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This morning, Thursday 10th May, the voting for the Students’ Union Elections opens as students are given their say on who is going to represent them the next academic year. You can cast your vote on the Students’ Union’s website. Polls will close at 12pm on Thursday 17th May,...

It has been revealed that the first 1,000 students have joined the class action to claim compensation from universities for teaching time lost during the recent UCU strikes, with the University of Nottingham (UoN) ranking fifth for the number of students signed up. Asserson, the law firm behind the...

This week, members of the University and College Union (UCU) will be consulted over proposals aimed at resolving the university staff pensions dispute. This comes after a UCU branch representative meeting on Wednesday 28 March, where the Union’s Higher Education Committee reviewed the latest proposal from the Universities UK...

Asserson, an international law firm, have launched a website for students who wish to claim a refund for the teaching time lost due to the UCU strikes. All students affected by the strikes are invited to join the group at https://www.universitycompensation.co.uk/ The class action lawsuit opened by the firm...

On the 15th of March, the University of Nottingham’s Students’ Union (SU) had the annual general meeting and members meeting to review last year’s financial report and the Union’s achievements. This correlated with the SU having also released the report onto the SU website. The report quantifies how successful the...

With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections now finished, Impact sat down to chat with the current Activities Officer, Martin Nguyen. Martin talked about his time in office, biggest achievements, and the challenges that come with representing students. How has your time in office been so far? Martin: “My time...

In the light of recent SU Elections, Impact caught up with Laura Bealin-Kelly, the current SU Equal Opps and Welfare Officer, to talk about her time in office so far, biggest challenges, achievements, and what the role has taught her. How would you say your time in office has...