• Halloween

    The History Of Halloween

    Impact investigates what the history of Halloween is - why do we use pumpkins and not turnips? Why do we go trick or treating? This article reveals all!...
  • Eating Scene

    Why Do We Stigmatise Eating With Your Hands?

    Eating with our hands is not a new concept. We can see cutlery within global history as far back as the 1st century Romans having spoons, but what happened before then? Do we expect that the first humans fashioned cutlery out of the tools around them to eat or...
  • Student Cooking

    How to Cook at University

    Hayley Lawson gives extremely helpful advice about how to cook as a student...
  • Cocktails

    Impact Tries: Turtle Bay

    Anna Boyne reviews Turtle Bay's new and refreshed menu for the autumn term. The new drinks will divide opinion......
  • Introducing Impact: Lifestyle

    As part of Welcome Week 2022, Impact would like to introduce our magazine to newcomers. This series will introduce our 8 main sections giving you an idea of what we do, who we are and how to get involved!

    Impact is the University of Nottingham’s official student magazine. We are...
  • Lettuce Tea Helps you sleep?

    Lettuce Tea: Effective or Placebo?

    Izzy Rodney investigates the science on whether viral claims that Lettuce Tea helps you sleep is true....
  • kombucha

    The Case for Drinking Kombucha

    Izzy Rodney reviews the taste, health benefits and extraordinary science behind the newest-craze drink, Kombucha...