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Alliance Anger: Students frustrated by access to new Business School

Alliance Anger: Students frustrated by access to new Business School

Despite an £84 million investment, students not on an Alliance MBS module will not be allowed to use the new Eddie Davies Library

Holocaust denial and far-right attitudes on the rise across campuses

Holocaust denial and far-right attitudes on the rise across campuses

In a new revelation, it has been found that cases of antisemitic abuse almost tripled between 2015 and 2017

Teach-In Week announced to raise awareness over climate change

Teach-In Week announced to raise awareness over climate change

The new educational movement will encourage students to take a stand and reform their curriculum.

Exclusive: Inside the Unit with emus on treadmills

Exclusive: Inside the Unit with emus on treadmills

The Unit features thousands of mice, rats, and fish to help research in dementia, Alzheimer’s, and cancer among others

Exclusive: Risk assessment reveals how UoM could be impacted by a no-deal Brexit

Exclusive: Risk assessment reveals how UoM could be impacted by a no-deal Brexit

A new document seen by The Mancunion sets out potential problems that UoM might face if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal on the 29th of March

Blow for Burnham as homeless shelter closes due to electrical issues

Blow for Burnham as homeless shelter closes due to electrical issues

The shelter opened in November to kick off Burnham’s flagship ‘Bed Every Night’ scheme but was forced to close on Christmas Eve as a result of electrical problems

Stonewall ranks UoM as the 20th best LGBT Employer

Stonewall ranks UoM as the 20th best LGBT Employer

MMU also ranked in the top 25 in a strong endorsement of Manchester’s LGBT credentials in Higher Education

The media must play fair on mental health

The media must play fair on mental health

Jasmine Taylor discusses how serious mental health disorders are still being demonised by the media and excluded from popular activist narratives.

GPs prescribe more opioids in North West

GPs prescribe more opioids in North West

Study by UoM suggests Northern GPs more likely to prescribe opioids, in the latest indicator of regional socioeconomic divides

UoM researchers identify genes linked to serious heart condition

UoM researchers identify genes linked to serious heart condition

The prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot is estimated to be one in 3,000 live births

Post-Crash Economics Society campaigns for syllabus change

Post-Crash Economics Society campaigns for syllabus change

The Post Crash Economics Society (PCES) is currently campaigning to get ‘behavioural economics’ back onto the syllabus for economics students at The University of Manchester

Uni finances rattle leadership

Uni finances rattle leadership

It was also revealed that Professor Dame Rothwell’s overall pay packet fell by £34,000

Manchester stands up to Misogyny as GMP fail to attend rally

Manchester stands up to Misogyny as GMP fail to attend rally

The ‘1000 voices’ rally, organised by student group Misogyny Is Hate in collaboration with Greater Manchester Citizens, included a combination of testimonies, speeches, spoken word and live music

Research says graduates ‘struggling’ with debt beyond tuition fees

Research says graduates ‘struggling’ with debt beyond tuition fees

57% of the 25 to 35 years old’s surveyed were found to still be in debt beyond their government student loans, with things like overdrafts and credit cards from their time attending university

UoM contestant becomes unlikely star of University Challenge

UoM contestant becomes unlikely star of University Challenge

The University of Manchester is through to the quarter-final of the BBC’s University Challenge after defeating Hertford College Oxford in the final 16

FundIt is a farce

FundIt is a farce

The University’s Student Union needs to find a better means of funding student societies instead of running away from actual accountability

Lift the porn ban

Lift the porn ban

Amy Morris suggests the the University should start treating its students like adults with regards to internet regulations

UoM ranks top 5 in the UK for graduate employability

UoM ranks top 5 in the UK for graduate employability

Graduates from the University of Manchester were also ranked 35th most sought after globally

Young people and ethnic minorities positive about UK Universities

Young people and ethnic minorities positive about UK Universities

Universities UK found that 70% of people agree that the UK has some of the best universities in the world

Late University of Manchester professor’s essay flagged by counter-terrorism scheme

Late University of Manchester professor’s essay flagged by counter-terrorism scheme

The essay, which dealt with the ethics of socialist revolution, was flagged by Prevent at the University of Reading.