It was an election that ended in disarray; it became the result that everyone had feared. The first hung parliament in the UK since 1874 had been heralded as a disaster in the making and it was evident very few people seemed enthused with the concept before the results came in and converted theory into [...]

Something is rotten on the student ship of state. While this is not yet a partisan issue at Nottingham University, the National Union of Students is in the midst of an existential crisis. Last February, NUS President Wes Streeting argued that “For Durham to leave the NUS would be seen as a vote of no [...]

Only a pocket of Labour seats remains in Nottingham following a Conservative gain of 92 seats in England in Thursday’s General Election - a local result predicted by a poll conducted by the Nottingham Evening Post in conjunction with Impact in the weekend preceding the vote.

Impact and the Nottingham Evening Post polled 1,079 people at various locations in Nottingham city centre this weekend. We gathered information on gender, age, voting intention (including undecided and not voting).
The Conservatives polled the most votes: however, the single largest group of voters were undecided. Labour came second, with Lib Dems in third. We have [...]

“Twitter took over with the #nickcleggsfault thing, and it was kind of interesting seeing how the standard electoral weapons, like front pages or indeed pollsters, have now become outmoded.”
Armando Iannucci is discussing his new role as unofficial Twitter election commentator. Away from the hustle and bustle of London, we are in the foyer of the [...]

Picture the three following scenes: The sun setting over an English apple orchard, a down-and-out drinking from a can on a park bench and students merry-making on vast quantities of Bulmers. Sure, apart from the first one, they may not be the most attractive or healthy activities, but by gum they are British traditions. [...]

“The educated differ from the uneducated, as the living from the dead.” - Aristotle
Aristotle’s proclamation is outdated and undeveloped in the context of modern Britain. Now, the privately educated are demarcated from those who have had a state education. The difference between these two groups manifests itself in a gulf of opportunity in admission to [...]

The University of Nottingham’s Professor of English Studies, Brean Hammond, has received backing to publish what he believes to be one of Shakespeare’s lost plays. The text, which will be published by Arden, will be available in fully annotated form for the first time in 250 years.
The work, under the title of ‘The Double Falsehood’, [...]

In March 2009 The Guardian reported that the pay of university vice-chancellors had soared to an average of £194,000, nearly equalling the pay of the Prime Minister. The University of Nottingham featured particularly prominently in the article, which stated that “The highest earner was Sir Colin Campbell whose 90% pay increase saw him pocket a [...]