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Nancy Rothwell given Outstanding Achievement Award by the Times Higher Education

Nancy Rothwell given Outstanding Achievement Award by the Times Higher Education

Times Higher Education has awarded Nancy Rothwell for successes at “every rung of the ladder”
What do French UoM students think of the Presidential elections?

What do French UoM students think of the Presidential elections?

We spoke to UoM’s French students to see how they feel about the recent presidential elections and the future of France
NUS President Larissa Kennedy: ‘Manchester students came to shake shit up’

NUS President Larissa Kennedy: ‘Manchester students came to shake shit up’

The Mancunion’s Aasiyah Faryal sits down with NUS president Larissa Kennedy
Joe Biden’s running mate: the last women standing

Joe Biden’s running mate: the last women standing

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy goes through the women who presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden might choose to be his running mate
Joe Biden should keep his hands off the presidential race

Joe Biden should keep his hands off the presidential race

Jack Greeney talks about why he doesn’t trust Joe Biden’s Presidential bid, and why the Democratic party need to steer clear of such a campaign based on ego

Malia Bouattia defeated in NUS president election by Shakira Martin

Current NUS VP Further Education and black working-class single mother Shakira Martin has defeated the incumbent Malia Bouattia in the NUS President elections with 56 per cent of the vote

Newfound popularity for President Bush

America needs a real opposition to Donald Trump, not the plastic exterior of President George W. Bush’s recent resurgence in popularity

How the Democrats normalised mass deportation

America is too late to stop the normalisation of President Trump’s views and actions on immigration. With bipartisan efforts, it happened long ago

Was the Women’s March a waste of energy?

No matter how many millions of women marched, Donald Trump was always going to hold onto power, pushing ahead with his policies. But that does not mean the march was in vain

Why was Trump elected?

A look back into the devastating economic and social wounds of fairly recent American history can help us to understand Trump’s success

The US Election result exposes our ignorance

The “surprised” reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory says a great deal about the enclaves of opinion that many students reside in

Malia Bouattia wins NUS Presidency

Current NUS Black Students’ Officer Malia Bouattia has been elected President of the National Union of Students at their National Conference. Bouattia beat incumbent President Megan Dunn who has served as NUS President for one year. Despite a number of Union Presidents including Hertfordshire SU’s, Bath SU’s and Keele SU’s supporting Dunn, Bouattia beat Dunn […]

Eyewitness: Chinese President visits Graphene Institute

Allie Liu reports on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the University of Manchester’s Graphene centre

FIFA chaos as the world cries out for change

With Platini, Blatter and leading football chiefs embroiled in a web of problems, it is time for change

Slashing the status quo, and Hillary Clinton’s lead

From Long Island, Coby Tunnicliffe gives his view on the state of the Democratic nomination race and if this is the beginning of the end for Hillary Clinton

Apathetic turnout for Halls Committee elections

Seven out of twelve Owens Park RA positions go uncontested

Just the Toni-c! Pearce elected NUS president

Toni Pearce succeeds Liam Burns as NUS president – despite never have been to university

University Christian Union leader resigns after ‘blacking up’

“Foolish mistake” costs leader his position and causes “damage to anti-racism movements”

America’s decisive election

November’s presidential election will be the most significant in a generation for a country at a crossroads, Rob Fuller explains

My Political Hero: Jon Stewart

The Daily Show host has proved to be a long-overdue thorn in the side of the Washington establishment