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New housing rules could increase rents and evict students

New housing rules could increase rents and evict students

A licensing regulations shake-up could see the number of rooms in properties reduced amid other measures
Review: Bongo’s Bingo at Manchester Academy

Review: Bongo’s Bingo at Manchester Academy

The infinitely-popular student event arrived in Manchester – along with awkward puns, interesting prizes, and some questionable dancing
Freshers week is to be survived

Freshers week is to be survived

Sophie Marriott Writes: A contradictory attitude surrounding the tradition of freshers week exacerbates the potential for it to become a stressful and difficult time for new students.
Greater Manchester Police denies they have ‘lost control’

Greater Manchester Police denies they have ‘lost control’

The force has admitted they are not able to respond to every crime

A Student Life: Benjamin Mouquet

Ruth Squires talks to Benjamin Mouquet, the University of Manchester graduate helping build a better community with The Dealer App, which donates money to homeless of Manchester whilst giving it’s customers great deals for dining out in the city

Manchester sixth most affordable UK city for students

Students in Manchester spend less than the average UK student on rent, household bills and going out, Student Living Index suggests

The half-empty promise of Dry January

Elliott Mills takes a stern look into the pint glass with a precise analysis of the merits, difficulties, and confusions of Dry January

A student life: chair of the Polo society

We chat to Jade Fox, the chair of Polo Society, about the group going from strength to strength and her impossible work-life balance

The festive deadlines fear

A few tips on how to create a balance between work and play as a busy student over the Christmas period

University of Manchester launch new Finance facilities

Finance facilities available for all university of Manchester students

The Student Nucleus: Get involved in the centre of student life

A website set up by Manchester students has everything you need for a successful year at university

The student trump card

Perisha Kudhail explores the many aspects that characterise student life which are unacceptable in the real world

The Manchester Bucket List

Whether you’re in your final year or your first, it’s time to start making the most of the best city in the country. Sarah Heaton gives you a guide to the things you have to do before you leave

Top tips for living harmoniously with the opposite sex

Just moved in with the opposite sex? Kitty Treverton Jones has some advice to avoid arguments

Manchester Metamorphosis

Gráinne Morrison on the sartorial influence of student life in Manchester.

Ladbrokes: How to really profit off a University Education

A new gambling scheme allows you to place a £10 on your final degree grade

Review – Isn’t It Pretty To Think So, by Nick Miller

Nick Miller’s debut novel treads familiar, if not unwelcome, territory

‘It’ll look good on your CV’

On their own, degrees may not be enough but employers’ obsession with ‘extracurricular activity’ leaves Tom Glasser exasperated