• UoN International and EU staff talk life after Brexit

    Impact talked to two non-UK teaching staff from the University of Nottingham (UoN) about how they have been affected by Brexit. Many educational experts claimed that the referendum result to leave the European Union would leave a devastating impact on EU teaching staff at British universities. It has now,...
  • US? Canada? International students seeking alternatives to UK universities

    International students are reportedly looking for universities in other English-speaking countries as a substitute for the UK after Brexit. Britain’s decision to leave the EU has caused a wave of uncertainty for foreign students. This has led many to look at universities in the US, Canada, and Australia as...
  • UK universities experiencing a decline in student applications

    Data from UCAS shows that there has been a 4% decrease to the number of people applying to UK universities compared to last year. The figures show that the number of people who applied to UK universities dropped more than 25,000, with a 19% decline to those applying to...
  • Vice-Chancellor releases plans for UoN post Brexit

    In a statement released this week, Sir David Greenaway (Vice-Chancellor at The University of Nottingham) has said that “not much change” for UoN after the UK leaves the European Union. Writing on his blog, Sir Greenaway has asserted that UoN “remains a global institution with an international outlook”....
  • Francesco Lari to students: “Rebel – Join UKIP”

    There’s something disarming about the way Francesco Lari, chairman of UKIP’s Nottingham City Branch, half-seriously apologises for only having time to have a quick 10-minute chat before he needs to get back to work. “As you can see, I’m not a professional politician”. For any UKIP member, the student crowd...
  • UoNSU officers join NUS march against tuition increases

    The National Union of Students took part in a march in central London on Saturday 19th of November in protest against the proposed Education Bill, demanding for quality education with limited costs. According to The Guardian, students and lecturers are upset over the government’s plans for an “ideologically led market...
  • Jack Taylor: “Our Nation is Divided”

    If the referendum result has shown us one thing, it is that our nation is divided. There is no doubt that the referendum has thrown up some serious questions for our country as a whole to deal with. But it has also brought into contention the issues and the...