Should students be made to fork out hundreds of pounds each year for course books? We explore the social and financial implications of the prices of university books.

A second year student who loves second hand shopping and relies on retail therapy records her spending for the month

Fashion editor Alice Porter, chats to the founder of UoM’s brand new Thrifting Society, Millie Nettleton

Does the thought of thrift shopping fill you with an existential dread of ‘where to start’? Fashion editor Alice Porter narrows down the best second-hand shopping Northern Quarter has to offer