• WINNER ANNOUNCED: WOMEN’S OFFICER – Ruby Harrison

    Ruby Harrison has been elected as your new Students’ Union Women’s Officer for 2018/19. Ruby Harrison was declared the Women’s Officer for the 2018/19 academic year after winning the 1st round of voting, with 1228 votes. Ruby is also the current Women’s Officer, having also been elected to the...
  • Hustings: International Officer

    On Monday 5th of March, all the candidates running for the position of International Officer participated in a hustings chaired by the current Postgraduate officer, Yolanda King. This year, there are nine candidates running for the position of international officer including; Rox Steven Yan, John Lim, Aanchal Rawal, Christina...
  • Hustings: LGBT+ Officer

    On Monday 5th March 2018, the candidate running for LGBTQ+ Officer in this year’s Students’ Union Elections participated in an election hustings. James Pheasey was given a minute to introduce himself in which he mentioned his experience on the LGBTQ+ Committee as a campaign officer, indicating he is looking...
  • Portland: What the f*** is going on?

    Upon returning to Nottingham in September, University Park Campus had become a building site. Green has become grey. Open access has become fences and scaffolding. Wires are hanging from the ceiling and seemingly everything has moved location. These are the effects of a long term redevelopment project for the...
  • What I learned from a month at Edinburgh Fringe

    During the month of August, a transformation occurs. A metamorphosis. Edinburgh, a city of cold cobbled streets and winding alleys, becomes saturated with people and fairy lights. Edinburgh is a city of contrasts; for most of the year it is an anachronism, with the castle and medieval streets echoing...
  • Eleanor Gray: “The University of Nottingham Should Provide Sex Education”

    In early March, the government announced the introduction of compulsory sex education in all primary and secondary schools, representing significant progress towards an increasingly effective and comprehensive sex education system in this country. However, this does not account for the lack of sex education experienced by those who have...
  • The University of Nottingham should not shun the Sun

    The Sun has set over Nottingham and across university campuses throughout Britain. Over the past few years, a number of prominent universities have banned the sale of The Sun newspaper and other controversial publications (including the Daily Mail and Daily Express) on campus, initiating debate regarding the quality, or existence...