Jacob Bentley

The past several months have seen an intensification of industrial action taken by the University and College Union (UCU), most recently through participation in a marking boycott by academic staff and, at a local level, an increasing demand for the University of Nottingham (UoN) to pay a Living Wage...

The University of Nottingham Students’ Union (UoNSU) has confirmed that disciplinary action has been taken against the Men’s Football team, following a breach of the Union’s Code of Conduct. As a result, all members of University of Nottingham Football Club (UoNFC) have been banned from representing the University at...

On Wednesday 19 November an estimated 10,000 students marched across central London in a national demonstration for free education, organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) and other student groups, including the Young Greens and The Student Assembly Against Austerity. Protest organisers have said that the demonstration against tuition...

The second University of Nottingham Students’ Union scrutiny panel of the academic year took place on Tuesday 11th November 2014. The purpose of the panel, which is made up of elected representatives from the student body, is to be informed about the progress of the full-time SU officers and...

The results of the two SU referenda on ‘no support for marking boycotts’ and sustainable energy were announced today, but neither received enough votes to become policy. In the marking boycott referendum, 1199 students voted yes, 600 students voted no and there were 685 abstentions. 2014 students voted to...

An investigation by Nottinghamshire Police into last month’s fire at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus has concluded that the blaze was not started deliberately. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry was destroyed on September 12, despite the efforts of more than 60 firefighters from Nottinghamshire Fire...

Warning: contains explicit language. A video depicting first year students at the University of Nottingham engaging in an explicit chant has recently surfaced. The chant features descriptions of necrophilia and violence, and can be heard being shouted by students from Cavendish Hall. “We were taught this chant by the...