• WINNER ANNOUNCED: PRESIDENT – Alan Holey

    Alan Holey has been elected as your new SU President for 2017-18. Alan was declared the President of the Students’ Union for the 2017/18 academic year after winning the 8th round of voting, with 2362 votes. Note: Beth Massey announced prior to the results that Sweep had been disqualified from...
  • Presidential Candidates Question Time

    The candidates running for President in this year’s Students’ Union elections took part in a hustings earlier this week. The returning officer was SU President Ismail Sadurdeen, who chaired the session. The Question Time began with the candidates giving a one minute introduction to themselves. Joshua Chan started by...
  • Impact On The Campaign Trail: Day 1

    Today marks the first day of the campaign trail for the Student Union elections, with candidates out and about in an attempt to gain votes.   Candidates for the SU elections were up bright and early this morning, hanging up posters and giving out leaflets to people all over...
  • “You can’t comb over racism”: Nottingham Rallies Against Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’

    Protesters gathered on King Street last night (30th Jan) to take a stand against Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ executive order. The legislation has been described as a ‘Muslim ban’ as it involves suspending people from Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Iran and Yemen, all of which are devout Islamic...
  • Would Sanders have beaten Trump?

    As those within the Democratic party reflect on Hillary Clinton’s catastrophic presidential election defeat to Donald Trump, surely the question will be posed: did we choose the wrong candidate? Of course this is a very difficult question to answer, but one thing’s for sure – Hillary just simply wasn’t...
  • WINNER ANNOUNCED: ISMAIL SADURDEEN IS YOUR SU PRESIDENT 2016-17

    Ismail Sadurdeen has been elected as your new SU President for 2016-17. Ismail was declared the winner after the seventh round of counting. With 4632 votes, Ismail beat Mary McCarthy in the final round of counting. Ismail told Impact: “It’s hard to put my feelings into words, I never...
  • Why are there so many candidates in this year’s SU leader elections?

    With the Students’ Union election season kicking off once again, we all await the battle for the new SU officers. This year sees a sharp increase in the number of candidates running, particularly for the role of president. This spark in interest can, and perhaps should, be viewed positively,...