URN Interviews: Emma Collins
23rd June 2015
Earlier this year, as a part of the Pulse’s investigation into the experience facing Students with Disabilities at the University of Nottingham, we spoke to UoN Student and GB Para-Rower, Emma Collins, about an experience she faced at Freshers Tent last September. Emma, who suffers from multiple disabilities, was told that she couldn’t join the […]
Your News - 2014/15: The URN Review
22nd June 2015
With the year drawing to an end, Samuel Boyle took you through all of the year that was on the Pulse on Friday, looking back at the stories we had exclusively broke, our special interviews and investigations that had been carried out into student life. You can listen to the programe in full below: Your […]
URN Sport: Special Reports
19th June 2015
URN Sport ended the year with two special extended reports on Thursday. In the first report, Emma Pearce followed transgender student Luke Hutchinson’s attempts to fight transgender discrimination. It follows the cancellation of a Football v Homophobia event that was due to take place on campus this semester, due to controversy over barriers to transgender […]
Grad Ball: Why are Students complaining?
18th June 2015
The University of Nottingham Students Union Grad Ball has been rocked by a number of complaints this year with issues regarding the ticketing process being followed up by criticisms of the event which took place on Tuesday 16th June. With students and local residents taking to Facebook to voice their complaints, Patrick Hildred found out […]
Queen's, England beat Slovenia and Copa America
17th June 2015
Simon presented the last Tuesday URN Sport of the academic year and was joined by Chris, David and Amar. First on the agenda was Queen’s, and whether Rafael Nadal’s early exit to the unseeded Alexandr Dolgopolov was the sign of an irreversible decline for the Spaniard. The next topic was the England cricket team who […]
Goodbyes, Christopher Lee, Chris Hemsworth, Memories, Taylor Swift, and Bloopers: The Popular Table - 14/06/2015
14th June 2015
Hello, and welcome to the final Popular Table of the year! Before David, Mike, and Felix leave the show, they delve into the world of pop culture news for one last time. With Vicky, Ibi, and the ghost of Tom, they discuss the unfortunate passings of Christopher Lee, Ron Moody, Dusty Rhodes, and Ornette Coleman, […]
URN News Investigates - Students with Disabilities: Is our Uni doing enough?
14th June 2015
URN News Investigates – Students with Disabilities: Is our Uni doing enough? In this URN News Investigation, we explore whether all student’s get an equal chance – and if the same opportunities are provided to Students with Disabilities. With the University of Nottingham Students Union having lacked a Disabled Students’ Officer between November and July […]
Women's World Cup, Wawrinka and Wiggins
13th June 2015
Joe was joined by Elliott and David for the penultimate Tuesday URN Sport of the year. First up was Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Juventus in the 2015 Champions League final. The women’s World Cup is also underway and the panel examined the tournament so far. Also the subject of discussion was Wawrinka’s shock win over […]
URN Interviews: Lilian Greenwood
8th June 2015
THE INTERVIEW Discussing everything from the future of the Labour Party, to local issues, URN interviewed newly re-elected MP for Nottingham South, Lilian Greenwood on Friday. Having collected the questions that you, the students, wanted to ask throughout the week, Sam put the issues at hand to Lilian in a wide-ranging interview which addressed all […]
Godzilla, CDFA Awards, Caitlyn Jenner & Media Beauty Standards, Digitization, Bullying & Fiction: Popular Table - 07/06/2015
7th June 2015
Hello, and welcome to another Popular Table! This week, in part 1 of the show, our panel of pop culture analysts (Mike, David, Ibi, Felix, and Vicky), look at Godzilla’s new-found Japanese citizenship, the CDFA Fashion Awards, All-New, All-Different Marvel and Kamala Khan’s animated debut. In part 2 of this week’s show, the gang ask […]