• The Big Student General Election Debate

    On Friday 2nd June, the four political parties at the University of Nottingham, the Lib Dems, Labour, the Conservatives and the Greens, when head-to-head, in a Question Time-styled debate in front of an audience of students. The structure consisted of opening statements, followed by panel and audience questions. Here...
  • “Part of creating a fairer society”: The Conservatives Interview

    In the lead-up to the General Election 2017, Impact Magazine sat down with representatives from the four political societies at the University of Nottingham: The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens. From the Nottingham University Conservatives, we spoke to Sam Hamilton. The Conservatives were a part of the coalition...
  • “It is about creating a society where everyone has the same opportunities”: Labour Interview

    In the lead-up to the General Election 2017, Impact Magazine sat down with representatives from the four political societies at the University of Nottingham: The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens. From the Labour Society, we spoke to Jacob Collier. Why do you think scrapping tuition fees is...
  • English Tapas Review: “We need a voice like Sleaford Mods in today’s society”

    You’ve seen it on the backs of buses; the brash talking bass thumping Nottingham bred duo Sleaford Mods have returned with album number four – English Tapas, and they’ve only gone and teamed up with Rough Trade to produce it! If I’m being honest, I stuck the album on...
  • IMPACT EXCLUSIVE: An Interview with Jeremy Corbyn

    Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, has spoken exclusively to Impact during an event in Beeston.  Jeremy Corbyn was in Nottingham on Thursday 3rd November to attend a number of East Midlands Labour events, as well as to interact with locals and members of his party. ‘Rally with Jeremy...
  • IMPACT EXCLUSIVE: An Interview with Lilian Greenwood MP

    Local MP Lilian Greenwood: “Brexit is having a chilling effect on our universities”. Having resigned from being Shadow Secretary of State for Transport after the EU referendum result, Lilian Greenwood is under no illusions of the problems facing not only Labour, but the UK as a whole. For her...
  • Lilian Greenwood MP: “Brexit means Brexit is a ridiculous statement”

    Local Labour MP Lilian Greenwood visited the University of Nottingham on Friday 14th October to give a talk titled “Labour after Brexit: can it ever win back power?”. The Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham South, first elected in 2010, expressed little confidence in Jeremy Corbyn,“after a disastrous summer,...