• Unisalad Buy/Sell App Launches in January 2019

    The Facebook buy/sell page is launching a new Unisalad app on January 30th 2019. Impact spoke to the creator, Rebecca De Beukelaer about the development of the app. University of Nottingham History graduate De Beukelaer launched the Facebook page in November 2013, noticing a need for a platform for...
  • National Hate Crime Week: Online Discrimination

    The Internet, and technology as a whole are resources that are used primarily for good. However, sometimes, they can also be used for bad – particularly online discrimination. “2% of all reported hate crimes had an online element, with 63% of all online hate crime being racially motivated” A...
  • Spar shops at Portland and Jubilee are officially Zero Food Waste

    University of Nottingham Student’s Union (UoNSU) and Foodprint collaborate to create “Zero Waste” stores. “collect and redistribute surplus and waste food from the two Spar stores in the Portland building and the Exchange building.” Foodprint has recently announced their partnership with UoN’s Student Union, in the hopes of tackling...
  • #SpreadLoveNotHate – SU Community Officer Jacob’s Campaign

    Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, hate attacks based on race and faith have risen at an unprecedented rate. “Three out of five Muslims in Nottingham have been victims of hate” In our city, shocking research has shown three out of five Muslims in Nottingham have been victims of...
  • The Devil You Know @ Lakeside Arts

    This performance, focusing on the supernatural, followed the story of four friends who were creating a film. Produced by Nottingham New Theatre, it was performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.  The friends were fascinated by the urban legend of the ‘Faceless Lady’, a demonic woman with no eyes. When...
  • Wilde Creatures @ Lakeside Arts

    Since I can remember I have always loved literature and going to the theatre – so I have been aware, for some time, of Oscar Wilde’s permanently elevated status as Britain’s greatest writer/playwright of the 19th century. He is famously known for his sharp wit and cutting satire, often...
  • The Canterville Ghost @ Lakeside Arts

    The dry sarcasm that resonates in most of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost is, perhaps understandably, challenging to enact out within a limited time frame in the format of a vaudeville. Tall Stories’ reimagination of the classic ghost story involves a modified version presented by a compere and his...