Manchester students told to clean up their city
Students at Manchester University are taking matters into their own hands after a group of residents in the city branded them "messy".
Members of the Fallowfield Residents' Association have complained that nearby roads and streets have been littered with pizza boxes, remains of kebabs and vomit from rowdy students following nights out, leading the group to call for a ban on any future student housing developments in the area.
Fallowfield is an area close to the university and in which students make up approximately 50% of the population, a figure that has risen by 20% over the last ten years. With Manchester being one of the most popular cities chosen to study in, students contribute some £300 million to the local economy.
Despite perceptions that most students are drunk and disorderly, the area also boasts a large postgraduate dwelling, with many students choosing to reside in the area with partners and families.
The city council is currently undertaking its Challenge Manchester Project, a programme designed to help clean up Manchester over the next three months. In a bid to help improve relations with their neighbours, students from the university were responsible for helping clean up Fallowfield's streets and the surrounding efforts as part of this project, demonstrating how Manchester's students are making the effort to clean up their messy reputation.
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