With the Conservative Party conference arriving in Manchester, thousands choose to make their opposition heard during the People’s Assembly demonstration

Friends of the Earth Manchester take to controversial methods to battle inequitable funding between the North and the nation’s capital

Despite competition from the People’s Assembly march, thousands took to the streets during the ‘Stop Brexit’ march, including many students and young people

Alastair Campbell calls for Manchester students to attend the upcoming ‘Stop Brexit’ protest to show “depth of concern and anger about Brexit”

Students and staff join force in a music-led protest against the 171 impending job cuts at the University of Manchester

Miranda Bunnis takes a look at how far protest can go to affect change in today’s society

Campaigns escalate in attempts to encourage a top London university to divest from all fossil fuels

Social media has kept our ‘woke’ generation from taking real political action

The combination of constant encounter with (often shallow) political views on social media platforms and recurring political shocks is shaping the politics of the younger generation

The renewed strength and respect of the Special Relationship can do good for both our countries in times of political unease

There is a myriad of events happening in 2017 in Manchester to fight for gender equality and women’s rights, so if the Women’s March inspired you to get involved, here’s a short round-up of how you can

In times of such high political stakes, we need to move away from social media and onto the street in a more inclusive effort for change

With new rules put in place, Fabric is due to reopen, and with it the age-long debate on drugs is back

Following a five-month rent strike in protest of extortionate student accommodation, UCL students have secured promises of bursaries and rent freezes

Allegations have been made that UMC threatened any staff who joined Thursday’s rally against job cuts would have an hours pay deducted

Manchester students travelled to London to join the largest anti-nuclear demonstration in a generation against the renewal of Trident

Last week, officials met to finalise a deal creating academic links between UK universities and their Egyptian counterparts currently operating under internationally-condemned authoritarian rule

Police were called after after pro-Palestine demonstrators disrupted the joint event by KCL and LSE Israel Societies, allegedly assaulting one woman

With around 100 picket lines outside UK hospitals, junior doctors, students and those standing in solidarity came out to protest the contract changes

Alongside national news of junior doctors’ strikes on Tuesday, student nurses and midwives also marched through Manchester, Newcastle and London to protest changes that will see bursaries replaced with loans