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I ve not had marks back since January - Manchester students could face delays graduating as strikes intensify
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First published on Thu 11 Feb 2021 10.53 EST
Students at Manchester University have launched a revolt against their vice-chancellor over the university’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and have demanded she step down over her “complete failure of management”.
The Manchester students’ union will hold a vote of no-confidence in the vice-chancellor, Nancy Rothwell, the first time in its nearly 200-year history such a motion has been triggered. If the vote in March is successful, it will be reported to the university’s board of governors, which will decide whether to take further action.
Ben McGowan, one of the student organisers of the Nancy Out campaign, said: “The frequency and volume of mistakes and complete disregard for students make clear it’s not a one-off thing, it’s a complete failure of management.”
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“Theyâve put their bottom line ahead of our welfareâ: inside the UK’s student rent strikes
Expecting a fresh start, young people across the country are instead stuck indoors, paying for accommodation they can t use. So they ve taken matters into their own hands.
Itâs not been a university experience that would be advertised in any undergraduate prospectus.
They may have expected boundless learning, to discover new interests and chase new dreams, but when students were brought back to campus in September, many saw their classes move online within a matter of weeks, leaving them effectively trapped in their cramped flats. Forced to self-isolate after their migration to the city helped fuel a second-wave of coronavirus, dejected freshers in Manchester hung posters from their halls comparing the situation to prison.