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Review: Vagina Monologues

The eye-opening and thought-provoking performance never lost its humour, despite the seriousness of the content, writes ‎Aimée Grant Cumberbatch

Preview: Reclaim the Night

Manchester’s annual march against sexual violence will light up the streets of Manchester on Thursday the 26th of February

Vagina monologues production raises over £1200 for women’s charities

The Students’ Union’s production of the Vagina Monologues was a sellout success

Student activists learn from radical left Syriza Youth in Athens

Union Education Officer and 20 others made the journey to Greece during the snap elections which saw socialist coalition Syriza take power in Athens

Results of NUS delegates elections revealed

Delegate election results reveal which students will go to a range of National Conferences to speak and vote on behalf of students at Manchester

27-year-old arrested on suspicion of Fallowfield rape

A man is being held in custody in connection with the rape of a 22-year-old student on Ladybarn Lane on the 5th of December

Academic Cold War

The only product of UCU strikes is mutually assured destruction. In this sum game, it’s the students who are hurting, argues David Brierley

A Union of apathy and failure

Apolitical, nonplussed, and too concerned with going to the Warehouse Project, Will Brown shows us why students need to get their act together—or face the consequences of apathy

Voting for the NUS Elections opens

Voting has started for the NUS elections. Polls are open until next Friday, November 28th, 12pm

The Upcycling Project is on its way

The University of Manchester Students’ Union is to use the former-RBS building next to Academy 1 as an environmentally friendly charity shop

The Upcycling Project

Aimée Grant Cumberbatch fills you in on the SU’s inspiring new fashion initiative

Transformation of RBS building gets under way.

The Students’ Union is converting the former RBS space next to Academy 1 into a pop-up shop and flexible events space run by student volunteers

King of the Jungle!

By a close vote “the Shaman” aka Oli Cutter has been crowned our Pangaea Rumble in the Jungle King!

Sexual harassment rife at UK universities

A recent study by NUS shows the shocking extent of sexual harassment around universities

Check the Exec: Policies and Promises

Haider Saleem takes a look at what the Exec have planned for the Union during their year in office.

‘Lost City’ Pangaea makes loss of £4,000

Slow ticket sales and damages paid to the Union means festival loses money and now has smaller budget for Summer

Meh-lection frenzy sweeps Students’ Union Exec

Exec position nominations see lack of interest, even though advertised for people who “fancy earning £16.6k” or “taking a paid year out”

Man dies of suspected overdose at Academy indoor festival

It is believed the man took a quantity of MDMA inside Academy 2

Student protestors could face prison for violent disorder

The Birmingham Guild of Students’ Officers is facing countrywide condemnation for calling themselves “disappointed” by protestors.

University staff walk out over pay dispute

Unions threaten further strike action if offer of one per cent pay increase not improved