• New motions set by the Union Council

    On May 10th, the agenda for the 434th Union Council was held at the Sir Clive Granger building. During the meeting, motions about trade unions, employment rights of PHD students, sustainability, among other motions, were discussed and put to a vote. The Union Council is the democratic policy making...
  • BREAKING: Students’ Union announce by-election for Postgraduate Officer

    The University of Nottingham Students’ Union (UoNSU) has announced a by-election for the position of Postgraduate Officer for the 2017/18 academic year. The newly elected SU Postgraduate Officer, Agata Miezaniec, will no longer take up her position as Postgraduate Officer at the Students’ Union this September. The by-election nominations...
  • “The SU is heading in a very good direction”: Interview with SU President Alan Holey

    With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections currently taking place, Impact talked to Alan Holey, the SU President, to learn more about his time in office. During the interview, Alan talked about his experiences, the Inspirational Student Magazine, making the SU more transparent and more. How would you say your...
  • Jack Taylor: Why this should be the last SU election

    Winston Churchill famously said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. And so it proved with the SU elections. With a little under 8000 votes cast in this year’s elections, a turnout of just 23.2%,...
  • WINNER ANNOUNCED: PRESIDENT – Alan Holey

    Alan Holey has been elected as your new SU President for 2017-18. Alan was declared the President of the Students’ Union for the 2017/18 academic year after winning the 8th round of voting, with 2362 votes. Note: Beth Massey announced prior to the results that Sweep had been disqualified from...
  • Impact on the Campaign Trail: Day 7

    It is the final day of voting for the Students’ Union elections and the candidates and their campaigners are out bright and early in order to push for final votes. On his way to the Portland Building, Alan Holey (Presidential Candidate) spoke to Impact about how his campaign has...
  • Presidential Candidates Question Time

    The candidates running for President in this year’s Students’ Union elections took part in a hustings earlier this week. The returning officer was SU President Ismail Sadurdeen, who chaired the session. The Question Time began with the candidates giving a one minute introduction to themselves. Joshua Chan started by...