stress level to be at 8/10

Manchester came in as the 29th most affordable city to study in

Study suggests 31% of North West students worry about money every day

A new survey has revealed an entirely new perspective on the realities of university finance and student loans
Time and money: students struggling with societies

Time and money: students struggling with societies

Students are engaging less with societies, a Mancunion survey suggests