• IMPACT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: DAY 2

    The second day of campaigning for SU elections has been snowy and windy, but the candidates persevere and are chatting to students around campus. In the unusually quiet Portland building, Impact first catches up with Pete Lendon who is running to be your next SU President. “It’s going really...
  • Here To Listen: An Interview With Nottingham Nightline

    University can be hard. One minute you’re living it up with your mates, the next you’re probably the loneliest you’ve ever felt. Impact Features’ Maddie De Soyza chatted with Anni, co-ordinator of Nightline, a student-led service that aims to provide all students at the University of Nottingham with someone...
  • Is Freshers’ Week worth the hype?

    If you’re coming to The University of Nottingham, or any university, the chances are you’re either dreading or really looking forward to Freshers’ Week. It’s designed to ease students into the uni lifestyle; in short, get drunk and make friends before the term starts and you can’t go on...
  • Impact on the Campaign Trail: Day 3

    Day three of SU Election campaigning for the candidates and the campaigners are looking for new places to spread the word about their manifestos. Outside of Hallward Library on this very sunny morning was Cassie O’Boyle (Education Officer candidate), who was handing out flyers to voters with one of...
  • Boozy Ballot: Ocean-goers talk SU Elections

    Last night, the candidates running in this year’s Student Leader Elections took their campaigners and their banners to Ocean, the spiritual home of the Nottingham student. We went along too, but while they sported hand-painted signs on the balconies, we asked University of Nottingham (UoN) students what they think about the SU elections, whether...
  • The Gigs That Made February

    Not much seems to happen in February. As part of the student calendar, it’s sort of a non-month that flies by so quickly that we’ve barely recovered from January exams before we have to wake up, smell the pancakes and ready ourselves for March deadlines. However, living in Nottingham...
  • Challenges: Egg Vs. Ocean

    To continue Impact’s new ‘Challenges’ feature, we challenged Jennifer to find out: is it possible to get an egg to survive Ocean? Simply put, no. What started out as optimistic intentions soon found ‘Eggbert’ going to a better place as he was pronounced dead at 12:09am in the chaos that is the...