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On Friday 19th October we hosted our third installment of “Question Time” in partnership with Manchester Debating Union.
Video Credits: James Maskell, Tristan Humphreys
The panel featured local politicians from various political persuasions, BBC Radio Manchester talk show host, Alan Beswick, as well as our Students’ Union Women’s Officer, Elizabeth Somerville.
More videos - including interviews with panellists - coming soon!
It?s not every day you get a call from the president. Unless, of course, you?re referring to the President of the Politics Society, as prestigious as she is. It never quite seems to live up to the scenes in 24 and thus, as yet, I?ve not found myself warning a superior that he?s ?making a mistake? before singled-handedly saving a large crowd of onlookers. Continue reading ‘Polsoc Goes National’
So Freshers, here you are finally enrolled in the university of Manchester, home to the great and good, the drunk and the slightly drunker. Whether you’ve been in college the last couple of years or just on your gap year smoking something dodgy in a Borneon jungle, you’re probably still a little terrified of what awaits you in the coming months and years. Continue reading ‘Dangermouse, drink and maybe a degree’
On Monday 15th October UMSU conducted a protest aimed at highlighting a broad range topics from top up fees to staff cutbacks.
Please be warned that some of our videos contain strong language.
Continue reading ‘“Education Not Profit” Protest’
Politics Society are hosting Question Time III on Friday 19th October.
The format is the same as the BBC show. Questions will be taken from the audience, but you can also submit them beforehand here.
Continue reading ‘Question Time III’
He was itching to have his say on it. The man in the dark suit with well-groomed and greying hair breathes in and raises his voice, ?Utterly, utterly ridiculous?. Continue reading ‘Express Yourself’
Tuition fees, the environment and student welfare. Topics that you would expect the majority of students at our university to have an opinion about. Yet many of the students who have proposed motions covering these areas for the upcoming 17th October General Meeting are less concerned about refining their speeches and more worried about whether anyone will actually turn up.
