- Libraries:
- There are an astonishing (well, quite...) 7 libraries including those at Crewe and Alsager, with over 1,000,000 books, 3,400 study places and 2,500 computer terminals! But being students, we still complain.
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- Computing:
- Over 6,000 computer terminals are distributed across Man Met's seven sites, some of them even swanky IMacs!
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- Sports:
- There are sports halls at All Saints and Didsbury campuses and the Sugden Sports Centre at All Saints, includes squash courts, tennis courts, gyms etc. The Commonwealth Games built Manchester Aquatics Centre complete with competition pools and diving boards is also a great place where students can swim for the bargain price of £1.55.
The best facilties are at Crewe and Alsager, with all the above as well as 32 acres of outdoor playing fields and an outdoor swimming pool. The site has also played host to a range of professional sportspeople such as Steve Backley and the Italian football team in Euro 96.
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- Future Plans:
- A mere £14m to be spent on refurbing the Science and Engineering facilties.
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- Disabled Students:
- Disabled facilties at Man. Met. are excellent. There are ramps just about everywhere, a Disability Officer and the University have policies set up which have actually been helpful to disabled students. The SU also has a Disabled Officer, and on the University website there is a regularly used Disabled Notice Board. Briarfields and Cambridge Hall also have quite a few rooms adapted for the needs of students with disabilties. WELL DONE MAN MET.
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- Student Welfare:
- The University Health Centre is quite good, and it deals effectively with most student emergencies and ailments. However, there is a weird disease at many universities that seems to crop up just before large exams or tests. Unfortunately, the Man. Met. Health Centre does not put the same emphasis on the treatment of this condition as it does others.
There are also 3 full time cousellors which are ready to help regardless of how small or large your problem is. Women's issues are also dealt with effectively, with a Women's Officer sabbatical post. The nursery and Student Advisory service are also useful.
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- Parking:
- You'll have more luck finding parking at the Crewe and Alsager sites, but a number of the Manchester halls such as Daisy Bank, Montgomery House and Wilmslow Park do offer some parking and annual permits (ranging in cost from £50 to £200) can be purchased.
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- University Shops:
- The SU has a shop in the main Student Union (mainly selling cuddly items of memorabilia), as well as smaller ones at the other campuses. There is even an online store at:
www.unionshop.co.uk.
There is a photocopying shop, a bakery (!), an STA Travel and a launderette.
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- University Bookshops:
- There is a branch of Blackwells about ½ a mile away at the University of Manchester campus. There is a small bookshop near MMU, but you are better off going to Waterstones in the City Centre (10 minute walk away) as it gives more choice and better value.
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- Banking:
- There is a branch of Barclays and a Link cash machine in the SU building. This can pose a bit of a problem for your bank balance when drunk and you have run out of cash.
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- Transport Policy:
- Very little, since transport in Manchester is quite good. There are buses every once an a while from the far reaches of the Man. Met. Empire...i.e. from Crewe and Alsager to Manchester.
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- Green Areas:
- Do you count sports fields???
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