• Impact Campaign fundraising target extended to £200 million

    After meeting its £150 million fundraising target a year ahead of schedule, The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) fundraising initiative, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, has now extended this target to £200 million. The campaign is the biggest fundraising initiative run by UoN and by July 2017 the University hopes to raise...
  • Second HeforShe meeting tackles ‘lad culture’, sexual assault and transgender awareness

      Students participated in discussions led by SU officers on Wednesday evening at a follow up meeting to the HeforShe event that took place earlier this month. Attendees were split into three focus groups to discuss key topics that had been raised at the previous HeforShe event: ‘lad culture’, sexual...
  • Anti and pro-immigration protestors clash in Old Market Square

    The national debate over immigration came to Nottingham at 6pm on Wednesday 21st October. What was meant to be a silent protest in Old Market Square, organised through social media by a loose coalition of groups opposed to uncontrolled immigration, became more than that when protestors from both sides clashed.  Pro-immigration...
  • Junior doctors protest against changes to contracts

    Hundreds of healthcare professionals united in Nottingham City Centre on Saturday 17th October to protest against proposed changes to junior doctors’ contracts. The protest, organised by Chun Hong Tang, began at 2pm in the Old Market Square, with protestors holding placards which read “save our NHS” and “protect our...
  • Students protest for open borders in Calais and Dover

    Demonstrations took place in Dover and Calais on Saturday 17th October, as students and activists stood up for migrants in Calais and continental Europe. On Saturday 17th October, students from across the country, including cities such as Birmingham, Sussex and London, gathered in Dover and Calais to hold parallel...
  • Institutional racism probe to take place in NUS

    The National Union of Students (NUS) has been accused of being institutionally racist by Black Students’ Officer Malia Bouattia in an NUS Executive Committee meeting. The allegations have prompted an internal review of whether there have been incidents of “direct or indirect racism” within the NUS. Megan Dunn, President of...
  • New £3 billion fire broadband roll-out comes to Nottingham

    To celebrate the roll-out of their all new £3 billion fibre broadband in Nottingham, Virgin Media set up a ‘high speed selfie booth’ in Nottingham City Centre on Tuesday 13th October. Impact went along to find out why the roll-out is important for University of Nottingham students, and to...