• Why The Lake District Should Be On Everyone’s Bucket List

    Joseph Holmes-Milner A recent survey by fuel brand JET asked 2000 drivers to rank their favourite UK road trips and, unsurprisingly, the Lake District ranked first. I was fortunate enough to go with my family this August. For the last 25 years, my dad has celebrated his birthday weekend...
  • So, What Is The Midlands?

    Rowan Cothliff On the eleventh day of freshers, Impact gave to me a run down of just what is ‘The Midlands’. The Midlands existence has been highly debated during the north vs south divide, yet it’s real! Nottingham students happen to live within it, so we can definitely confirm...
  • Travel Opportunities at the University of Nottingham

    For months now holidays have been cancelled, plans have been ruined and the constantly changing quarantine rules have led to travel seeming a far-off possibility for many of us. If you missed out on the ‘gap yah’ experience, don’t worry, as the university offers plenty of options for you...
  • Finding Deer In Wollaton Park: A Tale Of Strength, Endurance And #firstworldproblems

    Daisy Forster It is a truth universally acknowledged that when feeling down, the best remedies are fresh air and cake. So today when I woke up feeling fed up about life and timetabling stress, I decided that if a walk around campus and a Beeston Brownie couldn’t make me...
  • Bio-gas powered 36 Orange Line bus in Beeston

    Travelling Green In Notts

    Matthew Bird With the weather cooling and rain increasingly likely to ruin a walk onto campus, public transport is looking more and more appealing. But for the environmentally conscious student diesel-powered buses aren’t particularly attractive options. Impact’s Science editor Matthew Bird investigates the green options available. Bio-gas buses Perhaps...
  • “I Just Want Some Me Time.” The Rise Of Solo Travel

    Robyn Walford In recent years, solo trips have been on the increase with one in six (15%) people deciding to head off by themselves according to ABTA. Post lockdown, it was the second most common search related to holidays, and not just because we’d all had enough of each...
  • Going On Holiday? Time To Switch Off The Socials

    Kayleigh Moore Social media takes up a fair proportion of our time whether we want to admit it or not. So maybe just as when you are on holiday you don’t do work, social media should also get a break. For university students in particular, being active on social...