Government reforms will lead to even more unpaid student loans
Government plans to remove student entry restrictions to UK universities could lead to economic strain on universities. From Autumn 2015, English universities will be given complete freedom to recruit...
View ArticleMan in serious condition after Fallowfield attack
A man is in a serious condition after being attacked outside the Shell Garage on Wilmslow Road in the early hours of last Tuesday morning. The 51-year-old cycled to the garage to buy some cigarettes...
View ArticleKing of the Jungle!
After the success of Pangaea’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ last month, The Mancunion launched its first ever fancy dress competition in partnership with the Students’ Union to find our Pangaea King or...
View ArticleManchester University becomes affiliated with Worker Rights Consortium
The University of Manchester has affiliated with the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent monitoring organisation that supports workers in the garment industry in defending their workplace...
View ArticleManchester student speaks at Birmingham University about the legal case of...
The Manchester University student responsible for the change.org petition to save Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan, joined a panel of international experts and human rights lawyer to discuss her legal case at...
View ArticleFemale student raped as she walked home through Fallowfield
A female student has been raped as she walked home through Fallowfield from a night out. The 19-year-old was walking down Ladybarn Lane in Fallowfield at 3:30am last Saturday when a man approached her...
View ArticleState school graduates will earn less than private school counterparts
State school graduates tend to earn less than private school graduates, even in the same occupation with the same level of attainment in the same degree subject. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has...
View ArticleBlack delegates stage walkout at UCU equalities conference in Manchester
At a University and College Union event in Manchester University last week, black members walked out in protest at the Union’s alleged failure to tackle race issues. Members of the Union walked out...
View ArticleUniversity of East Anglia protests against tax on sanitary products
The University of East Anglia Students’ Union will be the first student’s union in the UK to sell sanitary products for no profit after a Union Council motion was passed almost unanimously. The shop...
View ArticleGMP investigating another rape in Fallowfield
Police are investigating the rape of a young woman in Fallowfield last week. Between 11:30pm on Friday 5th December and 12:17am on Saturday the 6th of December 2014, the 22-year-old victim was walking...
View ArticleCardiff University vote against being officially pro-choice
A motion to make Cardiff University’s Student’s Union officially pro-choice over abortion has been defeated in the Annual General Meeting last week. The motion was put forward by the Chair of the...
View ArticlePangaea teams up with Party For The People to help fund Meningitis Research
This year, non-profit organisation Party For The people will be teaming up with Pangaea to raise money for charity through ticket sales. Party For The People is an organisation forged from the vibrant...
View ArticleSU presents: The Vagina Monologues
The Women’s Campaign and the Students’ Union will this month stage a production of the famed episodic play, The Vagina Monologues. Based on author Eve Ensler’s Vagina Interviews, the original episodic...
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Pangaea Space Odyssey Fancy Dress Competition
At Pangaea’s Space Odyssey, The Mancunion took to the skies to run Pangaea’s fancy dress competition in collaboration with the Student’s Union. We took hundreds of photos of your fancy dress triumphs...
View ArticleMuslim students campaign against Theresa May’s proposed counter-terrorism bill
Numerous Muslim student societies across the country are campaigning against the Home Secretary’s proposed counter terrorism and security bill. The bill outlines new anti-terrorism measures to confront...
View ArticleThree quarters of students turn to porn for sex education
A study has revealed that the majority of students view porn to fill the gaps in their knowledge about sex, and do not rate highly the sex education they receive in schools. According to the research...
View ArticlePangaea Space Odyssey victor!
Once again The Mancunion teamed up with the Students’ Union for this January’s Pangaea event, Space Odyssey. We found hundreds of both the best and most disastrous solo costumes for the galactic theme...
View ArticleStudents face ‘unlawful’ conduct at universities
An investigation has revealed that many UK universities may breach consumer law. The consumer watchdog Which? has shown that due to increased marketization in higher education, more than half of...
View ArticleIslamic speaker’s event cancelled after “security concerns” at university
The University of Westminster has postponed an event hosting British Islamic Speaker Al Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad, following concerns over security and homophobia. LGBT+ students started a petition...
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Interview: Paul Birch, founder of UK party for a review into cannabis law
CISTA, which stands for Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol, is a newly emerged political party which is campaigning for a Royal Commission to review the existing UK laws regarding cannabis. The party is...
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