‘Getting the job done’: Beswick boxer delight with BUCS Nationals title
Beswick boxer Kane Gardner admitted he was delighted with his performances after ticking BUCS Nationals champion off his bucket list in Sheffield on Friday.
Legal high use in Manchester to be researched after claims of ‘significant’ usage amongst homeless and vulnerable
Legal high use in Manchester is set to be officially researched for the first time, by Manchester Metropolitan University.
From Urmston to Lourdes… Manchester’s very own youngest international karate referee seeks BUCS success
Having become the world’s youngest international karate referee and spending the last three summers volunteering at Lourdes, it is fair to say Urmston’s Tyler McKenna is not your average sportsman.
‘Best swimmers in the world’: MMU student targets BUCS Nationals then Rio Olympics
Martin Schweizer has competed at World and European Championships, as well as being a national record holder.
‘It’s all about the narrative’: Manchester fashion designer on ‘sticking to her guns’ and finding inspiration in Japan
MM chatted to a Manchester Metropolitan University fashion graduate about the narrative, characters and Japanese influence behind her designs after she was named Young Designer of the Year 2015.
Manchester para-swimmer basks in the SPOTY-light ahead of making waves in Rio
Kearney has burst onto the swimming scene this year in emphatic style and emerged as Britain’s most successful swimmer at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Glasgow taking home four gold medals, a silver and a bronze.
‘If I had migrant’s obstacles I wouldn’t survive’: Manchester charity highlights abuse
Women’s rights organisation Safety4Sisters NorthWest is launching a new project aimed at calling to attention the ongoing needs of Manchester women facing domestic abuse.
Manchester Met Uni design app to help ‘hundreds at risk’ from abuse, crisis and suicide
Manchester Metropolitan University has designed an app to help those at risk of suicide.
Kids must not be genetically tested to spot sporting talent, warns Man Met Uni expert
Genetic testing has ‘no place’ in spotting young sporting talent or boosting sports performance, warns a Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer.
Homeless Film Festival director says controversial Manchester Met visit is about raising awareness not politics
Festival director Dean Brocklehurst says criticism as ‘unfair’ and denying students the chance to discuss homelessness is the wrong course of action.
‘Wrong ally’: Greens urge homeless film fest to boycott MMU over The Ark evictions
A local Green candidate has urged the Homeless Film Festival to do the ‘right thing’ and cut its ties with the university.