• The responsibilities of bouncers: A grey area?

    The responsibilities of bouncers is a difficult area to define clearly. With their roles being surrounded by an atmosphere of heavy drinking and impaired judgement, uncertainty arises as to whether their responsibilities to maintain club security and ensure the safety of those inside the venue should take precedence over...
  • Challenges: Visit all Halls on University Park in Half an Hour

    ‘Why on earth am I running on to campus at half seven on a February morning?’ I thought to myself as I jogged up the hill past George Green. No doubt the few early birds out and about on University Park were thinking the same thing, yet a Features...
  • A look at STAR: The Fiver Challenge and a Week Dedicated to Student Action for Refugees

    This week students up and down the country will attempt to understand the horrendous difficulties of living as an asylum seeker in the UK. I spoke to George Shaw, the University of Nottingham’s Vice President of the Student Action for Refugees society (STAR), who is going to be attempting...
  • What Does Your Pancake Topping Say About You?

    Pancake Day is one of the best days of the year. Fact. It’s up there with Christmas and Halloween, and frankly, if you asked any singleton, they’d without a shred of doubt agree to the removal of Valentine’s Day for a secondary Pancake Day.  Everyone has their own signature...
  • Challenges: A Sober Night Out in Notts

    Ah, YoYo Thursdays. For the first six weeks of university, there wasn’t a single one I didn’t go to. One of Nottingham’s newest nightclubs, with what is (in my opinion) a banging playlist, Pom Pom is always a safe bet for a good night out. Last semester, I had...
  • Challenges: Egg Vs. Ocean

    To continue Impact’s new ‘Challenges’ feature, we challenged Jennifer to find out: is it possible to get an egg to survive Ocean? Simply put, no. What started out as optimistic intentions soon found ‘Eggbert’ going to a better place as he was pronounced dead at 12:09am in the chaos that is the...
  • The Year of the Killer Clown

    Ah, All Hallow’s Eve, the spookiest night of the year. Ghouls and ghosts abound to send shivers up your spine. Harley Quinns, zombies, skeletons rule the night. And around the corner lurks a mysterious clown – the unmistakable white face, red nose and grotesque, over-happy expression which has always...