• Meet Your 2019 Community Officer Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Community Officer for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Jacob Collier Jacob Collier, current Community Officer, is running...
  • January Book of the Month: Milkman

    Anna Burns’ third novel, Milkman, is an interesting social comment but fails to completely capture your imagination by not meeting the potential of its plot. “I struggled to get that page-turning feeling” Milkman was the winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize and maps the experiences of the protagonist...
  • One Heritage: Providing awareness of both the history and current realities of being of African heritage

    Within the university community diversity and inclusion is something that we continuously strive for. One Heritage is a student-led society and organisation currently best known for their event ‘The Space’, which is a discussion/debate held on campus, regarding issues of concern/interest in the African and Caribbean community. Along with...
  • Tacos, Tequila and Turtles: Volunteering in Mexico

    My year abroad found me on the pacific coast of Mexico in sleepy surf town San Pancho, little sister and neighbour to one of Mexico’s lively “Magic Villages” Sayulita. Here I volunteered in a centre called EntreAmigo’s that acted not only as the heart of the community but my...
  • 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...
  • This is America: A Wonderful Depiction of a Brutal Reality

    In his career as an actor, musician, and rapper, there is not much that Donald Glover (A.K.A Childish Gambino) hasn’t done in the entertainment industry. Personally, I know him best for his role of Troy Barnes on the hilarious show Community. But hilarity is certainly not the intention when...
  • Meet your 2018 SU Community Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Saturday 24th February we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Community Officer for the 2018-19 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Marisa Muramatsu Marisa Muramatsu is a final year History...