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We Ask, You Answer – Drunken tales

This week… your most embarrassing drunken tales

Students’ Union sticks with NUS

A potential referendum on whether to remain part of the NUS was voted against

Manchester PhD students make zombie film at CERN

The film, Decay, will be screened in Manchester and then released for free online

Thousands vote to elect new student reps

4,215 students voted to elect 21 new student representatives

Student 101: initiations – a rite of passage gone wrong?

Following the death of a student in 2006, we investigate: at what point do initiations become dangerous?

Blind Date: Lucy and Patrik

Swedish sweetheart Patrick meets British babe Lucy.

Tales from between the bedsheets

This week… the longest you have ever been without sex.

Experience… Barcelona

Lucy Gardner offers Barcelona on a student budget

‘Professional impersonators’ sit exams in place of students

Stressed students pay thousands to cheat – “this goes all the way up to the Ivy League”

US universities increase efforts to recruit UK students

UK fee increases are tempting more students into studying at US universities

Experience… Sorrento

A tempting suggestion for a winter break

Dream Job: Football Correspondent

Next time you’re watching the football, turn off the commentary and see if you can write a match report

60 seconds with… PINS

The PINS tell us all within a minute.

Societies Events Listings – 2nd – 5th October

What’s on this week. Visit the website for more events and information: https://mancunion.com/category/societies/

Student 101 – Life Lessons from Fresher’s Week

Zara Zubeidi reminisces on freshers’ week in her hot student topic column.

Save it for the bedroom

Dana’s takes on public displays of affection

The unofficial Freshers guide to scams

Every year students are being scammed, but what is anybody doing about it?

Universities could face ‘nuclear’ penalties for failing disadvantaged students

The new head of OFFA has promised to encourage wider participation at UK universities

Could we go the distance?

Dana takes us on a rocky ride through her ‘man detox’

UMSU: persuade students that they can make a difference

The problem with our Union is not the structure of meetings, but a lack of understanding as to what UMSU can do for you, writes Charles Bailey