• Changes to loan repayments set to hit students where it hurts

    University students and graduates who took out student loans after 2012 are facing increases in the cost of loan repayments due to a hidden change to the system in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. When the current student loan system was launched in 2012, in order to mitigate the tripling...
  • Anti and pro-immigration protestors clash in Old Market Square

    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...
  • NUS refuses to work with advocacy group Cage

    The president of the National Union of Students (NUS), Megan Dunn, has ruled out co-operating with Cage, a controversial advocacy group that campaigns against government policies developed as part of the ongoing War on Terror. Among its work, Cage has provided advice and support for Mohammed Emwazi, the ISIS militant responsible...