• Impact Investigates: Letting You Down – Student Renting Horror Stories

    Impact’s Investigation Team Straight from halls or their parents’ homes, students often head into their privately-rented accommodation wide-eyed, expecting a problem-free year of living. However, a very different reality sometimes awaits. In collaboration with Nottingham Student Television (NSTV) and University Radio Nottingham (URN), Impact  interviewed University of Nottingham students...
  • “40 Years of Terror” – Film Review: The Thing

    Despite being heavy on the gore with some of the most outstanding practical effects seen on screen and a solid cast of actors, The Thing was a commercial and critical failure on release. However, the home video distribution of the film was a huge success and Carpenter’s The Thing...
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    Impact Investigates: Freshers Targeted By Dodgy Promotion Tactics

    Lucinda Dodd (with research by Impact’s Investigation team) UoN freshers are being targeted by club event promoters who are incentivising people to pose as students to entice them to buy expensive club tickets long in advance. These ‘students’ give freshers the impression that they’ll miss out on popular club...
  • Texas Abortion Law: A Dangerous Precedent For Bodily Autonomy

    In light of the recent changes to the law regarding access to abortive healthcare in Texas, Gareth Holmes looks at the implications of the new restrictions not only for people who need access to abortions, but also for those who assist them. ...
  • The Beard Rants: Piers Morgan

    Piers Morgan, a man who oversaw the continued phone hacking of numerous people, is not some champion of the people or the voice of the voiceless. ...
  • The Beard Rants: Did All We Could

    The UK has now recorded over 115,000 deaths from Covid-19 with the number set to rise. As we sadly hurtle past this grim and terrible milestone Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the audacity to look us all in the eye, mumble a sorry and say that his government did...
  • Johnson: A Prime Minister Of Broken Promises

    One of the hardest things for people to admit is when they have been conned. No one likes being made to look a fool and being the victim of a hoax or scam leaves people upset, especially if the conman has scammed them out of money and left them...