• Closure of PRYZM Nightclub

    PRYZM Nottingham has officially closed its doors for good, blaming the cost of living crisis and minimum wage burden on students....
  • The Long-Lasting Impact of Being Spiked

    Will we ever be able to truly escape the danger of being spiked? The normalisation of being spiked, or knowing someone who has, is alarming, especially with the move from drinks being spiked, to our bodies being injected with illegal unknown substances. How can one possibly escape a small...
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    Impact Investigates: Freshers Targeted By Dodgy Promotion Tactics

    Lucinda Dodd (with research by Impact’s Investigation team) UoN freshers are being targeted by club event promoters who are incentivising people to pose as students to entice them to buy expensive club tickets long in advance. These ‘students’ give freshers the impression that they’ll miss out on popular club...
  • Dodging (Drunk) Dudes in the Dark

    Now, before you read this and get the wrong idea about me, I want to clarify something: the methods listed below for turning someone down are not designed to cruelly reject a sweet guy or girl vying for your affections; these are for the annoying creeps who will not...
  • A Guide to Notts Nightclubs

    Welcome Week is a busy time of settling in, making friends and working out how to get to the Portland Building. For some, it will also be the first opportunity to check out Nottingham’s nightlife scene. So, Impact have put together this handy guide, providing you with a quick...
  • “We try to use minimal force as much as possible”: Impact shadows the CRISIS Head of Security

    In recent months, CRISIS @ Rock City, one of the University of Nottingham’s most popular student nights,  has been getting a lot of attention due to the behaviour of their security personnel. A video, released back in November, showed a student being grabbed around the neck in a chokehold...