• Divisive Constitutional Changes Are Rejected In Major ‘No’ Vote In Australian Indigenous Referendum

    The Australian people took to the polls on Saturday 14th October, voting to reject a proposal to recognise indigenous people's "voice" in the constitution....
  • UoNSU Strike Referendum Result Announced

    Over the last two days lecturers across the University have been striking as part of a national University and Colleges Union (UCU) action, demanding better pensions, pay and conditions from their institutions. Simultaneously the University of Nottingham Students Union (UoNSU) held a referendum, asking students what their official position...
  • The Problem With Referendums

    Before I delve into the murky pit of decisiveness that calls itself the Brexit referendum, I feel I must first preface this argument with the statement that I am no great fan of the European Union. While I, like most sensible liberals, support many of the economic and immigratory...
  • UoN Students’ Union’s Democracy Debacle

    Confused about (or perhaps even completely unaware of) the recent events surrounding the University of Nottingham’s Democratic Review? Impact’s reporter Aidan Hall gives a full summary of the events that went down; from the initial referendum on February 19th 2020, up until the recent Extraordinary Union Council meeting. “What...
  • Changes Made By the SU Despite ‘No’ Vote

    On the 19th of February, students at the University of Nottingham voted ‘no’ to the Students’ Union Democratic Review. Out of the 1,344 votes cast there were 961 votes against the motion to make a number of fundamental changes to the Union’s constitution. Just two days after the results...
  • Proposed Democratic Model Referendum – What Does Voting Yes or No Mean?

    In anticipation of the Student Union's proposed democratic model referendum, May outlines what voting 'yes' and 'no' really means for the future of the university. ...
  • Brexit &amp: the EU Settlement Scheme

    Whilst we have people in our University community who voted leave as well as remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum, the vote was an individual decision. At UoN we value our EU staff and want them to stay with us at the University of Nottingham. Over 800 University staff...