Mr Cao, a psychology major whose research involves neuroscience, has spent the past school year applying for PhD programs in the US.
He said he was concerned the venue could end up in the same situation as Northern Quarter venue Night and Day Cafe, which was subject to aover noise complaints in 2021.
"Our pockets are nowhere near as deep as Night and Day," he said."We both have other jobs because running a music venue isn't enough."Mr Kostyakov is calling for an amendment to the planning permission requiring the developer to take responsibility for "any remediation and acoustic works" in future.
The BBC has contacted Glenbrook for a comment.The Whitworth Street West development had been approved last month but the application had to be reassessed after the Music Venue True (MVT) submitted an objection on the basis of its proximity to Rebellion.
The MVT said: "Rebellion is not only well-loved locally and nationally, it is an irreplaceable part of Manchester's live music infrastructure."
It said the risk was "not hypothetical" as there were "obvious correlations between noise complaints and venues closing".The National Education Union (NEU), England's largest teaching union, has already said it would resist any further effective cuts to the overall education budget.
And it is demanding any pay rise for teachers be fully funded with new money.that it would vote on taking strike action if the government stuck with its 2.8% pay offer for the 2025-26 academic year.
And when the government indicated in December 2024 that it could only afford a 2.8% pay rise in the health sector in England, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing both said the figure was too low.The government funded last year's above inflation pay increase for public sector workers by increasing employers' National Insurance contributions and