Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
University of Manchester criticised for numerous failings and 'rushed' decision to install lockdown fencing at Fallowfield campus
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxThe University of Manchester has been criticised for numerous ‘failings’ after putting up ‘lockdown fencing’ at its Fallowfield campus - a move which sparked a major student protest.
Furious students tore down metal fencing at the Owens Park and Unsworth Park halls of residence during a demonstration on November 5.
Within hours the fencing was taken down and the university apologised for the “distress” it caused.An inquiry into the incident has now identified a lack of engagement with students and poor project management as the major reasons for the failing.
University bosses accept that the fencing had a “significant negative impact” on students.They say staff were “motivated by the best intentions” to improve student.
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