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Let’s Talk About Loss is a support organisation for young people who have experienced grief and loss, to try and overcome the barriers of talking about losing someone we love. Facing down these taboos sometimes requires a safe space, which is what Let’s Talk About Loss provides, and is...

University Mental Health Day falls on 7th March 2019, and the campaign this year is all about the power of using your voice. The importance of communication is something repeatedly highlighted when discussing mental health, yet we can’t underestimate how difficult it is for people struggling with their mental...

Whilst we have people in our University community who voted leave as well as remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum, the vote was an individual decision. At UoN we value our EU staff and want them to stay with us at the University of Nottingham. Over 800 University staff...

University of Nottingham Student’s Union (UoNSU) and Foodprint collaborate to create “Zero Waste” stores. “collect and redistribute surplus and waste food from the two Spar stores in the Portland building and the Exchange building.” Foodprint has recently announced their partnership with UoN’s Student Union, in the hopes of tackling...

This week students up and down the country will attempt to understand the horrendous difficulties of living as an asylum seeker in the UK. I spoke to George Shaw, the University of Nottingham’s Vice President of the Student Action for Refugees society (STAR), who is going to be attempting...

Last week was Children’s Mental Health Awareness week. Did you know? No, I don’t think many of us did. The general lack of awareness on children’s mental health is of immense concern. However, this truth is hardly surprising given the stigma which still remains attached to psychological difficulties. The...