Some Manchester students are showing a thirst NOT to learn after catching on to a new drinking trend that has spread across the country.

Figures show that race inequality remains to be a stringent issue across areas of higher education, including staffing, admissions and employment.

The short film, entitled ‘Student House Parties: The Impact’, was created by Manchester Student Homes as part of the Alcohol Impact project, run by the National Union of Students and Home Office.

Just one in five men in the North West get their five a day, placing the region second worst in the country, according to a new study by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Salford University are considering scrapping library fines after only collecting just over half of the £133,000 in charges issued last year.

The global success of Danny Boyle’s Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire is just one example of the fact that everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story.

A 77 bedroom student property in Fallowfield goes on the market at just £3,800,000 but house hunting website Zoopla’s listing claims it can home 84, prompting concern from Councillor David Royle

Manchester has been voted in the top 50 student cities in the world – and top three in the UK, according to the QS Best Student Cities poll.

Manchester University medical student Kate Hyde is drawing on a different moustache every day this Movember to raise money for men’s mental health and research into testicular and prostate cancer

Rochdale are one of a number of football clubs nationwide offering futsal scholarships for 16 to 18-year-olds, with the intention of encouraging graduates to study at university or pursue a career in sport at a high level.

A 19-year-old Muslim student was subjected to a sickening racial attack in Piccadilly Gardens yesterday – as her headscarf was torn from her head.