months of disruption, with students not experiencing face—to—face teaching, campus living and social events. here our education correspondent elaine dunkley. over the next few weeks, universities across greater manchester will welcome more than 100,000 students. i'm looking forward to meeting new people, to actually studying. but just trying to get that university experience we kind of missed out on. it'sjust fun, getting the vibe back from the two year break we've had in lockdown, and you know, just coming back, everybody together and stuff, getting that unique feeling. it's the start of a new chapter for these freshers at manchester metropolitan. because of the pandemic, some students have started uni without visiting the place that will become their home for the next few years. i didn't know what it was going to be like at all. i was saying to my mum, what if i get up there and i hate it? i could be completely completely like out of my depth. but no, i'm loving it so far. i went to uni last year and i studied a different course. it was quite similar.