• Meet the Candidates 2021: Christopher Taylor for Education Officer

    Christopher Taylor is running in the 2021 SU elections for the role of Education Officer. Impact’s Joe Hughes caught up with Christopher to ask him a few questions. ...
  • Notts Homeless Charities Go ‘Above and Beyond’ During Coronavirus

    When the Coronavirus lockdown began in March, more than 14,500 homeless people across the country were put into emergency housing. Since July however, government funding began to run out, forcing many to return to their lives on the streets. As a result, several charities in Nottingham were forced to...
  • 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...
  • Extraordinary Scrutiny Panel: SU President

    On the 5th of March 2020 an Extraordinary Scrutiny Panel was called for the University of Nottingham Students’ Union President, James Pheasey. In general, the purpose of a scrutiny panel is to provide a way to hold SU officers accountable for their actions. Thursday’s scrutiny panel came as a...
  • Democratic Review Referendum – What Does Voting ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ Mean?

    Between 9AM on Wednesday 12th to 3PM on Wednesday 19th February, UoNSU is holding a student-wide referendum on the structure of the Student’s Union. The question being asked is ‘Do you wish to adopt the proposed democratic model?’. However, what does voting ‘yes’ or ‘no’ actually mean?...
  • Democratic Review 19/20: Interview with Jacob Collier

    Jacob Collier is the Community Officer at the University of Nottingham’s Students’ Union. His role involves fighting for students on a range of issues – from housing and transport to safety in our community. Jacob works with the Council, police and community groups to make sure that students’ voices...
  • Democratic Review 19/20: Interview with James Pheasey

    James Pheasey is the current President of the Students’ Union at the University of Nottingham. James’ aim for the year was democratic reform and development of the Students’ Union. This involved looking at the current structures and seeing how well they fulfil the purpose of the Union. Whilst also looking at how...