Sarah Lindgarde

On the 15th of March, the University of Nottingham’s Students’ Union (SU) had the annual general meeting and members meeting to review last year’s financial report and the Union’s achievements. This correlated with the SU having also released the report onto the SU website. The report quantifies how successful the...

Last week the University and College Union (UCU) branches across the country voted to reject a deal offered by the UUK involving concessions to lecturers who stand to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds from the value of their pensions. Among the complaints the offer generated, was the demand...

In recent months, CRISIS @ Rock City, one of the University of Nottingham’s most popular student nights,  has been getting a lot of attention due to the behaviour of their security personnel. A video, released back in November, showed a student being grabbed around the neck in a chokehold...

With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections now finished, Impact talked to Yolanda King, the Postgraduate Officer, to learn more about her time in office. During the interview, Yolanda talked about the virtue welcome fair, the Postgraduate community, the SU, what she is still hoping to accomplish and more. “It...

With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections now finished, Impact talked to Cassie O’Boyle, the Education Officer, to learn more about her time in office. During the interview, Cassie talked about free graduation, lecture capture, the strikes and more. How would you say your time in office has been so...

Emma Hodges has been elected as your new Students’ Union Sports Officer for 2018/19. Emma was declared the Sports Officer for the 2018/19 academic year after winning the 6th round of voting, with 1676 votes. Emma is feeling a “relieved and excited” although she admits the excitement “hasn’t sunk...

Katie Clubb has been elected as your new Students’ Union Activities Officer for 2018/19. Katie Clubb was declared the Activities Officer for the 2018/19 academic year after winning the 1st round of voting, with 2,744 votes. Talking to Katie, the new SU Activities Officer, she told Impact that she...