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What a day at the Life Cycle 4 Community Day!

On Sunday 31st October at 7am, the Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre opened to welcome Life Cycle 4 Challenge Ride participants taking part in the 75mile ride who were raising money for Children’s Brain Tumour Research (CBTR) this year.  At the same time, after cycling over 1,400+ for 15 days in honour of a child who …

The life and times of a Student Caller

By Christopher Hallett (Geography) This term was my first campaign working as a student caller. I found talking to alumni provided a refreshing insight into life after university and I was particularly stimulated by the broad range of alumni I spoke to,  both in age and discipline. Often we are matched to our own subjects and interests so that the …

The Postgraduate New Theatre Company

By John Coffield (Eng Lang and Lit 2011) (MA Eng Lit 2012)  The New Theatre is very much in the news at the moment where Impact: The Nottingham Campaign is concerned, being the target of a £270,000 fundraising drive to upgrade its facilities and interior to match its brand new exterior. The only completely student-run …

Nurturing Talent

David Willetts’ interview in The Independent last week discussing the idea of positive discrimination from University admissions towards white working class males has re-ignited the debate around the diversity of students attending UK Universities. As the debate continues it is recognised by most that University admissions alone cannot make the changes needed to increase the …