• “Best graduate job you can get”: Interview with SU Education Officer Cassie O’Boyle  

    With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections now finished, Impact talked to Cassie O’Boyle, the Education Officer, to learn more about her time in office. During the interview, Cassie talked about free graduation, lecture capture, the strikes and more. How would you say your time in office has been so...
  • Two Year Degrees: A Third Less Fun

    For many, all of us included, university is a rite of passage, an incredible journey that we are undertaking. From the lows of Freshers week, wondering bemusedly round campus attempting to find exactly where the pesky Coates Auditorium is, to the highs of third year and becoming a graduate...
  • Early morning picket kicks off lecturer strikes over pensions

    Staff and students at the University of Nottingham kicked off a potential four weeks of strikes over pensions on 22nd February, with a picket at the West Entrance of University Park Campus and a banner drop over Ningbo Friendship Bridge. The picket is part of a wave of industrial...
  • Why Are Junior Doctors Striking?

    With junior doctors dominating the news, Impact Features tries to give you the key facts about the current debate between the medics and the government. The reasons for the recent junior doctors’ strikes are many and complex, but they fundamentally stem from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plan to make a ‘Seven Day...