Amnesty International Manchester are celebrating the modern relevance of the Human Rights Act for its 15th anniversary by hosting an evening talk on October 11.

Forget geeky teenage boys in dark bedrooms – a week-long series of events has started today with the aim of showing Mancunians that anyone can code.

The Sun’s former managing editor has been appointed editorial consultant at the UK’s leading journalism school, which has centres in both Manchester and London.

The EU vote to introduce gender equality measures to ‘all levels’ of the education system will ‘amplify the representation of women’ in our social and political spheres for future generations, according to a North West MEP.

Ambitious about Autism, who provide support to children in the UK, have again this year teamed up with cycling company Rapha to get 300 riders pedalling 220 miles from Manchester to London in aid of the charity on Sunday.

Manchester children with autism and severe learning difficulties will have a new place to learn as Prime Minister David Cameron announced the building of a free school in Wythenshawe today.

Online lighting retailer Lightbulbs Direct claims that almost a third of all Mancunians – 30% according to their independent survey – can’t change a lightbulb.

After months of anticipation, Manchester students are celebrating as A-level pass grades are up across the city this year.

A new poll has found that mums and dads struggle to answer half of the questions posed to them by their children, whilst a quarter of parents may become liberal with the truth when answering philosophical queries.

Figures in a recent Sunday Times report revealed that, for a professorship in science, women get paid an average of £5,000 less than men – the figure rising to as much as £21,000 in some institutions.

Underachieving, absentee students, whose bad behaviour disrupts lessons and who lack understanding of how to keep safe in sexual relationships have seen a Manchester secondary school awarded the lowest possible rating by Ofsted.