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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...

Wollaton Hall has been voted as the second best tourist destination in Great Britain by LandLove magazine. The popular local attraction, owned by Nottingham City Council, is home to Nottingham’s Natural History Museum and attracts around 290,000 visitors per year. The poll has been open since October in which readers have been...

University has traditionally been seen as the perfect arena to explore sexuality, notoriously a melting pot of brief relationships, casual sex, and experimentation. In light of growing national media attention and a call from various groups and the government, Impact News investigates the darker side of sexual experiences, if...

Save The Children’s latest campaign ‘Read On, Get On’ launched on Monday 8th February at the University of Nottingham (UoN). The campaign aims to raise awareness of the need for reading tuition for children at an earlier age than is commonly assumed. The campaign seeks to combat a national deterioration of literacy rates, which...

Several campaigners and supporters of the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Living Wage/Anti Casual Employment Campaign leafleted in Trent Courtyard ahead of the Union Council’s meeting on Tuesday 2nd February. The campaign consists of the local group Nottingham Citizens, UNITE, Unison, and University and College Union (UCU) trade unions associated...

The number of female academics employed on a full-time basis in higher education has increased by 5% since December 2013, a Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) report has shown. The report also highlights an increase in female professors, now accounting for 23% of professors within higher education. The total...

More than £6 million in funding has been awarded to Nottingham City Council to help reduce carbon emissions. Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin recently announced Nottingham as one of four cities receiving funds for low carbon, sustainable transport due to a £35 million government initiative. This comes...