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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

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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Saturday 10th December 2011

News In Brief

Karni keeps a Nottingham School on the road The SU’s student-run charity Karnival has made a donation of £2,000 to St Augustine’s Primary School in Park Avenue. The donation was made after a local MP asked for help to save the school’s bus service, due a cut in…

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Thursday 8th December 2011

SU Council Update: Democratic Reform and Week One Ticket Forgery

Latest democratic reforms approved Council has passed the latest motion on SU Democratic Reform, which will alter the current organisation of The Exec — subject to student approval in a referendum due to be held between the 23rd of November and the 7th of December. The reforms were…

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Tuesday 6th December 2011

Support for Protests against Funding Cuts

A motion to back student support for national demonstrations against higher education funding cuts has been passed. The motion was proposed by Education Officer Elizabeth Goddard, in line with her election promise to improve academic equal opportunities and in response to the University’s announcement in April that tuition…

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Monday 5th December 2011

The N30 Strikes: London

On the 30th November 2011, public sector strikes took place across the UK.  Impact were in London to cover the protests taking place in the capital. If the video does not work first time, then please refresh the page. Video by Troy Edige

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Friday 2nd December 2011

Images from the Public Sector Strikes and March

Photos from the picket lines at the University Park campus for the public sector strikes on the 30th of November, and from the march and rally in the centre of Nottingham

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Wednesday 30th November 2011

Nottingham Strikes – On the Inside

This article proceeds the coverage of the day’s events and is intended to offer a more detailed perspective on those involved with the march. Today, Wednesday 30th November 2011, is the day of what is being dubbed “the biggest walkout in a generation”. As part of the government’s…

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Wednesday 30th November 2011

Nottingham ‘N30′ protests in city centre

Impact spent today following the five to ten thousand public sector workers who were protesting in the city centre against government cuts to pension funds. At 11:30 this morning, thousands of public-sector workers, including university staff, left the Forest Recreation Ground to march through Nottingham city centre. The…

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