• Hidden Course Cost Campaign – #protectthepiggybank

    The Hidden Course Cost campaign started this Monday the 19th November with a week of focus groups, a totaliser on the SU website and a competition to win an NCT bus pass, print credits, and Amazon vouchers. “little to no financial support for expenses incurred from placement” The campaign...
  • Adult Child/Dead Child @ NNT

    Nottingham New Theatre’s interpretation of Adult Child/Dead Child explored many themes using just a single character, his monologues, thoughts and soliloquies. Jess Donn’s intense take on Claire Dowie’s original play was often hair-raising, fleshing out difficult truths about our world. Adult Child/Dead Child is a subversive take on a...
  • Bang and the loan is gone!

    October 20th was uncovered as the date by which most students faced an empty bank account, and the majority then turned to credit cards (75%), part-time jobs (32%) and the ‘bank of mum and dad’ (25%) to help them financially. “17% of students also resort to selling their belongings...
  • SHAG Week: What is it?

    Sexual Health Awareness & Guidance Week is a campaign run nationally by many SU’s which focuses primarily on the promotion of good sexual health practices. “young people are more likely to be diagnosed with an STI than older age groups.” Most of the students we spoke to were not...
  • The Knot @ Lakeside Arts

    Captivating, intense, and comedic are just three ways to describe The Knot, a dance show consisting of world-class contemporary movers. The story followed a unique take on the wedding celebration where the bride, groom, best men, and bridesmaids used their bodies to convey the different emotions that are expressed...
  • X @ NNT

    Acclaimed British playwright Alistair McDowall’s latest play gives director Joe Strickland an opportunity to take us into the depths of space. A space horror that will leave you on the edge of your seat, X shows you the lives of five astronauts who have been left stranded on a...
  • Behind the Scenes at NNT: “X” by Alistair McDowall

    I had the pleasure of catching up with Joe Strickland, the director of the NNT’s latest production “X”. The sci-fi horror productions debut was last night and will be running until 10th November. “The best bit has been putting little homages to classic sci-fi and horror tropes into the...