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Protests, freshers’ flu, and hedgehogs: University round-up

Protests, freshers’ flu, and hedgehogs: University round-up

With so much happening right here at the University of Manchester, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on at our fellow universities across the UK. Here’s a run-down so you don’t miss a thing
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Conservative Party conference 2023 met with protests

Conservative Party conference 2023 met with protests

The Conservative Party Conference covered a lot of issues. Read a few of the key takeaways for young people and Manchester’s reaction
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Vive La Revolution? What can we learn from the French protests

Vive La Revolution? What can we learn from the French protests

With the French protests showing no signs of dying down what can those striving for more learn from our European neighbours?
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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
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Revealed: Freshers ‘put-off’ from accessing sexual health services due to University WiFi issues

Revealed: Freshers ‘put-off’ from accessing sexual health services due to University WiFi issues

Vital sexual health services inaccessible to first-year students due to ‘frustrating’ WiFi ban
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Manchester University: Inside the protests that rocked an institution

Manchester University: Inside the protests that rocked an institution

The protest began with rallies and chants, coloured with flares and protest signs igniting the dark Fallowfield skies
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The Future is Feminist: lessons from our Latin American sisters

The Future is Feminist: lessons from our Latin American sisters

Beatrice Pearson discusses the wave of feminist protests in Latin America and what we can learn
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Get the low down on local laws in Egypt

Get the low down on local laws in Egypt

Seeing The Great Pyramids, one of the seven wonders of the world, and going to Egypt is exciting but make sure you understand local laws before travel
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Latin America burning: What the British people can learn

Latin America burning: What the British people can learn

Joe Mason argues that we in Britain can learn a lot from the protests in Chile and Ecuador
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Hong Kong protests in Manchester met with anger from patriotic Chinese

Hong Kong protests in Manchester met with anger from patriotic Chinese

Supporters and critics of the Hong Kong protests clashed outside University Place as tension over the situation in Hong Kong continues to grow
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Conservative Party Conference marked by protests throughout Manchester

Conservative Party Conference marked by protests throughout Manchester

Approximately 13,000 people took to the streets as the Conservatives held their annual party conference in Manchester
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2019’s most dangerous destinations

2019’s most dangerous destinations

Josie Fowler looks at the advice given in the recent campaign Travel Aware by The Foreign and Commonwealth office, and how you can stay safe when travelling abroad
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Reclaim The Night calls on council to “make women’s safety a priority”

Reclaim The Night calls on council to “make women’s safety a priority”

SU Women’s Officer Sara Heddi led the march from Owens Park to the SU
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Exclusive: SU Officer concerned over lack of trans inclusion at Reclaim The Night

Exclusive: SU Officer concerned over lack of trans inclusion at Reclaim The Night

In an exclusive statement to The Mancunion, Sara Khan stated the police are responsible for “systematic abuses women of colour and trans women on the daily”
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Everything you need to know about Reclaim The Night 2019

Everything you need to know about Reclaim The Night 2019

The march kicks off at 6:30pm from Owens Park
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“Your future is f*cked!”: climate change protest causes Oxford Road chaos

“Your future is f*cked!”: climate change protest causes Oxford Road chaos

The protest divided students and passers-by alike, despite lasting for only 15 minutes
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Students protest airstrikes on Syria

Students in Manchester and across the country took to the streets while to protest while MPs debated whether to start military action against the IS in Syria
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An insider’s view of the Tory party conference

Colm Lock, whose attendance at the Conservative Party Conference saw him egged by a protester, gives an exclusive insight into what it was like inside the ‘safe zone’, and his jump onto the front pages of national newspapers
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Live: Beat Back – Music Against Austerity

Like a priest with severe halitosis, their preaching to the choir left Joe Connell feeling queasy about both the music and the cause
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Conservatives told to hide conference passes in Manchester

Conservative delegates attending the Party Conference in Manchester must hide security passes amidst safety fears
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