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Just one third of students feel security keeps students safe on campus

Just one third of students feel security keeps students safe on campus

Nearly three quarters of those interviewed felt that race played a role in the likelihood of a person encountering campus security
Fallowfield Sainsbury’s is now making student life worse

Fallowfield Sainsbury’s is now making student life worse

Why it’s time for the supermarket giant to bin the barriers
AUKUS explained: What you need to know about the new security pact

AUKUS explained: What you need to know about the new security pact

Australia gain access to nuclear-powered submarines, and what that means for China
UoM students targeted in phishing attack

UoM students targeted in phishing attack

Think you fell victim to the latest student phishing attack? Find out what happened and what you can do about it.
SafeZone: ‘Authoritarian’ or keeping students safe?

SafeZone: ‘Authoritarian’ or keeping students safe?

The SafeZone app which allows anonymous reporting of Covid breaches and tracking of students locations has received backlash from first years a week after its launch.
Online security: The way the cookie crumbles

Online security: The way the cookie crumbles

You wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked, so why are we letting our online activity be tracked?
New videos show massive Fallowfield “rave” while security look on helpless

New videos show massive Fallowfield “rave” while security look on helpless

The Mancunion reveals exclusive footage
Oxford Union President resigns over ejection of blind student

Oxford Union President resigns over ejection of blind student

Brendan McGrath faced criticism over the ejection and subsequent expulsion of Ebenezer Azamati from an Oxford Union Debate
UK to lose full access to the EU Galileo sat-nav system

UK to lose full access to the EU Galileo sat-nav system

The UK has pledged at least £92m to a satellite navigation system that is proposed to rival the EU’s Galileo project. After the EU announced that the UK would not be able to access sensitive encrypted data from Galileo post-Brexit this coming March, the UK has threatened to launch its own sat-nav system despite having […]
Fallowfield fights back

Fallowfield fights back

As students lose faith in the protective forces of the law, an event at University Place aims to reverse the tide of crime in Fallowfield and beyond

G4S security return to patrol Manchester’s student suburbs

Manchester City Council is implementing security in Fallowfield and Withington to control antisocial behaviour for the second year in a row

Martin McGuinness: Peace-broker or dealer in death?

The death of Martin McGuinness has prompted questions about the contrast between his IRA ties and his later peaceful actions, and how he should be remembered

Are the police letting students down?

Security on campus and local police services for students seem to be inadequate for dealing with the safety and crime issues that the area faces

New security incites feelings of unease amongst Fallowfield students

Despite Manchester’s universities’ claims that monitoring students’ behaviour in Fallowfield will improve local relations, students have expressed their displeasure at the treatment

G4S to patrol Fallowfield during Welcome Week

Concerns have been raised over new security measures implemented by Manchester City Council and funded by the city’s universities to tackle anti-social behaviour in popular student area Fallowfield

Strict university security at MDU Israel debate

University imposes strict quotas on one of the most controversial and subscribed-to events to take place on campus—the MDU’s Israel debate

How to beat the burglar

A little sound advice on what’s in place at university and in the community to keep your possessions in your possession

Islamic speaker’s event cancelled after “security concerns” at university

Thousands sign petition to prevent Islamic scholar Haitham Al-Haddad from speaking at the University of Westminster

RedRum “put lives at stake”

– Fallowfield nightclub’s license revoked after four violent incidents there were ‘covered up’ by staff – Owner of RedRum speaks exclusively to The Mancunion, calls allegations ‘racist’

Manchester airport to axe ‘naked body scanners’

Security scanners to be changed under Brussels legislation – radio waves, not x-rays, to be used