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Top 5: book recommendations from your university peers

Students from different areas of the university offer up their suggestions for a book to read this semester

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell’s disrespect for the student body

After his interview with Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell was pulled from last week’s edition of The Mancunion, Jacob Nicholas argues the case for our independence from the university

Research shows 10 per cent increase in student rent on last year

New research shows that student rents are continuing to rise despite controversy, with Manchester averaging a 7 per cent increase over the past year

Arts students pay three times more per hour than science students

New research reveals that art students pay much more per hour for their degree than science students

Fear rising for UK Universities post-Brexit

UK universities plummet in global rankings post-Brexit while concerns are raised for community cohesion

How will this summer’s politics affect students?

The summer has been dramatic, and has dropped most of the UK into uncertainty, universities and students included

Peeking pervert perturbing pooping people punished

David Brown, a Ph.D. student living in Manchester, has been put on the Sex Offenders Register for five years after being caught peeking in a toilet

Graduates might be earning less than non-graduates

Gender, parental income, university, and subject choice have large impacts on earning power, IFS finds

TEDx Conference to be Held at the University of Manchester

TedX will returning to the University of Manchester for the day on Saturday 16th April with an ‘Infinite Possibilities’ lecture series

Positive coping mechanisms may help UK academics deal with stress of the job

A study on UK university academics has revealed the need to teach staff how to deal with stress in a positive way

Survey: Racism at UK universities

Student newspapers from across the United Kingdom have launched an investigation into racism on campus

Four male students stand trial accused of rape at university ball

Trial begins for four students at the prestigious Royal Agricultural College who are accused of several counts of rape and sexual assault against the same woman at a university ball in 2014

University to ‘cut catering staff and lower wages’

After implementing the living wage last month, the company in charge of catering services across the university are claimed to be planning to make 43 staff redundant and cutting salaries by up to a third

The Student Survey misses the point

Elliott Mills examines what the questionnaire tells us about university life

First transgender woman running for NUS Women’s Officer

During Anna Lee’s campaign, she has faced a great amount of opposition, but remains true to her objectives outlined in her ‘annafesto’

Private schools give students “two year boost” over comprehensives

A recent study funded by the Independent Schools Trust reveal substantially better achievements among privately educated children at GCSE level examinations

Nigerian student faces deportation to death

Master’s student Luqman Onikosi faces deportation back to Nigeria where he will not receive critical Hepatitis B treatment

Corbyn attacks £9k fee system: England should be “utterly ashamed”

High university fees could damage our economy and society by “locking people out of the skills of the future”, says Labour Leader.

The University of Manchester’s Ultimate Frisbee Club

The University’s Ultimate Frisbee club secured three Universe Points and a Silver Medal

UK universities sign partnerships with Egyptian institutions

Last week, officials met to finalise a deal creating academic links between UK universities and their Egyptian counterparts currently operating under internationally-condemned authoritarian rule