• Meet your SU part time candidates 2016

    Following a successful Media Day, Impact News presents your part time candidates for the University of Nottingham Students’ Union 2016 elections. INTERNATIONAL OFFICER CSONGOR “I am from Hungary. I am currently a second year Politics and Economics student and I am running for the International Students’ Officer position”. Csongor is running...
  • Full list of SU election 2016 candidates announced

    The final list of candidates running in the 2016 Students’ Union Student Leader elections has been announced. There has been a total of 43 nominations, compared to 68 last year.  Running candidates are: President: Emma Connor Mary McCarthy Dipen Patel 4 Reform Jess Salisbury Ismail Sadurdeen James Wilson Jononymous (Remembering Johnny Lawrence)...
  • SU Postgraduate Officer, Elliott Denham: “Postgraduate students do not spend 20 hours a day studying alone – they still want to party”

    With SU elections just around the corner, Impact News sat down with Elliott Denham, Students’ Union Postgraduate Officer, to discuss the successes and challenges of his year in office. How have you found your year in office? Very interesting. The role is so all-encompassing. I do not have a specific remit,...
  • BREAKING: Lorry and motorcyclist collide on Derby Road

    Students have faced difficulties getting onto campus this morning after a collision between a lorry and a motorcyclist outside the University of Nottingham’s West entrance. A spokesman from Nottinghamshire Police told Impact: “We were called at 8.55am to a collision on Derby Road in Nottingham between a lorry and motorcyclist....
  • BREAKING: Smoke on campus triggers Hallward Library’s fire alarm

    Students were evacuated from Hallward Library this morning after smoke from a plant room in a building opposite infiltrated the library’s fire system and set off the alarm. A spokesperson for the library told Impact: “Everyone in Hallward was evacuated for ten minutes before the security came and told us it was safe...
  • A Lot Of Talk, No Action – Sexual Consent at the University of Nottingham

    University has traditionally been seen as the perfect arena to explore sexuality, notoriously a melting pot of brief relationships, casual sex, and experimentation. In light of growing national media attention and a call from various groups and the government, Impact News investigates the darker side of sexual experiences, if...
  • UoN gathers to support junior doctors and nurses

    The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Students’ Union and MedSoc held a gathering on Portland steps at 1pm on 12th January 2016 to show solidarity for health care professionals amid tensions over junior doctors’ contracts. Students’ Union President Angharad Smith opened the protest with a speech, thanking students and staff alike for “coming and...