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The taxi app Uber will be available to use from 4pm today. After initial controversy the private hire firm was given the green light in the summer and has finally launched today. The scheme uses a cashless system that allows customers to order and track cabs through an app...

The Living Wage Campaign at the University of Nottingham (UoN) continues to put pressure on the University this week, as the national Living Wage Foundation announced the new rates of £8.25 per hour, or £9.40 in London. The campaign to implement Living Wage rates for all UoN staff, led by...

Nottingham has ascended 26 places to 143 in the Times Higher Education rankings for 2015/2016. Therefore allowing the university to maintain a comfortable position within the World’s top 200 universities. This accomplishment is more imposing when taking into account the rankings of 2014, which saw eight UK universities lose...

Russell Group universities have criticised the age restriction the government is set to place on postgraduate loans, which will see those over the age of 30 miss out on the extra funding. In December 2014, the government announced that postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 will become available to...

After meeting its £150 million fundraising target a year ahead of schedule, The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) fundraising initiative, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, has now extended this target to £200 million. The campaign is the biggest fundraising initiative run by UoN and by July 2017 the University hopes to raise...

  Students participated in discussions led by SU officers on Wednesday evening at a follow up meeting to the HeforShe event that took place earlier this month. Attendees were split into three focus groups to discuss key topics that had been raised at the previous HeforShe event: ‘lad culture’, sexual...

The national debate over immigration came to Nottingham at 6pm on Wednesday 21st October. What was meant to be a silent protest in Old Market Square, organised through social media by a loose coalition of groups opposed to uncontrolled immigration, became more than that when protestors from both sides clashed.  Pro-immigration...