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    UK Space Industry – Failure to Launch

    Adaora Elliott The Virgin Orbit ‘Start Me Up’ Mission consisted of the Cosmic Girl, a modified Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, being used as a launching mechanism for the LauncherOne rocket. It had its seats removed, its upper deck converted into a control centre for launch engineers, and a LauncherOne...
  • Student Suicide Rates – Rising and Relentless

    For the first time in UK history, it has come to the public’s attention that suicide rates amongst students have topped those of non-students. The figures have risen by 56% between 2007 and 2016, according to a conference in New Zealand, and though it is not specified what type...
  • UoN Students’ Biggest Fears

    As Hallward and George Green begin to fill and exam time rolls ever closer, Impact Features thought this would be a great time to see what University of Nottingham (UoN) students fear the most. Procrastinating in the library, stuffing my face with Maryland cookies, I approached reluctant strangers to ask them...
  • The failure of Further Education colleges is a failure of the entire system

    There is an acute problem in the quality of our further education (FE) establishments. A third of those which provide ‘low cost’ degrees, costing £7,500 or less annually, have failed recent inspection by the Quality Assurance Agency.   The agency is yet to publish a report addressing why 14...