Editing University of Manchester (section)

==Student life==
===Students' Union===
[[File:Manchester University Students Union Building (geograph 1963615).jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Students' Union building on Oxford Road]]
{{Main|University of Manchester Students' Union}}

The University of Manchester Students' Union is the representative body of students at the university and the UK's largest students' union. It was formed out of the merger between UMIST Students' Association and University of Manchester Union when the parent organisations UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester merged on 1 October 2004.

Unlike many other students' unions in the UK, it does not have a president, but is run by an eight-member executive team who share joint responsibility.

===Sport===
{{See also|List of University of Manchester alumni#Sports}}
[[File:Manchester University Boat Club.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Manchester University Boat Club]] is one of many Athletic Union clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mubc.org.uk/ |title=Manchester University Boat Club |publisher=Mubc.org.uk |date=25 November 2010 |access-date=26 December 2010 |archive-date=7 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107025112/http://www.mubc.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Manchester_University_Boat_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg|thumb|The Manchester University Boat Club blade]]
The University of Manchester operates sports clubs through its [[athletics union]] while student societies are operated by the Students' Union.

The university has more than 80 health and fitness classes while over 3,000 students are members of the 44 various Athletic Union clubs. The sports societies vary widely in their level and scope. Many more popular sports operate several university teams and departmental teams which compete in leagues against other teams within the university. Teams include: [[badminton]], [[lacrosse]], [[korfball]], [[dodgeball]], [[field hockey]], [[rugby league]], [[rugby union]], [[Association football|football]], [[basketball]], [[fencing]], [[netball]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], [[water polo]], [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate]], and [[cricket]].

The athletic union was formed at Owens College in 1885 from four clubs: rugby, lacrosse, cricket and tennis. In 1901 the women's athletic union was founded. In 1981 the two unions were amalgamated. After the acquisition of the Firs estate in [[Fallowfield]] a sports ground and pavilion were provided there. From 1940 the McDougall Centre in Burlington Street was also in use as a sports centre. [[Ron Hill]], [[Rowena Sweatman]], [[James Hickman]], [[Cyril Holmes]] and [[Harry Whittle]] are former students who have achieved Olympic success.<ref>''The Legacy of John Owens: 150 years of university teaching in Manchester''. Manchester: John Rylands Library, 2001</ref>

The [[Manchester Aquatics Centre]], the swimming pool used for the [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Manchester Commonwealth Games]] is on the campus and used for water sports. The main facilities used for sports are the Sugden Centre in Grosvenor Street, the Armitage Site near Owens Park and the Wythenshawe Sports Ground.<ref>''The University of Manchester prospectus 2005''. Manchester: University, 2005; p. 266</ref>

The university has achieved success in the [[British Universities & Colleges Sport|BUCS]] (British University & College Sports) competitions, with its men's [[water polo]] 1st team winning the national championships (2009, 2010, 2011) under the tutelage of their coach Andy Howard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=16084&sectionTitle=Archive+10%2D11 |title=Championships |publisher=BUSA |access-date=27 June 2011 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603062008/https://www.bucs.org.uk/page.asp?section=16084&sectionTitle=Archive+10%2D11 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was positioned in eighth place in the overall BUCS rankings for 2009/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001000200010005&itemTitle=Championships |title=Championships |publisher=BUSA |access-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612212440/http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001000200010005&itemTitle=Championships |archive-date=12 June 2007}}</ref>

The university competes annually in 28 different sports against [[University of Leeds|Leeds]] and [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]] universities in the [[Christie Cup]], which Manchester has won for seven consecutive years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/index.htm?id=133663 |title=Battle of the North |access-date=3 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403092000/http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/index.htm?id=133663 |archive-date=3 April 2008}}</ref> The Christie Cup is an inter-university competition between Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester in numerous sports since 1886. After the [[Oxford and Cambridge rivalry]], the Christie's Championships is the oldest Inter–University competition on the sporting calendar: the cup was a benefaction of [[Richard Copley Christie]].

Every year elite sportsmen and sportswomen are selected for membership of the ''XXI Club'', a society formed in 1932 to promote sporting excellence at the university. Most members have gained a [[sporting colours|Full Maroon]] for representing the university and many have excelled at a British Universities or National level. No more than 21 active members are allowed, each elected for up to three years (after graduating they become passive members).

An example of the university clubs is the lacrosse club which was founded in the season 1883–84 and in the following years won the [[Senior Flags|North of England Flags]] twice and maintained its position among the leading English clubs. In 1885 it was one of the four founding clubs of the athletic union. The merging of Owens College with the university in 1904 affected the club by restricting the pool of players available for selection. However, when the English Universities Lacrosse Championship was set up in 1925–26 with five university teams the Manchester team won in the first season and again in 1932–33 and continued to do so in the 1930s.<ref>Melland, Charles H. (1939) "The University Lacrosse Club", in: ''The Journal of the University of Manchester'', vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 74–76</ref>

===''University Challenge'' quiz programme===
In the eight years up to 2013, Manchester has won the [[BBC Two|BBC2]] quiz programme ''[[University Challenge]]'' four times, drawing equal with [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], for the highest number of series wins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=9937 |title=Manchester's Fab Four win University Challenge |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-date=7 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507055142/http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=9937 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since merging as the University of Manchester, the university has consistently reached the latter stages of the competition, progressing to at least the semi-finals in every appearance between 2005 and 2014.<ref name="challenge">{{Cite news |title=Manchester wins University Challenge 2012 |url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8088 |publisher=University of Manchester |date=19 March 2012 |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

In [[University Challenge 2006|2006]], Manchester beat [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], to record the university's first win in the competition. The [[University Challenge 2007|next year]], the university finished in second place after losing to the [[University of Warwick]] in the final. In [[University Challenge 2009|2009]], the team battled hard in the final against [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]]. At the gong, the score was 275 to 190 in favour of Corpus Christi College after a winning performance from [[Gail Trimble]]. However, the title was eventually given to the University of Manchester after it was discovered that Corpus Christi team member Sam Kay had graduated eight months before the final was broadcast, so the team was disqualified.

Manchester reached the semi-finals in the [[University Challenge 2010|2010]] competition before being beaten by [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]. The university did not enter the [[University Challenge 2010–11|2011 series]] for an unknown reason. However, Manchester did enter a year later and won [[University Challenge 2012]].<ref name="challenge" /> Manchester has since defended its title to win [[University Challenge 2013]], beating [[University College London]], 190 to 140.

===Student housing===
[[File:ManUni Accommodation year1.jpg|thumb|[[Ashburne Hall]], a catered accommodation offered mainly to undergraduate students, though some places are reserved for postgraduate students.]]
Before they merged, the two former universities had for some time been sharing their residential facilities.

====City Campus====

Whitworth Park Halls of Residence is owned by the University of Manchester and houses 1,085 students,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk/search/details/?property=54 |title=Details (The University of Manchester) |website=www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816170133/http://www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk/search/details/?property=54 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk/summer2016/vacationresidence/ |title=Accommodation available at Whitworth Park Halls |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825231341/http://www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk/summer2016/vacationresidence/ |archive-date=25 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> located next to [[Whitworth Park]]. It is notable for its triangular shaped accommodation blocks. Their designer took inspiration from a hill created from excavated soil which had been left in 1962 from an archaeological dig led by John Gater. A consequence of the triangular design was a reduced cost for the construction company. A deal struck between the university and Manchester City Council meant the council would pay for the roofs of all student residential buildings in the area. They were built in the mid-1970s.

[[File:Whitworth Park Halls.jpg|thumb|Dilworth House, one of the Whitworth Park halls of residence]]
The site of the halls was previously occupied by many small streets whose names have been preserved in the names of the halls. Grove House is an older building that has been used by the university for many different purposes over the last sixty years. Its first occupants in 1951 were the Appointments Board and the [[Manchester University Press]].<ref>Charlton, H. B.(1951) ''Portrait of a University''. Manchester: U. P.; pp.&nbsp;168–69</ref> The shops in Thorncliffe Place were part of the same plan and include banks and a convenience store.
Notable people associated with the halls include [[Friedrich Engels]], whose residence is commemorated by a blue plaque on Aberdeen House; the physicist [[Brian Cox (physicist)|Brian Cox]]; and [[Irene Khan]], Secretary General of [[Amnesty International]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idlo.int/english/WhoWeAre/Pages/people/ik.htm |title=Irene Khan Biography on the IDLO website |access-date=21 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120040/http://www.idlo.int/english/WhoWeAre/Pages/people/ik.htm |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The former UMIST Campus has four halls of residence near to Sackville Street building (Weston, Lambert, Fairfield, and Wright Robinson). The Grosvenor Halls of Residence were demolished in 2015 to make way for a new engineering campus.<ref>{{Citation |title=MECD Time lapse – Grosvenor Halls of Residence demolition (Phase 1) |date=December 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GH16FOdb9M |access-date=30 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830135047/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GH16FOdb9M |url-status=live }}</ref> Chandos Hall, a former residence, has been closed and demolished.

Other residences include Vaughn House, once the home of the clergy serving the Church of the Holy Name, and George Kenyon Hall at University Place; Crawford House and Devonshire House adjacent to the Manchester Business School and Victoria Hall on Upper Brook Street.

====Victoria Park Campus====
[[Image:Houldsworth.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hulme Hall, the oldest hall of residence at the university]]
The [[Victoria Park, Manchester|Victoria Park]] Campus has several halls of residence including [[St. Anselm Hall]] with Canterbury Court, [[Dalton-Ellis Hall]], [[Hulme Hall, Manchester|Hulme Hall]] (including Burkhardt House) and Opal Gardens Hall. Halls at Victoria Park are generally more traditional, and more likely to be catered.

Hulme Hall, which opened in 1887 in Plymouth Grove, is the oldest hall of residence at the university. It moved to its current site in Victoria Park in 1907.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/hulme-hall-oxford-place-victoria-park-rusholme-manchester |title=Hulme Hall, Oxford Place, Victoria Park, Rusholme, Manchester |work=Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940 |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017115101/https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/hulme-hall-oxford-place-victoria-park-rusholme-manchester |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Fallowfield Campus====
The [[Fallowfield Campus]], {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of the Oxford Road Campus is the largest of the university's residential campuses, built largely in the 1960s as a 'Student Village'. The [[Owens Park]] group of halls, formerly with a landmark tower, is at its centre, while Oak House is another hall of residence. Woolton Hall is next to Oak House. Allen Hall is a traditional hall near [[Ashburne Hall]] (Sheavyn House being annexed to Ashburne). Richmond Park is a recent addition to the campus, as well as Unsworth Park which opened in 2019.