• Turning The Tide On Climate Change: Carbon Taxes And Ecocide Laws

    Hannah Pink A few weeks ago, I spoke about how COVID has started to change the way we think about the environment. I touched upon some radical solutions such as carbon budgeting and taxing which have been suggested. At the time, I thought although it would be needed to...
  • International Women’s Day 2020

    In the run up to International Women’s Day, Impact's Lauren outlines the history of the occasion, the celebrations taking place at the University of Nottingham and the global initiatives championing social change for women. ...
  • Emma + Emma Forever

    Emma Watson is one of those celebrities that is admittedly, universally loved. The automatic association with her beloved character of Hermione in the Harry Potter series makes her a love of millions, and throughout her adulthood she has continued to be both an interesting and inspirational individual, influencing many young...
  • A Lazy Students Guide to Saving the World

    It is a reasonable assumption to say that most students want to do their bit to help save the planet. This becomes a little daunting, however, when the world is described as a polluted, unethical, and often unsustainable mess, created by the generations before us and left for us to clear...
  • 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gender equality campaign, Imran Rahman-Jones argues that the idea that feminism is solely a women’s issue is naive and outdated.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...
  • HeForShe campaign comes to Nottingham

    The University of Nottingham is set to welcome the HeForShe campaign to its University Park campus on Wednesday 30th September with the inaugural #GetFree tour. Launched in 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson, HeForShe aims to create a global conversation about gender...