Natalia Deane

In 2014, The Global Gender Gap Report (World Economic Forum) revealed that Great Britain had reportedly fallen out of the top 20 index for gender equality: we now stand at (an embarrassingly not-so-Great) 26th. It is our lowest score for gender equality since 2008; providing further justification of the...

The total inclusion of women in the political debate is a prerequisite for a functional democracy. However, the means by which the Labour party has sought to achieve this end are inherently misguided. The “pink bus”, through which Labour has intended to connect with the female electorate, is condescending,...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) is to ‘re-evaluate’ the roles of some of its lowest-paid support staff. UNISON, a trade union representing public service workers, has claimed that this re-evaluation will result in further squeezing of the incomes of staff. News of the plans has led to an official dispute...

The season of fundraising is upon us! There are numerous campaigns, with celebrity endorsement, vying for our support – Band Aid 30 the most scrutinized of late. Impact Comment debates whether the intentions of these celebrities are as honourable as the causes they support. And if not, does it really matter?...

Many of us are now in our third and final year at good old UoN and to be perfectly honest everyone has started to lose the plot a bit, so if you see anyone walking around campus with a crazed look on their face, that’s probably one of us....

Halloween is one of my favourite times of year; what’s not to love about dressing up and decorating the house, or watching scary films whilst carving questionable faces into pumpkins? But what happens to these gruesome lanterns once the fake blood has been washed away and the pointed hat...

It’s the buildup to the 2015 general election and Big Questions are beginning to fly around. For me, one which particularly needs answering is this – why on earth has Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, been given a place to speak at the televised leaders debates before next...