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Manchester Metropolitan University
31,280 discussions, 145 guides
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University
All Saints
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6BH
Tel: +44 (0)161 247 2000
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Pulp
Published by the Student Direct team, this magazine is ciculated around the main universities in Manchester. Pulp has a monthly print run of 12,000 and and over the last 30 years has grown to become one of the most respected magazines in the world of student press and beyond. It enjoys a close relationship with a broad range of UK media interests, from national magazines to international record labels. Its funky design is perhaps one of its most memorable features, and a Pulp photographer won the 'Best Photographer' award at the National Student Journalism awards in 2003
Student Direct
A weekly tabloid newspaper edited by an elected sabbatical officer and written by students. The paper is distributed free to students throughout the Manchester area including Manchester University, Salford University, UMIST and Manchester Metropolitan University. The circulation is about 50,000 with slightly different editions for each site.
A mere £14m to be spent on refurbing the Science and Engineering facilties.
Just a couple...
Terry Christian - Presenter of 'The Word'
Steve Coogan - Comedian (father of Courtney Love's baby?)
Bernhard Hill - Actor
Mick Hucknall - Simply Red. Physically and musically.
LS Lowry - Artist
Min Patel - Cricketer
Bryan Robson - Footballer
John Thompson - Comedian
Julie Waters - Actor
Vernon Kay - Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter
Amanda Burton - Actor
There are two bars on the main All Saints site. They are usually busy and even when the city has so much to offer, people still seem to enjoy the atmosphere of the the SU. There are also bars at the other MMU sites at Didsbury, Crewe and Alsager, but these are a lot quieter.
For live music and decent clubbing students flock to K2, one of the Union Bars, which was given a £95K lick of paint a few years back!! (only joking...they have done a good job). Many students also head off to Manchester University, which has an excellent live music scene. Indie bands and dance DJs often play at this venue.
The MancUnion Bar upstairs is a slightly calmer, but definitely still buzzing alternative to K2. It hosts monthly comedy nights and a weekly Universally Challenge quiz.
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The Blue Cafe does a pretty nice range of baguettes, panninis and other standard snack and lunch fare.
Man Met students know how to party, several times a week... K2 holds a number of weekly events. The best of which include the appropriately titled Double Vision each friday and Rock Kitchen which Metal Hammer mag insists is the "best rock night in the north". Face It a monthly UK hip hop and D & B fest also held in K2 is worth a visit.
Freshers Week gets those new arrivals in the Man Met partying groove and seasonal balls keep the atmosphere going...
There are societies for virtually every interest...martial arts are a strong presence, from Aikido to Wing Tsun Kung Fu. Perhaps these exist to enable the students to make it home safely, or maybe it is just for fun. Whatever the case, the standard is reasonably high and the instructors are good.
There is a Surf Club...not that you would ever want to swim near Manchester (too bloody cold)...and an Ultimate Frisbee society. The ladies football team contains some premiership players which is pretty impressive.
Helen Cathcart, a Man Met student recently won a very impressive first photography prize in the 2005 International Design and Art Direction Awards.
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Although university owned accommodation is fairly limited, facilties have recently been expanded and the high proportion of local and older students means that there are more free spaces in the nine Halls that the Uni do own in Manchester and the four halls on the Cheshire campus. Varying from the relative luxury of the en-suite rooms and swimming pool access at Wilmslow Park to the more basic accommodation at the slightly prison-esque Cambridge Hall all the halls are purpose built and perfectly decent by student standards.
Generally, the University accommodation is of a decent standard with CCTV, entry-phones and your own doorman!! (well, not quite).
Externally, housing seems to be fine. The Accommodation Office helps with everything from looking over a contract to finding you a place to live. Manchester Student Homes are also a helpful resource for external accommodation (www.manchesterstudenthomes.com).
As the UK's second largest city, Manchester is the capital of the North and many Mancunians would certainly argue, is just as buzzing as London. There are over 50,000 students in the city (second only to London), which means that it is difficult not to have fun. Manchester Met provides a large portion of these students, and is one of the largest universities in the country.
The University is spread over seven sites. The majority of these are situated at or near All Saints (not the girlie group) which is the largest educational complex in Europe. The Crewe and Alsager sites, however, are 26 and 34 miles from Manchester respectively. Although most students are based near the city, the Crewe and Alsager students are too far away to have a real Manchester experience, something you might want to check out before deciding to go. The two later campuses are not quite dead, but they do a real good impression!!
The student population in Manchester is so vast that students of all types can found, although many pride themselves in appearing like the archetypal student...long dreadlocked hair, baggy clothes, dyed hair, etc. Northern pride is rife, even among southerners, and what little anamosity there is between students and locals, is usually sorted by the students' more diplomatic approach.
There is so many options for social life in Manchester, that we would run out of space if we tried to cover it here. It is best to try it out for yourself! However, there are pubs, clubs, restaurants, and bars for virtually all tastes.
Manchester does suffer from a highly developed drug scene. E, the most common, and a whole host of other drugs are available in clubs and pubs throughout the city. The use of drugs at the University is probably more common than at other places, but the SU have recently installed UV lights in the loos to combat this trend...it is more difficult to see your veins, apparently! For more information on the most common drugs, see the Unofficial-Guide to Drugs.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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There is a photocopying shop, a bakery (!), an STA Travel and a launderette.
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.
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.
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.
Do you count sports fields???
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.
Over 6,000 computer terminals are distributed across Man Met's seven sites, some of them even swanky IMacs!
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.
