• 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...
  • 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...
  • Picketers speak out as UCU strike draws to close

    On the final week of the staff and student strike at the University of Nottingham, Impact spoke to picketers at the North Entrance of University Park Campus. Maths professor, Markus Owen, who was present during one of the early morning pickets stated he supports the strikes, because he would...
  • Man arrested after stabbing in Broadgate Park

    A 22-year-old male was taken to the hospital after being stabbed on 4th February in Broadgate Park. Nottinghamshire Police have announced that a 20-year-old man, who allegedly lives in Redwoods in Broadgate Park , has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The police were called to Turnpike Lane...
  • BREAKING: Police called to Florence Boot

    At around 5pm on Friday evening police were called to Florence Boot Hall to investigate a student in possession of a large number of guns. The situation has now been resolved, but it remains unclear whether the firearms were real. Some reports claim the student is a member of...
  • UoN staff and students protest the University’s employment standards

    This morning students and academic staff at the University of Nottingham (UoN) took to Trent Courtyard to protest the University not implementing a Living Wage. Around a hundred students and staff members gathered early Tuesday morning carrying cleaning supplies to show solidarity with the cleaning staff, the University’s lowest-paid...