• NUS referendum results delayed after elections committee receives 10 complaints

    The results of a referendum on whether the University of Nottingham’s Students’ Union should disaffiliate from the National Union of Students (NUS) have been delayed after several complaints were submitted about the elections process. 10 complaints were received by the Elections Committee, levelled at both sides, including concerns that...
  • Students petition to reinstate financial cap for SU electoral campaigns

    A Change.org petition to bring back the financial cap on SU electoral campaigning has been gaining ground on social media following SU Results Night on Friday 11th March.  The petition, started by second year Geography student Ellen Salter, urges the Students’ Union to reinstate a financial cap with a £100 upper limit...
  • Controversial ‘no platform’ policy did not pass at Union Council

    A controversial proposal at the 428th Union Council meeting on whether the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Students’ Union (SU) should support a no-platform policy to exclude hate speakers and fascists from our Union failed to pass on Tuesday 9th February. The motion was proposed in response to the actions of...
  • SU marks the launch of new student space ‘The Studio’

    The SU celebrated the opening of the new student space ‘The Studio’, located next to Mooch, on 24th November, with live performances and a chance for students to explore. ‘The Studio’, built to replace ‘The Den’, consists of a combination of study spaces, social areas and ‘Live’, an indoor...
  • Why Feminism Needs Men, and Why Men Need Feminism

    As the University of Nottingham prepares to launch a new gender equality campaign, Imran Rahman-Jones argues that the idea that feminism is solely a women’s issue is naive and outdated. It’s time for all men to get on board. The University of Nottingham was recently part of the #GetFree...