• Someone puts money into a white piggybank there is text over the image saying - project winter platform x impact at best it's a careless decision at worst it's downright neglectful, no amount of scrimping and saving will make the loan enough to live on the government has cut the maintenance loan by stealth

    #Project Winter: Save the Student call for government to help save students from financial “turmoil”

    Laura Scaife, Adam Eaton and Will Hugall explore the “absolutely unworkable” maintenance loans and one student group's petition to change it....
  • Manifesto Reviews: Welfare Officer candidates

    A team of Impact’s contributors came together to review candidate manifestos. The team, consisting of Sophie Robinson, Kit Sinclair, Olivia Hughes, Laura Scaife, Hannah Walton-Hughes, Lottie Murray, and Olivia Conroy have summarised the main manifesto points and given their opinions on the overall manifesto. Voting closes on Friday 17th...
  • Train at a station platform

    Return Train Tickets Could Be Scrapped in Britain

    Laura Scaife Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, has confirmed a trial with London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which scrapped return train tickets, has been extended. The initial trial has been viewed as successful and will now be rolled out across the rest of the LNER network, with the potential for it to be...
  • Events for Black History Month 2022

    As many of you are aware, October marks Black History Month in the UK. The University of Nottingham (UoN) is working with, Ife Oyedeji and the BME Network, to hold events throughout October to celebrate our diverse community in Nottingham....
  • Introducing Impact: News

    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!...
  • Nottingham Pride Festival 2022

    On Saturday 30th July 2022 Nottingham celebrated its pride festival. The theme of the event this year was ‘We See You’ with live performances, market stalls and a march through Nottingham city centre. Impact’s Campus News Editor Laura Scaife reports. ...
  • UoN’s Diversity Festival 2022

    The University of Nottingham’s Diversity Festival is back for the second year and this time most of the events can be attended in person. The festival is from Monday 13th June until Friday 24th June and there are lots of fun events you can visit from launch day stalls,...