Manchester Education Newswire Archive

MMU campus plans set to be delayed

MULE, 28-11-2009 14:47

Following last week’s news that 127 support staff are to be made redundant – an “efficiency” measure according to Vice Chancellor Professor John Brooks – Manchester Metropolitan University has announced setbacks in plans over its proposed campus developments. Read more >>

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MMU set to axe support staff

MULE, 21-11-2009 11:04

Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Students thrown off English course at Manchester College

MULE, 18-11-2009 16:51

Up to 300 students have been thrown off the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course at Manchester College. The college says this is because of “an unforeseen error in ESOL enrolment” and changes in government funding. Read more >>

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Urban Cash or Urban Rash?

MULE, 16-11-2009 09:28

UniLife, the less than critical in-house magazine of the University of Manchester, has heaped nothing but praise upon the Chancellor elected and installed last year, local property developer and chairman of the Urban Splash Group Tom Bloxham MBE. Read more >>

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Climate Swoop and COP 15 Mobilisation Call Out

Thirde Eye Manchester, 07-09-2009 13:44

This is going to be hot Autumun of Climate Action - we are are oprganising a mobilisation tour of the UK and we need your help! Local groups from all over the country are being called upon to organise and resist!

Read more >>

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cruise ISSSS selling real fur

bright idea, 27-08-2009 14:42

2 animal rights supporters visited cruise in newcastle yestrerday after hearing its now selling real fur again
Read more | 4 comments >>

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Manchester College strikes again!

The Mule, 24-08-2009 11:38

Staff at Manchester College will go on a one day strike on August 27, protesting against compulsory redundancies and union intimidation. Read more >>

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Climate Change: a year from now

Manchester Climate Forum, 26-07-2009 11:15

On Tuesday August 4th, the people of Greater Manchester have an opportunity
to come together to share knowledge and ideas about Climate Change and what
to do about it. Read more | 1 comment >>

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To President Hugo Chavez and the World: Coke Zero

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, 19-06-2009 15:55

President Hugo Chavez has banned Coke Zero from Venezuela based on a health problem. He needs to know what the health problem is. Aspartame in Coke Zero is an addictive excitoneurotoxic carcinogenic drug that interacts with other drugs and vaccines. Read more | 5 comments >>

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Staff strike at Leeds College of Art and Design in pay row

Leeds College of Art University & Colleges Union Branch, 10-06-2009 20:08

Lecturers at Leeds College of Art are on Strike over failures to honour a pay deal from 2004. Read more | 1 comment >>

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July Delegation to Venezuela: Human Rights, Food Sovereignty & Social Change

Bolivarian Circle "Alberto Lovera", 30-05-2009 22:15

July Delegation to Venezuela: Human Rights, Food Sovereignty & Social Change

The Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY invites you to join us in July for a 10-day trip to Venezuela examining advances in food sovereignty and other initiatives for social change. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Plaque to commemorate ILP members who fought in Spain

Alan Warren, 14-05-2009 09:01

The first plaque to remember the members of the Independent Labour Party who fought in the Spanish Civil War alongside the POUM on the Aragon Front is to be unveiled in Manchester on May 30th. Read more | 1 comment >>

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DFEY-NW :: 25th April @ BBC Manchester

tdobson, 16-04-2009 15:10

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in response from a growing need in the Northwest of England for a group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs. Read more >>

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Demonstration against cuts at JMU

James, 17-03-2009 17:39

demo against cuts forced on staff and students a John Moores University Read more | 3 comments >>

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We Stand with the Iranian Students - Manchester Protest 25 March, 1pm, UMSU

Thalheimer, 15-03-2009 16:03

Manchester HOPI are calling a day of action on the 25 March at the University of Manchester Students' Union (UMSU) starting at 1pm. We are calling this demonstration in solidarity with members of the Students for Freedom and Equality group, who have been arrested and tortured by the Iranian regime for standing up against imperialism, militarism, homophobia, patriarchy and state repression. Read more >>

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What Recession Means for Us - economic crisis dayschool - Manchester, 28th March

AF Manchester, 14-03-2009 18:29

Anarchist & libertarian socialist day of discussion and ideas.

Saturday 28th March, 1.00 - 5.30 pm

The Yard theatre, Work for Change, Old Birley Street, Hulme Read more | 3 comments >>

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Manchester students confiscate arms industry stall

Disarm Manchester, 06-03-2009 23:06

On Tuesday 24th February 2009, 40 students from the University of Manchester confiscated the entire recruitment stall for Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) – a Ministry of Defence organisation, including the backing display board. The students wore high-vis jackets with the words 'UMSU Health and Safety Inspectors' written on the back. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester Hungry For Civil Liberties Discussion

Dave Page, 26-02-2009 01:48

Manchester is just a few days away from a major Convention on Modern Liberty, and it looks like being a huge success. The Manchester Convention has just announced a series of "lightning talks" in an attempt to include more people in the debate on matters of civil liberties. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Students mount a Wall of Debt in Manchester

Robbie, 24-02-2009 00:59

Students from the Reclaim the Uni group at Manchester built a Wall of Debt last Tuesday 17th February 2009 – as a visual representation of the cost of higher education. Students were asked to write how much debt they were in each brick of the mock wall. In just over hour all the bricks had been filled, with a total of over £2 million being owed by just 140 students who took part. Several individuals owed as much as £35,000 each. Read more >>

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Preston UCLAN rooftop protest against BAE Systems

disobey!, 11-02-2009 23:59

Disobey! & CAAT Day of Action rooftop protest over the University of Central Lancashire links with BAE systems. Read more | 3 comments >>

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