• Meet the Candidates: Activities Officer – Georgina Pittman

    Georgina Pittman is running to be UoN’s Students’ Union Activities Officer for the 2020/21 academic year. Impact caught up with Georgina to ask her a few questions.  Do you think SRSs and societies need to be treated differently, and if so, how do you plan on doing this? Student-Run...
  • Meet the Candidates: Activities Officer – Denis Lelin

    Denis Lelin is running to be UoN’s Students’ Union Activities Officer for the 2020/21 academic year. Impact caught up with Denis to ask him a few questions.  Do you think Student Run Services and societies need to be treated differently, and if so, how do you plan on doing...
  • Ignorance Towards a Global Affliction? It’s Nothing New

    Despite COVID-19’s lethal capabilities, innumerable people in the Western world are disregarding lockdown rules, as well as the threat the virus poses. It’s an act hauntingly akin to one committed in the 1980s, and it’s evident we aren’t taking the outplay of past events on board....
  • Students Abroad During the Coronavirus (Part 2: Argentina)

    The second interview in our series is with Emilia Marciniec who is currently in Argentina....
  • Is the Daily Press Conference Fit for Purpose?

    Daily press briefings by the government on coronavirus have become a fixed occurrence for UK households. But questions have been raised over whether they’re fit for purpose, or if they have been an echo chamber for the government to highlight the strengths of its response....
  • The Art of Acknowledging Our Histories

    With stringent lockdown measures in place due to the coronavirus outbreak, our sanctioned one hour of exercise each day is a godsend. Nothing has calmed my anxieties more than getting out for a walk around the park on a regular basis. The white hawthorns and healthy, green trees are...
  • Lockdown: Is it Ever Okay to Break the Rules?

    We all know the severity of the current situation. The UK death toll has now surpassed 20,000; our NHS is on its knees, PPE is in short supply, and the aforementioned figure doesn’t even account for care home deaths. The rules are supposedly simple - that familiar triad of...