• Union Council debates SU officer accountability, PREVENT and ethical banking

    The Student Union Council convened on Tuesday 9th February to determine key motions put forward by a number of students to address SU officer accountability, the SU’s position on the PREVENT strategy and ethical banking at the University of Nottingham. The first motion, addressing the accountability of Student-Run Services (SRS),...
  • Controversial ‘no platform’ policy did not pass at Union Council

    A controversial proposal at the 428th Union Council meeting on whether the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Students’ Union (SU) should support a no-platform policy to exclude hate speakers and fascists from our Union failed to pass on Tuesday 9th February. The motion was proposed in response to the actions of...
  • BREAKING: Car and motorcyclist collide on Lenton Boulevard

    A car collided with a motorcyclist on Lenton Boulevard this evening, injuring an adult male. The accident occurred at approximately 8:30pm; a large police van, two police cars and two ambulances were at the scene and police had blocked off the road. The man has been taken to hospital,...
  • Jeremy Corbyn criticises Mental Health Services at Universities

    The leader of the opposition joined the growing number of concerned voices this week with a speech about student mental health. Addressing a rally at parliament he spoke at length about what he saw as the unique challenges of being a student with a mental health condition, calling for lecturers and...
  • UON MEDIA EXCLUSIVE with Jeremy Corbyn: “I wanted to do my best to say something different”

    On Thursday 11th February, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited the Frink Exhibition at Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre before moving to deliver a speech for the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Labour Society and general Labour supporters. After succeeding Ed Miliband and assuming party leadership in September 2015, Corbyn has sought...
  • 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...