• Happy Thanksgiving! What UoN students are thankful for this year

    As the American holiday of Thanksgiving arrives, some of our UoN students reflect on what they are thankful for this year: “I am most thankful for the supportive family network I have at home. Whenever something goes wrong, I know without a shadow of a doubt that they will...
  • Hidden Course Cost Campaign – #protectthepiggybank

    The Hidden Course Cost campaign started this Monday the 19th November with a week of focus groups, a totaliser on the SU website and a competition to win an NCT bus pass, print credits, and Amazon vouchers. “little to no financial support for expenses incurred from placement” The campaign...
  • Brexit &amp: the EU Settlement Scheme

    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...
  • Adult Child/Dead Child @ NNT

    Nottingham New Theatre’s interpretation of Adult Child/Dead Child explored many themes using just a single character, his monologues, thoughts and soliloquies. Jess Donn’s intense take on Claire Dowie’s original play was often hair-raising, fleshing out difficult truths about our world. Adult Child/Dead Child is a subversive take on a...
  • It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas… Stress

    Christmas is upon us, and this year is no exception to the frenzy that usually ensues. The much-awaited Christmas adverts are out; shoppers are sharpening their elbows for Black Friday mayhem; and the painstaking task of fairy light detangling has already begun. I for one am a huge lover...
  • Bang and the loan is gone!

    October 20th was uncovered as the date by which most students faced an empty bank account, and the majority then turned to credit cards (75%), part-time jobs (32%) and the ‘bank of mum and dad’ (25%) to help them financially. “17% of students also resort to selling their belongings...