• Positive Impact: Three societies to join this year

    One way of enhancing the CV, meeting like-minded people and generally increasing your productivity is to become part of a society. Here, I have selected just three of the many societies that provide wonderful opportunities and environments to help you thrive during your time at university.  UoN CC The...
  • Getting involved in UoN Sport at Welcome Fair

    For new and returning students at the University of Nottingham, the Welcome Fair represents a chance to find out more about sports clubs and societies which are on offer at the University. With a huge range of different clubs on offer, from Archery to Windsurfing; it allows students to...
  • Men’s Hockey defeat Trent 2-1 to extend Varsity series lead

    Two goals in the first half were enough to secure victory for the University of Nottingham Men’s (UoN) Hockey Team in their Varsity Hockey fixture against Nottingham Trent University (NTU), in a result that saw the Green and Gold go 9-4 ahead in the Nottingham Varsity 2017. After a cagey...
  • Sports Candidate Question Time

    Adam Pratchett is the only candidate running for the position of Sports Officer this year. The returning officer for the hustings was Lauren Heria, who chaired the session. Adam started by giving a one minute pitch to the audience in which he introduced himself as the President of the...
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Early signs for the new F1 season

    First, let’s get one thing straight. The new breed of cars look downright monstrous: huge wheels, huge bodies – they are the hybrid era on steroids. Lewis Hamilton summed up the thinking around the new cars rather succinctly in a tweet when the new Mercedes W08 was unveiled on...
  • Great Britain guaranteed to medal at European Archery Championship

    Great Britain’s male recurve archery team, consisting of Larry Godfrey, Patrick Huston and Kieran Slater, have successfully negotiated the qualifying rounds and are guaranteed at least a silver medal this weekend at the European Archery Championships. The team, seeded 13th in event, clawed back against France in their first...
  • The Fairytale of the Fantastic Foxes

    In May 2008, just 8 years ago, Leicester City were relegated to the third tier of English football, scoring just 42 goals, the least from any team in the Football League Championship that season. Now they will go down in Barclays Premier League, and sporting, history. The 5000-1 outsiders for...