Movember

As December fast approaches, I walk to uni through a sea of charitable moustaches. Helping handlebars; pencils of positivity. Men's mental health is on our minds and, quite literally, our lips. Student-run campaigns litter billboards and dominate Instagram feeds. The conversation is well and truly happening. Smash the stigma....

Every November, UoN gets involved with the Movember campaign. The aim of the campaign is to get men talking about their health, specifically their mental health as well as prostate and testicular cancer. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in the UK, while testicular cancer...

Rhys Thomas The University of Nottingham’s Ladies’ and Men’s Hockey first teams both cruised past Bath in UON Sport’s first Headliner event of the year. Despite the freezing conditions, the event attracted a big crowd, with Impact’s Rhys Thomas amongst them.  UON Ladies’ 1s 6-2 Bath  The UON Ladies’...

Joe Paternoster continues his investigation into whether the University of Nottingham's SU should introduce a part-time Men's Officer. Contrary to the first part of his article, which largely focused on reasons against the introduction of such a role, this second half of the discussion outlines some of the arguments...

As I’m sure the numerous hideous moustaches sprouting about on men’s face (my own included!) have made you aware, it’s currently Movember. This is a month-long campaign with the aim of raising awareness of men’s physical and mental health problems, and, with lockdown only serving to further strain everyone’s...

Here we take a look at why Movember, and the cause it is supporting, is so important. ...

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