• National Sibling Day: Our Relationships

    National Sibling Day 2019 has just passed on April 10th. Here at Impact we have taken a look at our relationships with our siblings (or lack of) and deciphered the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Youngest Child Being the youngest comes with many perks: you can generally get...
  • The All-Too-Necessary Guide for…Surviving University Cold and Flu

    It has happened to us all; whether it’s the bog-standard Freshers’ Flu, or a more general snotty-bunged-up-ness that passes from bedroom to bedroom, door handle to door handle, and lecture theatre to lecture theatre – we’ve all been there. And isn’t it just so much worse being unwell at...
  • PDA: How much is too much?

    I myself am in a relationship (apologies to the single readers as I declare my status around February 14th – I will be lucky if I get a card through the post), and very importantly PDA is something I still take seriously in my relationship – on the rare...
  • Public Toilet Etiquette – The Do-dos and Definitely Don’ts

    My biggest fear as I’ve grown older has become public toilets. The toilets in school were bad enough, with lumps of wet tissue paper rolled into a ball and throw up at the ceiling, and the congestion of 20 girls cramming to do their make-up by the sink whilst...
  • WARNING: If you don’t share this article in the next 24 hours, you will fail all your exams

    “You’ll be fine”. “It’s only first year”. “You can’t change anything now”. Who are you people, offering this useless type of advice, or, are you the one listening to it? Something you soon realise at university is that there are two types of people in the world: the worry-ers,...
  • Impact Features Does Bonfire Night

    Bonfire Night On The Forest takes place every year at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham. With all the allures of firework displays, hot food, fairground rides and the fact that it’s FREE entry, we sent Impact’s Ellie Wright to experience the event. We kicked off bonfire night with a jam-packed tram...