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Library Set to Open 24hrs

The main University Library is set to open its doors 24 hours a day to allow student access throughout the night. The John Rylands Library is going to trial round the clock opening hours during the main exam periods next academic year. The move comes after sustained pressure from the Students' Union and continuous requests from students to extend opening hours.

READY TO VOTE... Queueing to get into the GM

Union Votes Against Military Ban

Students voted against a proposal to ban the military from the University campus last Wednesday. The proposal, tabled at the last general meeting of the Students' Union this year, had caused much controversy across campus over the previous week, attracting national media attention.

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Thousands Claimed On "Entertaining"

Some departments are claiming up to twelve times more than others on expenses. The Faculty of Life Sciences has claimed over £240,000 since September and the Business School over £120,000.

SONG AND DANCE... Pangaea returns for its sixth outing

Pangaea Returns to the Union

The post-exam climax of the Students' Union's sixth Pangaea festival is set to return to its student-led roots. The not-for-profit event will see the Academies across the Students' Union play host to various acts including live bands, DJs, reggae and "a few surprises and surrealism."

INVOLVED... Manchester’s LGBT won two prizes

LGBT Soc Scoops Prize

Manchester's LGBT Society scooped two prizes at the NUS LGBT Awards ceremony last week. Winning the Involvement Award and getting third prize for the LGBT Society at The University of Manchester, several students from Manchester turned up at the ceremony held in Nottingham.

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Grad Ball Axed

Graduates will not be finishing university life with a big bang this year, with the cancellation of the annual Graduation Ball. Dwindling attendance was blamed for the ball's cancellation. Last year only 650 tickets were sold, leaving about a quarter of capacity unused.

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Newshound

Ben Gershaw sniffs out the best of the web: Drug Dealer Calls Police When Robbed - Man Makes Over 6,000 Obscenity-Laden Calls - Burning Love

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RAG Awards for Local Charities

An awards ceremony held in Whitworth Hall last week saw nineteen local charities receive a slice of the £12,000 that Manchester Rag have raised this year.

DISSATISFACTION... Students voice their concerns

Manchester Slumps in Student Satisfaction

Student satisfaction in Manchester is abysmally low, a new survey has revealed. Scoring third from the bottom, the only universities surpassing Manchester in student dissatisfaction were Middlesex, Leeds Metropolitan, Cumbria and London University of Arts.

£60 a week for a place like this!

Student Rent Rises Seventeen Percent

Average weekly student rent has risen by seventeen percent over the last four years alone, a study has revealed. With average weekly rent rising to £61.48, students now pay an additional £360 a year compared to 2004.

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Blue Murder in Piccadilly Records

Popular student haunt Piccadilly Records featured in ITV's detective series "Blue Murder". Manchester's Tina O'Brien took on the cameo role of Amy Kirkland, the girlfriend of a murdered rock star in the first episode of the new series.

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University Applications Rise

Applications to universities and colleges for the next academic year have increased by 7.8 percent compared to last year, figures released by UCAS revealed. Law remained the most popular subject, followed by psychology and pre-clinical medicine.

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Student Strangled After Exams

Student Martine Vik Magnussen was murdered after a night out celebrating her top marks. Her body was discovered semi-naked at a block of luxury flats in London. A postmortem showed that she died of compression to the neck.

LEGAL ACTION... Terry Eagleton was a speaker at the recent “Education in the Neoliberal World” conference

Terry Eagleton to Sue University

Professor terry Eagleton has announced plans to sue The University of Manchester for forcing him to retire at age 65. The literary critic and Marxist has accused the University of age discrimination.

LONG TRIP... Navin with his trusty Mitsubishi Pajero

Road Trip to Singapore

A Manchester student has been planning to drive by car from London to Singapore for charity next month. Adventurous Navin Amarasuriya, a first-year Business Management student, is hoping his feat will raise corporate cash for the charity Practical Action.

Plans to Outsource Uni Email

Student email accounts could soon be outsourced to a private company, if a new trial is successful. Student Direct has learned that the University is planning to trial the use of Googlemail and Hotmail as providers for the email system, replacing the current internally administrated 'Webmail' server.

INVASION... Students from group “reclaim the uni” drop on finance meeting

Protesters Disrupt President's Meeting

Student protesters interrupted a finance meeting held by Vice-Chancellor Alan Gilbert in the Old Quadrangle last Thursday. The Reclaim the Uni group presented demands to the University board and read out 'The Arthur Lewis Declaration', which was formulated at the occupation of the building on 22nd April.

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Gilbert Responds to Student Direct Criticism

The Vice Chancellor of The University of Manchester has encouraged his academic colleagues to read the Student Direct front page that highlighted cuts in contact hours.

FACING UP... Police attempt to stop protesters

Protestors Clash With Police

A dramatic student protest brought Oxford Road to a standstill last week. Over 200 protestors clashed with police on Tuesday and brought rush hour traffic to a halt as they marched around campus. Police back up was called in from across Manchester, including undercover officers, several riot vans and a tactical support unit. A police helicopter was scrambled to monitor the march around south campus.

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Arthur Lewis Opened Up

Student access to the notorious Arthur Lewis building is to be improved in the aftermath of the "Reclaim the Uni" protest last week. A number of changes are being planned by the University to address problems with the building raised by students.

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