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The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.The main campus is south of Manchester City Centre on Oxford Road.The university owns and operates major cultural assets such as the Manchester Museum, The Whitworth art gallery, the John Rylands Library, the Tabley House Collection and the Jodrell Bank Observatory – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The University of Manchester Students' Union is the representative body of students at the University of Manchester, England, and is the UK's largest students' union with over 40,000 members. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was formed out of the merger between UMIST Students' Association (USA) and University of Manchester Union (UMU) when the parent ...
The Mancunion is the University of Manchester Students' Union's student newspaper. [1] It is the largest student newspaper in the United Kingdom and is distributed throughout Greater Manchester . The name is a portmanteau of Mancunian , the demonym for residents of Manchester, and union , given its role as the newspaper of the Students' Union.
The Arthur Lewis Building, which is named after the economist Arthur Lewis, is part of the University of Manchester's campus. It is located west of Oxford Road and south of the Manchester Business School, nearly a mile from the centre of Manchester, UK. Construction was completed in 2007, when the building was given a BREEAM 'Very Good' rating. [1]
The first female medical student to qualify Catherine Chisholm practised as a paediatrician after graduating. [6] The success of the school meant that the building needed to be extended twice, in 1883 and 1894. From 1903/04 degrees were awarded by the Victoria University of Manchester.
Fuse FM is a student radio station broadcasting every day during term time from Manchester Students' Union at the University of Manchester. [1]Fuse FM is run entirely by volunteers studying at the university, led by an elected Station Manager and Deputy Station Manager.
Fallowfield was also the site of playing fields at Mab Field used by the athletics union of the university. The campus played host to the Athletes Village for the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in the city. [1] [2] [3] The conditions and costs of the university's accommodation have been the subject of student protests in 2020 and 2023.
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