Becky Devonshire-Pay

Features Editor at the Manchester Tab

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Manchester
Education
Manchester University
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Guides, gossip, fashion, hot topics, uni life, campus lifestyle, student culture, opinion, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, Uni of Salford

  • Becky is currently the features of The Manchester Tab, where she is responsible for overseeing feature articles written for the site as well as producing articles and social media content for the site
  • Becky is passionate about breaking important student news, as well as covering student scoops and opinion
  • In her spare time, Becky enjoys procrastinating, binge watching anything on BBC IPlayer (especially Only Connect), and being really bad at pub quizzes

Experience

Becky joined The Manchester Tab in 2022 as a student contributor, before going on to become the Co-editor in Chief in the summer of 2023, and then features editor in 2025

Education

Becky studied her undergraduate degree at The University of Manchester in Politics and Sociology with professional experience year, and is now taking a (panic) masters at The University of Salford in Journalism

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The Tab's journalism is brought to you by young reporters who like being first. On university campuses, our writers deliver local news you care about. At The Tab HQ, our experienced journalists write about everything from breaking news to politics to pop culture to TikTok trends to the latest entertainment and celeb gossip. Our aim is to deliver sharp, original, and agenda-setting journalism to young people. All our stories are fact checked and sources verified. Further information on our editorial policies and processes can be found here.

Posts

‘You can’t price your life’: Ex Manchester student and meningitis survivor urges vaccine

Sophia Speirs was left deaf in one ear after contracting meningitis at 19

Woman fears her daughter caught meningitis from vape after visiting Club Chemistry

She is expected to stay in hospital for at least a week

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Reports of ‘at least 10 incidents’ of medical calls at Raye’s ‘overcrowded’ Manchester gig

‘I was sure they were going to end the the show early’

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In pictures: Emergency response following light aircraft crash in Greater Manchester

An eyewitness described the response after two men were pronounced dead at the scene

Watch: Oxford students left stunned after police chase tore through their house

‘POV: Your student house is a crime scene’

Watch: Students evacuated after fire broke out at University of Salford accommodation

The fire allegedly started from a tumble dryer

University of Manchester vice-chancellor pays under £2,000 rent for university-owned flat

Professor Ivison earns a salary of £350,000

Revealed: University of Manchester halls replace mattresses every five to seven years

Worst case scenario, you’ve shared a mattress with six other people

University of Manchester’s vice-chancellor sees nearly £150k pay rise compared to last VC

Professor Duncan Ivison earns 10.5 times the median pay of staff

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This is where the I’m A Celeb 2025 campmates went to uni, and exactly what they studied

You’d never guess what Vogue Williams studied

Warwick students watch as blaze rips through their university accommodation

The university has since released a statement after the alleged cause of the fire was revealed

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Revealed: Which Celebrity Traitors cast members are mates and which have major beef off air

I would not want to be left in a room with Jonathan and Ruth

Guys, wtf was James Charles doing in a Manchester Wetherspoons?

This wasn’t on my 2025 bucket list

Police investigating after Bar 256 bouncers caught in violent brawl outside venue

Footage shows one bouncer appearing to throw a barricade at one man

Bee Network bus strike called off in Manchester this weekend

Services are now expected to run as normal

Sea of tributes left outside Heaton Park Synagogue five days on from terror attack

Messages left express sympathy and solidarity from across Manchester

If you’ve not done 8/12 of these Freshers’ Week bucket list things, you’re doing it wrong

3. Put plastic bags on all of your kitchen lights

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Disruption anticipated to Bee Network as drivers plan to strike during Freshers’ Week

The strike follows an ongoing pay dispute

Greater Manchester Police releases statement after protestors clash outside Fallowfield hotel

A combined estimate of 250 anti and pro-immigration protestors attended on Sunday afternoon

He never misses, but here’s an ultimate ranking of Stephen Graham’s best performances

Our Scouse king

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Adolescence: Inside the real life love lives of all the cast members

Does this mean I can slide into Erin Doherty’s DMs?

University of Manchester to award Molly-Mae honorary degree in fashion business

The Love Island star turned business woman is being recognised for her wide influence and contributions to fashion

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All of Jamie Laing’s eccentric side hustles and how much bank they make him

How has he got so many plates spinning?

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Tyson Fury spotted shopping in the Trafford Centre after allegedly bumping into Molly Mae

One fan said that they had a ‘frosty exchange’

Prices for new Fallowfield student accommodation revealed to cost up to £235 a week

Oak House and Squirrels Bar are also set to be demolished

Erm, slay? Manchester officially has the most Instagrammable Christmas markets

Getting the best festive content in Manny

Reynhard Sinaga attacked

Former Manchester student and prolific rapist Reynhard Sinaga attacked in prison

Sinaga is serving life with minimum of 40 years after being convicted of 159 sex offences

University of Manchester is the Russell Group uni with students doing the most ket

‘I’ve never seen ket use like I have in Manchester. I thought it was bad in Liverpool but Manchester is another level’

Man arrested for stalking after filming women in viral ‘Manchester Nightlife’ videos

The videos filmed women walking in Deansgate without their knowledge or consent

The realities of hosting a Fallowfield house party

Have fun trying to find someone to re-attach your radiator to the wall

Update: Palestine Action shares image with smashed bust of first Israeli president

Busts of Israel’s first president were stolen from the University’s Chemistry Building

Wilmslow Road cordoned off amid reports of finding a suspicious device

Eyewitnesses are suggesting it is an unexploded bomb from WW1

Inquest into death of Manchester student found on Blackpool beach

Sairam Guntupalli moved to Manchester for a ‘better life’

Omg Manchester students: You can get a 99p burger from Deliveroo

The burger is only available for a limited time

University of Manchester down four places in The Times UK university league table 2024

The university is now ranked in 27th place

Looking for a new society? Come and write for us at The Manchester Tab

Come to our open meeting Thursday 26th September at 6pm at Nest Fallowfield

He’s positively awful, so here are all of Gabriel’s biggest red flags in Emily in Paris

I could list them for days

Manchester police filmed pinning man down and ‘punching’ him in city centre arrest

The man could be heard yelling in pain and had a bloodied face as officers continued to hold him down

Uni of Manchester forced to move exams after pro-Palestine protestors occupy Whitworth Hall

Students received an email from the uni outlining ‘well established contingency plans’ which may be put in place

Nicola Coughlan favourite shows

Married at First Sight to Love Island: All of Nicola Coughlan’s favourite TV shows

She’s truly just like us

Camden pubs to comedy clubs: All of the real-life locations used for filming Baby Reindeer

Probably best to avoid some of these locations

Manchester Police appeals for students to claim bizarre items stolen from Fallowfield houses

The stolen items include a lighter, an American plug and a broken camel magnet

Manchester students bought hot tub to stay warm after heating had been broken for weeks

One tenant was forced to temporarily move out of the property due to damp and mould

Nominations are now OPEN for Manchester’s ultimate BNOC 2024

Short for stuff on your CV? This is for you

Everything Jack O’Connell has been up to since breaking all our hearts as Cook in Skins

He’s now starring in the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black

The Manchester Tab wants you: Apply to be part of the 2024-2025 Editorial team

Applications close on Friday 26th April

New report exposes widening ethnicity and disability pay gap at University of Manchester

The number of BAME staff decreased in 2023 and disability pay gaps increased to 16.1 per cent and 10.3 per cent

Manchester police officer cleared of rape allegation against 20-year-old student in her home

James Darnton was found not guilty of the allegation that occurred in 2009