• NUS urges students to “age themselves” in protest against student debt

    As part of its #CutTheCosts week, the NUS has encouraged students to age themselves to show MPs how long student debts could take to pay off. Students have been urged to take a photograph of themselves, use the editing software on the AgingBooth app to age their faces and send...
  • Nottingham named UNESCO City of Literature

    After a bid launched in April 2014, an announcement was made on the afternoon of Friday 11th December that Nottingham has officially been awarded the prestigious title of UNESCO City of Literature. Nottingham is now one of only twelve cities worldwide to claim this accolade, the others including Reykjavik, Heidelberg,...
  • UoN wins Times Higher Education award for Outstanding Support for Career Researchers

    The University of Nottingham (UoN) was recognised at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015 on 26th November, winning the ‘Outstanding Support for Career Researchers’ award. The Times Higher Education Awards website states that the ‘Outstanding Support for Career Researchers’ award is given to the institution that has “developed the most innovative...
  • Access to Turnitin down as UoN network provider comes under attack

    Students were left without access to Turnitin today after the Janet network which provides The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) internet services was hit by a cyber attack. Students with coursework deadlines were advised by the University to contact their Schools directly for further information. Janet, a publicly funded computer network...
  • Body Confidence Fair in Portland as part of BeReal Campaign

    The University of Nottingham Feminists held their Body Confidence Fair on November 24 to mark the start of 2015’s Body Confidence Week after the success of the previous campaign. Working in collaboration with the Women’s Network, Body Confidence Week is designed to promote self-confidence, starting with loving your body....
  • Nottingham ‘Stop the War Coalition’ Organise Protest against Syrian Air Strikes

    Hundreds of people, including students from the University of Nottingham, gathered around the Brian Clough Statue on 2nd December 2015 to protest against the Syrian air strikes. The gathering took place at 5:30 p.m. yesterday in response to the 174 majority vote in the House of Commons, announced just hours before,...
  • Student entrepreneurs share success at Nottingham Entrepreneur Conference

    The Nottingham Entrepreneurs held their latest conference on Thursday 26th November at the Business School on Jubilee Campus, with speakers including co-founder of Green and Black’s chocolate, Josephine Fairley. The event began with a networking session, which gave approximately 200 students the opportunity to interact with the event’s sponsors, including EY, Enterprise,...