• Student loans last on average 52 days

    Freshers will have spent their entire loan within a matter of a few weeks of arriving at university, with 93% being left out of pocket by December, a recent study has revealed. It has also been disclosed that nearly half of the first instalment of student loans is spent by...
  • #HeforShe Follow on Event for Gender and Trans Equality

    Students participated in an interactive evening of discussion regarding gender equality on campus led by the SU officers on Wednesday Evening. Keen to enforce the idea that ‘#HeForShe a launchpad to build an umbrella campaign’ to tackle gender inequality within the university, Angharad Smith and Sarah Pickup stated that...
  • NUS supports demonstration against maintenance grant cuts

    The National Union of Students has shown support for a suggested route for a demonstration against government plans to cut the maintenance grant, which will take effect as of the 2016/17 academic year. Demonstrators will assemble in Malet Street, London and march through the centre of the city towards the Department for Business,...
  • NUS refuses to work with advocacy group Cage

    The president of the National Union of Students (NUS), Megan Dunn, has ruled out co-operating with Cage, a controversial advocacy group that campaigns against government policies developed as part of the ongoing War on Terror. Among its work, Cage has provided advice and support for Mohammed Emwazi, the ISIS militant responsible...
  • UoN raises mental health awareness with new campaigns

    The University of Nottingham (UoN) has committed to raising mental health awareness in line with World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th September. Over the week leading up to World Mental Health Day, Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer Sarah Pickup, Nightline, Mind, Student Minds and the LGBT and Disabled...
  • University of Nottingham rises up World Rankings

    The University of Nottingham (UoN) has climbed 28 places in the Times World University Rankings 2015/16, up to 143 from last year’s spot at 171. The Times World University rankings measure universities “across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and outlook”. Each category takes into account numerous...
  • Army Recruitment Drive Launched at the University of Nottingham

    The army have launched a recruitment campaign as numbers of university graduates applying to the armed forces has fallen. Beginning at the University of Nottingham and touring 20 universities in the space of 6 to 7 weeks the scheme is aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of working...