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Education

Universities in Manchester need to value their students more than their profit margins

By Jamie Greer | 28 September 2021Opinion

Manchester student returning to University this year after experiencing the last academic year under the Covid lockdowns, reflects on how the marketisation of education contributed to the dire experience of students through the pandemic.

Maxine Peake at the Working Class Movement Library

By Guest Writer | 28 August 2021Friends of The Meteor

A stunning set of photographs from a shoot at one of Maxine’s favourite locations, the Working Class Movement Library in Salford.

Photography by Rose Baylis and James Taylor. Guest article from the Greater Mancunians blog.

City of Trees: tackling climate change and promoting sanity

By Dale Anne McAulay | 21 July 2021Features

With Covid and the climate crisis exacerbating mental health issues across society, City of Trees is tackling the problem by aiming to plant three million trees – just over one for every person in Greater Manchester.

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Manchester council scraps school-based police officers

By Alex King | 20 July 2021News

While anti-racism campaigners welcomed the move as “an important step”, they warn it “does not go anywhere near far enough” to remove police influence in Manchester’s schools.

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University of Manchester under pressure to cut ties with Tel Aviv University

By Alex King | 22 June 2021News

The Manchester university highlights that the partnership is based on UK government guidance, but academics say it violates the institution’s publicly espoused values of anti-racism.

Salford Star cover with Shaun Ryder

The Salford Star, reporting with ‘attitude & love’ for 15 years, is closing

By Judith Suckling | 29 April 2021Features

‘I can think of only two local newspapers that consistently hold power to account: the West Highland Free Press and the Salford Star’ said journalist and author George Monbiot. The Salford Star is to close after the elections in May. Judith Suckling talks to Stephen Kingston, the journalism powerhouse behind the Star, on its rise and fall.

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New bike park in Little Hulton crowdfunding to provide vital access for people with disabilities

By Guest Writer | 16 April 2021Friends of The Meteor

Crowdfunder launched to provide support for disabled young people’s cycle lessons at the new bike and skate park in Little Hulton, Salford.

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Meteor reporters reflect on a year dominated by Covid-19

By The Meteor Team | 23 March 2021Features

Today is the anniversary of a very strange Covid-19 lockdown year. Six Meteor reporters reflect on working through the pandemic and the challenges faced.

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‘Unique’ Manchester-led study of deaf young people calls for more participants

By Noora Mykkanen | 19 March 2021News

Researchers at the University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh are reporting on the lives of deaf young people in England, Scotland and Wales through the READY study, and are looking for more participants. Noora Mykkanen spoke to the academics and co-inquirers leading the project to find out more.

Cruse Bereavement Care gathering in Longford Park pre-Covid

Cruse Bereavement Care is helping people climb the mountain of grief caused by Covid deaths

By Dale Anne McAulay | 17 January 2021Features

The Covid death toll in the North West is already over 13,000. Leaving a far larger and steadily growing number of family and friends left behind grieving their loved ones.

Cruse Bereavement Care are helping people deal with that grief. Providing a light at the end of what may initially seem a formidably long and dark tunnel.

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