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A crushing 23-4 victory for the University of Nottingham Men’s Water Polo team against Trent Sharks was a smashing way to introduce the second half of this year’s Varsity series, made even greater by the stunning half-time debut performance of our brand new synchronised swimming squad. Before starting the match,...

Recently, the Students’ Union Council held a vote for the creation of gender neutral toilets on campus, but the notion failed to achieve a sufficient majority, marginalising students who do not identify as either male or female. A referendum is now going out to all UoN students, and votes...

A stunning 15-6 victory to the University of Nottingham (UoN) Men’s Water Polo was certainly to be expected by the BUCS league champions against Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) UPOLO Division 2 Trent Cobras. A worrying start, with UoN’s loss of the first swim-off allowed Trent an initial advantage, immediately...

These days, there is a lot of controversy over the word ‘feminism’. For some, it means a fight for the attainment of equality of the sexes, whilst others view it as a vehicle to man-hating. The Oxford English Dictionary defines feminism as ‘the advocacy of women’s rights on the...

There has been a lot of talk recently about the subject of sexual harassment on public transport and what it means for the society we live in, even right here in Nottingham. The fact that so many people feel threatened when going about their daily business is a real...