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

    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...
  • 5% Increase in Number of Full-time Female Academics

    The number of female academics employed on a full-time basis in higher education has increased by 5% since December 2013, a Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) report has shown. The report also highlights an increase in female professors, now accounting for 23% of professors within higher education. The total...
  • City Council wins £6m Funding to make Nottingham Greener

    More than £6 million in funding has been awarded to Nottingham City Council to help reduce carbon emissions. Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin recently announced Nottingham as one of four cities receiving funds for low carbon, sustainable transport due to a £35 million government initiative. This comes...
  • Nottingham City Centre to host cultural Light Night

    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...
  • The University of Nottingham: A Trail Blazer for International Study

    On Tuesday November 10th, Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, was awarded a lifetime achievement for establishing the best international university network in the UK. Nottingham has campuses in both China and Malaysia, both of which have been great successes. Impact Comment examines the implications...
  • “What did you get for question 2?” UoN Administration Blunders Jeopardise Exams

    University of Nottingham (UoN) Sociology students have been informed that the marks obtained in their recent “Social Perspectives of Medicine: The Case of Psychiatry” exam will be disregarded from their overall module grade. The exam, sat by second and third year students on the 12th January, included the same...
  • UoN awarded ‘world’s greenest university campus’ title

    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...