Tamsin Parnell

  • Campaigners call for Living Wage and permanent contracts for University staff

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    February 8, 2016 13:05
    Several campaigners and supporters of the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Living Wage/Anti Casual Employment Campaign leafleted in Trent Courtyard ahead of the Union Council’s meeting on Tuesday 2nd February. The campaign consists of the local group Nottingham Citizens, UNITE, Unison, and University and College Union (UCU) trade unions associated...

  • Nottingham City Centre to host cultural Light Night

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    February 2, 2016 21:17
    Light Night will be returning for another year on the 5th February 2016 to provide an alternative Friday night for Nottingham residents. Organisers have enlisted the support of over 50 businesses and performers around the city centre with the hope of encouraging a more accommodating evening of cultural activities for the...

  • UoN awarded ‘world’s greenest university campus’ title

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    January 30, 2016 19:57
    The University of Nottingham has been awarded the title of the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world for the fourth time. The Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities is the first and only ranking of its kind, which measures the eco-friendly status of 407 universities worldwide through six key indicators, including...

  • UoN gathers to support junior doctors and nurses

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    January 12, 2016 15:00
    The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Students’ Union and MedSoc held a gathering on Portland steps at 1pm on 12th January 2016 to show solidarity for health care professionals amid tensions over junior doctors’ contracts. Students’ Union President Angharad Smith opened the protest with a speech, thanking students and staff alike for “coming and...

  • UoN HopeSoc on target to raise £650,000 for vulnerable children

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    January 3, 2016 21:49
    By July 2016, HopeSoc, Karnival (the RAG Society) and all their Nottingham-based student supporters will have raised over £650,000 in aid of Hope for Children, having begun their incredible efforts in September 2012. This achievement over the last three and a half years means that the University of Nottingham (UoN), continues...

  • Changes to loan repayments set to hit students where it hurts

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    December 21, 2015 16:10
    University students and graduates who took out student loans after 2012 are facing increases in the cost of loan repayments due to a hidden change to the system in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. When the current student loan system was launched in 2012, in order to mitigate the tripling...

  • NUS urges students to “age themselves” in protest against student debt

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    December 21, 2015 00:03
    As part of its #CutTheCosts week, the NUS has encouraged students to age themselves to show MPs how long student debts could take to pay off. Students have been urged to take a photograph of themselves, use the editing software on the AgingBooth app to age their faces and send...