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Racism lacks creativity

Racism lacks creativity

Power, once comfortable, never bothers to rewrite its own lines
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V-Levels: Starmer’s Bold Attempt to Improve Education

V-Levels: Starmer’s Bold Attempt to Improve Education

Announcement of Labour’s new approach to education qualifications V-Levels calls into question Government approach to education policy
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When prestige costs lives: the University’s choice to protect profits over ethics

When prestige costs lives: the University’s choice to protect profits over ethics

While students demand accountability, the University of Manchester shields its links to arms and military institutions, enabling Israel’s assault on Palestine.
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Vice-Chancellor faces student questions on fees, housing, and international partnerships at SU Q&A

Vice-Chancellor faces student questions on fees, housing, and international partnerships at SU Q&A

Duncan Ivision the President and Vice-Chancellor discusses the Manchester 2035 Strategy and the Tel Aviv Patnership.
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Dear Keir – give us nationalisation, not factionalisation

Dear Keir – give us nationalisation, not factionalisation

Instead of punishing the left and backing transphobes, Keir Starmer should be uniting the Labour Party behind the popular policy of nationalisation
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Fluoride in the tap water: Government mind control measure or pragmatic public health policy?

Fluoride in the tap water: Government mind control measure or pragmatic public health policy?

Fluoride in water shouldn’t scare you, and here’s why
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In the Paperwork: The Future of UK Science Legislation

In the Paperwork: The Future of UK Science Legislation

The pandemic has somewhat overshadowed Brexit in recent months. Blake Crompton explores the often unreported details of resulting scientific policy.
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Manufactured Outrage? Our misguided leap towards automation

Manufactured Outrage? Our misguided leap towards automation

A second industrial revolution is already underway and we are too blinded by Brexit to take notice, argues Archie Earle
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Tuition fees for two-year degrees to rise to over £11,000

Tuition fees for two-year degrees to rise to over £11,000

The chance to graduate earlier through an accelerated degree programme will come at the cost of higher fees per year
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An interview with activist Gina Martin

An interview with activist Gina Martin

Catrin Stewart interviews Gina Martin: the 27-year-old victim-turned-activist who is campaigning to make upskirting illegal.
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11 PM booze ban proposed for the Ancoats area

The early curfew for licensed venues is an attempt to make the area more resident friendly
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Album: Will Butler – Policy

The Arcade Fire man’s first solo outing is as unpredictable as the man himself
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Should we accept a Surveillance State?

Isaac Atwal and Lauren Wills debate the pros and cons of state surveillance and answer the question whether or not we can allow it to continue
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