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Mind The Gap

“Fairer Society’? As the cuts continue, will the gap in educational attainment keep growing?” “Just 16 per cent of pupils who are eligible for free school meals progress to university in comparison to 96 per cent of young people educated in independent schools.” This may sound like a…

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Friday 16th December 2011

In Good Spirits

Why not have a go at making this delicious wintery drink to lift your mood? It’s easy to make and can be adapted depending on what goodies you and your housemates have in the cupboard! It only takes about five minutes to make, and the orange, vanilla and…

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Wednesday 14th December 2011

Prostitution: The Secrets of the Streets

Just 3 miles from University Park and a 30 minute walk from Lenton, lies Nottingham’s Red Light District. Based on Mapperley and Forest Road, Nottingham’s Red Light District is a well known hive of prostitution and unsolicited activities. Back in 2004, the Kerb Crawling Taskforce, part of Nottinghamshire…

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Wednesday 14th December 2011

UBS ‘Rogue Trader’ a Former Nottingham Freshers’ Week Co-ordinator

In September the Swiss bank UBS announced that it had lost over two billion dollars, as a result of unauthorised trading performed by ‘rogue trader’ Kweku Adoboli. Images of the Nottingham graduate being led away into a police van hit the front pages and have led us to…

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Monday 12th December 2011

Should we allow controversial speakers on campus?

“In the fight against extremism and the spread of misinformation, we need more voices, not less.” Hearing the word ‘student’ inevitably gives rise to a number of well-established stereotypes. These range, of course, from old-standards (the trouble-makers, the militant-politicos, the overachievers etc) all the way to the fledgling…

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Monday 12th December 2011

The Power of Petition

Amongst the excitement of fresher’s stalls, on-campus gliders and Domino’s staff dressed as pizza boxes, one may find a few who use the hullabaloo of Fresher’s Week to draw attention to a situation they are eager to change. As crowds flock to them, they simply ask you to…

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Monday 12th December 2011

On the University’s New Parking Policy

Nottingham has always been one of the few universities that doesn’t charge staff and students for car parking; however, September this year saw the introduction of a new car parking policy across the University’s campuses. Students once eligible for a free parking permit will now be charged and…

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Monday 12th December 2011

And in other news… An Ass of a Mayor

The election for mayor of Varna, a Bulgarian seaside resort, is heating up. The Society for a New Bulgaria Party caused a stir when they announced that their candidate to challenge the incumbent mayor, Kiril Yordanov, would be a donkey. Angel Dyankov, head of the campaign headquarters justified…

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Monday 12th December 2011

Good News / Bad News – December 2011

Good News for…  Potatoes Astonishing news has surfaced from the Liaoning Province in North East China, where 64-year-old farmer Mr Ma Xiuling was catapulted to stardom after digging up something rather unique. Whilst farming vegetables, Xiuling unearthed a dog-shaped potato, the size of a two-week-old puppy, in his…

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Monday 12th December 2011

The Twelfth Man

“I’ve played here as an opposition and a home player”, Jon Walters explained after Stoke City’s defeat of Besiktas at the Britannia Stadium in this season’s Europa League, “The fans really get behind us…that cliché about them being the twelfth man is true”. Lauded as the ‘lifeblood of…

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