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  2. Rag (student society) - Wikipedia

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    Carnival RAG, the University of Birmingham's RAG, is one of the largest and most successful in the country, averaging over £200,000 a year for the last 3 years. National Student Fundraising Association (NaSFA) NaSFA is an association of UK student fundraising organisations. It stands for National Student Fundraising Association and was born ...

  3. University of Manchester Students' Union - Wikipedia

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    The Mancunion is the University of Manchester's Students' Union's newspaper. It is distributed across the city and has a readership of 20,000. The current Editor-in-chief is Charlie Spargo, the Deputy Editor-in-chief is Marcus Johns, and it has an Editorial Team of around 30 volunteers. The paper has widespread circulation within the Greater ...

  4. Bogle Stroll - Wikipedia

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    The Bogle Stroll is the most popular event of the four available where participants walk approximately 55 miles [3] around Greater Manchester through the night. Walkers tackle what is known as the North and South Loops, forming a figure of eight around Manchester. Every year, the Bogle Stroll sees close to 50% of those who enter finish, leaving ...

  5. Rag-and-bone man - Wikipedia

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    A rag-and-bone man or ragpicker [2] (UK English) or ragman, [3] old-clothesman, [4] junkman, or junk dealer [5] (US English), also called a bone-grubber, bone-picker, chiffonnier, rag-gatherer, bag board, or totter, [6] [7] collects unwanted household items and sells them to merchants. Scraps of cloth and paper could be turned into cardboard ...

  6. Academic dress of the University of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Officers. Officers of the university wear special academic dress on ceremonial occasions. The robe of the Chancellor is of purple silk damask with flap collar and closed, square ended sleeves [d4], edged with silver lace throughout and trimmed with silver frogs on the sleeves, and with the university arms, crest and motto embroidered on each of ...

  7. University of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.The main campus is south of Manchester City Centre on Oxford Road.The university owns and operates major cultural assets such as the Manchester Museum, The Whitworth art gallery, the John Rylands Library, the Tabley House Collection and the Jodrell Bank Observatory – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  8. Victoria University of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. After the demerger of the Victoria University, it gained an independent university charter in 1904 as ...

  9. Ragging - Wikipedia

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    Ragging is the term used for the so-called " initiation ritual" practiced in higher education institutions in India, Pakistan, [1] Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The practice is similar to hazing in North America, fagging in the UK, bizutage in France, praxe in Portugal, and other similar practices in educational institutions across the world.