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Love Where You Live: Don’t Just Leave It Sitting There

As the Love Where You Live campaign enters its third week, we’re going to be out in Lenton talking to our students about bulky waste. If it won’t fit in your bin, it won’t be collected. Did you know that if, for example, your landlord gets you a new sofa but leaves the old one …

Love Where You Live: Don’t Bag It, Bin It

Our Love Where You Live campaign is in full swing, and our intrepid ambassadors will be hitting the streets of Lenton again this evening to share some top tips to help our students manage their waste and help the environment by making the most of their recycling bin. If you live in an area covered …

Love Where You Live: Wheel It Away

This week sees the launch of our latest Off Campus campaign: Love Where You Live. We’re going to be out in Lenton every Wednesday for the next four weeks giving out handy advice about managing your waste and recycling. If you live on Harlaxton Drive, Harrington Drive, Rothesay Avenue or Bute Avenue, our friendly ambassador …

A View From The PCC

Today on the Off Campus blog, we’re delighted to welcome the Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire, Paddy Tipping, back to the blog to reflect on what’s he’s been working on in his first year in office. Whether you’re totally new to Nottinghamshire or it’s somewhere you’ve always called home, big changes are underway to …

Voter Registration – Moving In Moving On

Today we’re happy to share a message from the Electoral Registration team at Nottingham City Council, who will be coming along to our Moving In Moving On event on Thursday to help make registering to vote in Nottingham simple: Registering to vote is important. If you don’t, you won’t be able to have your say …

Moving In, Moving On – 10th October

This Thursday, the Atrium in the Portland Building will turn into a one stop shop for students living off campus as the Moving In, Moving On event takes place. Not only can you get all the information you might need about living in the community, but you could win an iPad Mini at the same …

Have a Clear Out and Help Fight Heart Disease

Do you live on the Lenton Triangle? Cottesmore Road Bute Avenue Teversal Avenue Rothesay Avenue Kimbolton Avenue Derby Grove Albert Grove Balfour Road Douglas Road Seely Road If so, you’re in luck! The University has teamed up with Nottingham City Council and the British Heart Foundation to help you with your end of year clear …

Summer Clear Out

With the exam period drawing to a close and the sunshine finally coming out, it’s time to start thinking about the summer. For many students it’s a return to your hometown, or a chance to go off adventuring elsewhere, and for some you’ll be sticking around in Nottingham, working or studying. Whatever your plans are, …

Nottingham City Centre Survey

Many students at the University of Nottingham are regular visitors to the centre of Nottingham – whether for shopping or socialising, it’s a big part of life for students in the city. Nottingham City Council is currently doing some research about the city centre. They want to know what regular visitors and city centre residents …

Cllr Jon Collins on Students and Nottingham

We’re very pleased to welcome the leader of Nottingham City Council, Councillor Jon Collins, to the Off Campus blog today to talk about the role of students (and graduates) in the city. It’s hard to underestimate the impact students have on a city like Nottingham. Some 40,000 students across the two Universities make us the …