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The end of endless possibilities?

In an interview with the Students' Union Education Officer, Dasha Karzunina, The Pulse discovered that many joint honours subjects may be axed by the University.

She explained why the University are looking into this option:

We spoke to a tutor at the University to find out if joint honours students cause problems for marking and assessments:

Students on campus voiced their opinions about the possibility of the University getting rid of joint honours:

Will, an English and Classics joint honours student, explained his feelings about his dual degree:

What do you think? Should the University get rid of joint honours? Or with rising fees should students be able to choose exactly what subjects they want to do? Comment below to let us know your thoughts.

Managing a degree with societies and a social life can seem like a challenge, but imagine also adding a baby into the equation.

We spoke to an English & Philosophy second year student about how she manages being a parent and a student:

She was very positive about her experience, but that's not always the case. We spoke to Dasha Karzunina, the SU Education Officer, about the support available from the Union.

The Student Advice Centre are a fantastic resource to help students, and they give particular help to students with children. The issues range from getting academic support and extenuating circumstances, to getting advice about which school to send their kids to.

The majority of these students are mature students, but lots of students come in who are recently pregnant and need help figuring out how much time they can take out of their degree, and whether they'll be able to come back.

There is a group for students with caring responsibilities, but it's currently very underused. There is also a mature students' network, but there is nothing specialised for students with children.

Sarah O'Hara, Ellie McWiliam and Sarah Gosling

This Saturday, the 8th March, marks International Women's Day. Around the world, celebrations of respect, appreciation and love take place to honour women from all walks of life. The United Nations' theme for International Women's Day this year is 'Equality for Women is Progress for All'.

Here at the University of Nottingham we decided to celebrate this by speaking to three of the most powerful women on campus.

This is the announcement on URN of Ellie McWilliam becoming SU President this time last year:

Two other women at different stages of their career at the University are the Chief Executive of your Students' Union, Sarah Gosling, and Sarah O'Hara, one of seven Pro-Vice Chancellors here at the University.

We got the three of them together to discuss their experiences as influential women in the Students' Union and in the University.

Hear the interview in full below.

We first asked Ellie about running for the position of the leader of the union:

If you have any thoughts, please comment below.

"Neknominate", also known as "neck and nominate", is a drinking trend that has spread across Nottingham campus in the past two weeks. It began as a chance to be creative and share funny videos online with friends, but after deaths have been associated with the game opinions are beginning to change.

The Pulse looked into how it began, students' stories and opinions on the trend, and where it's headed:

We spoke to Jack about his pre-exam "neknomination":

The rest of the team shared their experiences of the game:

The Pulse Team gave their final word on whether "Neknominate" is dangerous or fun:

If you have any neknominate stories or thoughts on the discussion then please comment below.

The Friday Pulse team discussed Animal Testing at University, following the recent revelations that 1.3 million animlas had been killed because of testing at Institutions around the country.

Animal Testing

Caroline introduced the story for us:

Whilst Caroline continued to outline the views both for and against animal testing, the team gave their initial views on the topic:

With University of Nottingham researchers having killed 26,985 animals during animal testing last year, we got a statement from the University's regarding its posistion on this issue:

Finally, the team discussed whether the fact that 80% of people are unaware that money donated to charities such as Cancer Research could be use to fund animal testing had any impact on the debate:

If you have comments on this story, let us know by leaving them in the comments section below.

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