Anna Boyne

 Once upon a time, on 22nd June 1948, Black people arrived in Great Britain. HMS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, carrying 492 Jamaican men. The white English population welcomed them with open arms and streets paved with gold....

Racism in Britain was never as bad as the US or South Africa. At least we never had segregation. Well, British segregation was never institutionalised....

The Trent building is an iconic UoN landmark. No freshers’ week or dissertation submission would be complete without an Instagram post featuring it....

The Windrush myth was created in the 90s. But so were huge parts of British culture that continue to have an enduring legacy today. It became a decade defined by cultural co-creation....

On the 22nd April 1993, 150 miles away from the University of Nottingham, Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racially motivated attack....

Student Action for Refugees (STAR), established by a Nottingham student in 1994, is now a national group of student leaders and activists. Groups across UK universities advocate for the support and protection of refugees and asylum seekers....

Students may not pay council tax, or seem to have much spare cash lying around. But collectively the University of Nottingham (UoN) and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) contribute a whopping £3.8bn to the UK economy every year....