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University of Manchester officially ranks 10th in world for 2026 sustainability
The university beat out both Oxford and Cambridge for a top 10 spot
Cardiff University vice-chancellor lives rent-free in lavish home despite £290k salary
This comes after plans for 286 job cuts were announced in April 2025
University of Manchester warns students about ‘racist’ Charles Dickens over 1851 essay
The warning was sent to students on a specific English literature module
Here are our top tips for romanticising November in Manchester like a true Gilmore girl
All the advice you’ll need so you don’t drop out of Manchester and join the DAR
Manchester train station set to close platforms for nine days for ‘major overhaul’
A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson described the upgrades as ‘essential’
It’s time: Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 Manchester Christmas Markets
Anyone fancy a Yorkshire pudding wrap?
Manchester students’ overuse of AI is destroying their minds, and something must change
Since when did we need a chat bot to tell us how to sign off an email?
Survey finds 36 per cent of Manchester students use AI daily, including for mental health
60 per cent of respondents told The Manchester Tab they use it to help them with assignments
Two arrests made after facial recognition cameras introduced in Picadilly Gardens
Four further arrests were made by officers supporting the operation
Here are all of the perfectly cosy shows and performances coming up in Manchester
£11 for a show is an absolute Christmas miracle
British Transport Police appeal for witnesses after 13-year-old boy stabbed in Manchester
The incident took place at Piccadilly station
Woman jailed for stealing cheese and butter from Manchester station
The thief was breaching a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order
Manchester tram drivers to vote on strike action that could cause Christmas Market chaos
Potential strikes would begin in late November
Manchester student shares horrifying footage after Fallowfield house egged by flatmates
What on earth is going on in Fallowfield
Bob Vylan postpones Uni of Manchester gig over ‘political pressure’
The band also postponed a performance in Leeds
Here’s what you should dress up as for Halloween, based on your Manchester study spot
Here’s how you can go from a day of studying to a night of not being asked ‘who are you supposed to be’?
Manchester Pride goes bust following thousands owed in unpaid fees
Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne, Nelly Furtado and Olly Alexander were all scheduled for the 2026 event
Harry Potter actor reveals strict filming rules and surprising cast pay details from set
One scene from the Triwizard Tournament was horrible to film
61-year-old man arrested after series of burglaries in Manchester student flats
The charges were shared with the public two days after the incident
University of Manchester’s cost of living support fund donates lowest payout since 2021/22
59 per cent of this year’s applicants were rejected for funding
Who runs this campus? New data shows the ratio of women to men attending Manchester unis
Girls just wanna get those degrees x
Who will win? Here’s how Manchester’s universities compared in the 2026 world rankings
One Manchester university was very high in the rankings
Go to uni in Manchester? A new report has revealed just how healthy you’re predicted to be
Turns out the happiest uni in Manchester isn’t even the healthiest
Manchester universities rank in 2025 UK top 10 for producing business leaders
Capital on Tap called business leadership ‘one of the defining career paths of the last decade’
Suspect shot by police after two killed in Manchester synagogue stabbing: What we know
Three others remain in a ‘serious condition’ after the major incident
Flirts and yappers: The 17 students you’ll see in Lancaster Uni’s library this exam season
Save your gossip sessions for A floor, please
Plan a summer’s day in Lancaster and we’ll tell you where to buy your weekly matcha
It’s one week into May and the iced drinks are coming out in full force
Who’s your winner? It’s time to vote in the second round of Lancaster’s BNOC nominations
It’s the biggest competition of the year
The time is here: Voting has opened for the first round of Lancaster’s BNOC candidates
We’ve got some tough competitors this year
Lancaster University SU opens nominations for Education Officer and Student Trustees
Students have just over two weeks to make their nominations
It’s official: Nominations are OPEN for The Lancaster Tab’s BNOC 2025
Buckle in BNOCs, it’s time to earn your title!
LUSU Education FTO calls out Lancaster Uni’s Curriculum Transformation Programme approach
The Curriculum Transformation Programme was announced in December 2024
The results are in: These are your LUSU Officers for 2025/26
Voting was open from Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th March
From drug culture to rent: The LUSU candidiate questions discussions you haven’t heard yet
The event gave 13 candidates the chance to discuss their plans
Sugar threats, booing and opposing manifestos: LUSU education candidates face chaos at Q&A
One candidate was met with both booing and loud applause
LUSU FTO candidate admits that he does not know ‘what the FTOs do’
One candidate said that students are ‘reasonably distrustful’ of the Students’ Union
LUSU presidential candidates questioned on lack of female presence in panel
‘Women don’t feel empowered to take on these roles’
‘The crime of simply existing’: Inside the backlash for ‘harmful’ Lancs confession pages
Multiple Lancaster-based Instagram accounts have been slammed by university colleges for the spreading of ‘objectifying’ content
Here are 11 things that you can do in the time it takes to get a seat on the 100 bus
Watch me write my whole dissertation
I’ve got my girls: Here are our top seven Galentine’s ideas for the single Lancaster gals
Grab the camembert and a bottle of Aldi’s finest wine, it’s girls’ night x
We asked students for their favourite things about Lancs are and the responses are adorable
We’re not crying, you are
Plan a day off from uni work in Lancaster and we’ll tell you which romcom lead you are
Let’s face it, everyone wants to be Andie Anderson x
11-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of assaulting police officer near Lancaster fire
Police services had closed Parliament Street while firefighters tackled a building site fire
Erm guys, turns out Love Island’s Ekin Su went to UCLan and honestly, the pics are wild
How many lives can one icon have?
Breaking: Lancaster University Students’ Union cancels 2025 Summer Ball
In an email seen by the Lancaster Tab, LUSU cited rising costs for the cancellation
Plan a cosy night in at Lancs and we’ll tell you where you should buy a sweet treat from
Brb, currently drooling over The Sweet Escape’s new easter egg cheescakes
Get over it! We’ve matched iconic quotes from The Traitors to Lancs student moments
Who the HELL is not gonna come back to my seminar?
Lancaster hospital at high alert level for ‘unprecedented’ A&E demand
Royal Lancaster Infirmary saw 1,391 A&E patients in one week