Jacob Bentley

An investigation by Nottinghamshire Police into last month’s fire at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus has concluded that the blaze was not started deliberately. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry was destroyed on September 12, despite the efforts of more than 60 firefighters from Nottinghamshire Fire...

A referendum on the ‘sustainable energy solutions’ motion, which was proposed at last year’s final Union Council, is due to take place in the week commencing Monday 20th October.  The motion, which has been rephrased in the form of a question, reads: “Do you think that the Students’ Union...

Nottingham Citizens’ report of their Hate Crime Commission ‘No Place for Hate’ has been presented and published, following the launch of of their ‘Citizens’ Commission’ earlier this year. Nottingham Citizens is a group geared towards promoting justice and the ‘common good’ and is made up of 40 communities from...

A referendum on the ‘No support for marking boycotts’ motion, further to the Union Council held on 7th April 2014, is due to take place in the week commencing 20th October. The motion proposed in the last academic year, read: “As some students believe that marking boycotts have a detrimental...

Nottingham University Television Station (NUTS) has been rebranded and will now be known as Nottingham Student Television (NSTV), following an official announcement yesterday. The television station will broadcast programmes from four areas: entertainment, news and features, culture and sport. NSTV has adopted the slogan ‘black is the new orange’...

The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry will be rebuilt following last night’s fire, in which the original structure was destroyed. The move was confirmed by the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix, in a statement issued earlier today. “We will be working closely with our...

A building at the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Jubilee Campus caught fire this evening (Friday 12th September), prompting significant responses from Nottinghamshire Fire and Nottinghamshire Police. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry is believed to have caught fire at around 9.15pm. The cause of the fire is...