Scrapped grant “essential” to more than half of low-income students
A report by the NUS has revealed that more than one-third of students currently receiving maintenance grants would not be at university without them. The report, to which more than 2000 students...
View ArticleBurnham promises to remove “millstone of debt” from students
In his Leadership Election manifesto that was released yesterday, Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has claimed that he will replace the current system of student fees with a graduate tax. The...
View ArticleEY to disregard degree classifications in application process
‘Big Four’ auditing firm Ernst & Young has changed its application criteria for hiring programmes, after research they conducted suggested there was little correlation between academic achievement...
View ArticleExam board’s “lack of understanding” could have dire effect on students’...
A-level students waiting all summer for their exam results could have their dreams of attending their first choice university crushed, after news that thousands of exam results are guessed, and that a...
View ArticleDe Montfort University’s decision to honour PM for gay marriage comes under fire
Students at Leicester De Montfort University have reacted with displeasure at the awarding of Prime Minister David Cameron with a university honour to recognise his supposed support of LGBT+ rights....
View ArticleUK university admissions hit all-time high
In the first year since the cap on university admissions was lifted by the government, the number of students admitted to university has hit a record high. By early Thursday morning, UCAS announced...
View ArticleOctogenerian tigon returns to Manchester
An 83-year-old tigon, the rare big cat hybrid, has now joined the extensive natural history collection at the Manchester Museum. After 65 years in a Museum storeroom, the skin of Maude the tigon, who...
View Article250 IT jobs ‘at risk’ due to structural shake-up by university
Unions are outraged after proposed outsourcing of services by the University of Manchester will lead to the axing of 68 jobs in IT Services. The university is hoping to move to a “new IT delivery...
View ArticleManchester claims racial equality charter mark
The University of Manchester is one of eight universities that have been awarded a new charter mark recognising racial equality. Run by the Equality Challenge Unit, which also runs the Athena SWAN...
View ArticleStudent accommodation reaches breaking point as half of students struggle...
The NUS have called the state of student housing a “crisis” and called for controls on rent as data shows rent prices skyrocketing and half of students struggling to pay. Between 2010 and 2013, general...
View ArticleBowie professor to live artist’s lifestyle for whole year
To better understand the mind of the music icon, a Cultural Studies professor will spend a year living as David Bowie’s various personas, even down to imitating his diet and reading choices. Professor...
View ArticleStraight-A* student denied student loan due to immigration status
An Iraqi-born student who has lived in the UK since the age of nine achieved four A*s in his A-levels—and was denied a student loan, under the rule that only UK citizens or those with indefinite leave...
View ArticleInternet not responsible for plagiarism, says report
The widespread reputation that the internet has for a rise in plagiarism in academic work seems to be a false one, after a study showed that levels of plagiarism in doctoral theses was slightly higher...
View ArticleBME applicants “unfairly rejected” by Russell Group universities
University applicants from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are significantly less likely to be offered a place than equally-qualified white counterparts, according to research from Durham...
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Student drug kingpin jailed
A Leeds student has been jailed for four years after running a lucrative drug ring using the Dark Web. Liam Reynolds and a group of friends, who studied International Business at what was then Leeds...
View ArticleStonewall event to be held at North Campus
LGBT+ charity Stonewall will hold a panel discussion with the support of the University of Manchester’s LGBT+ staff network All Out this Sunday, as part of Manchester Pride. Stonewall, in collaboration...
View ArticleNUS call for “all-out defiance” of Counter-Terror strategy
The NUS has announced it will be organising a national campaign titled ‘Students not Suspects’ to oppose the government’s Prevent strategy to monitor students in educational institutions. The tour will...
View ArticleGraduate unemployment returns to pre-recession levels
A survey of young people three-and-a-half years after graduating suggests graduate unemployment has returned to pre-crash levels, though a high proportion of these are in part-time work or further...
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Manchester travel deals
With all the penny-pinching in food shopping and pint finding when you start university, it’s often easy to forget that travelling can set you back a serious amount too. Even with Manchester’s Magic...
View ArticleInquiry into sexist “lad culture” at universities to be launched
The Business Secretary Sajid Javid has ordered an inquiry designed to drastically cut violence against women at universities. The taskforce which will carry out this inquiry will work with crime...
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