Hello, If you are a new student, congratulations on securing your place at Nottingham Trent University. You’re about to begin one of the most exciting chapters of your life. If you are a returning student, welcome back, I hope you had a great summer.
Dear Reader, Welcome to NTU! Whether you are a returning student or a Fresher, we want to welcome you back to Nottingham Trent University and its Students’ Union. All the staff have been busy preparing for your arrival and we couldn’t be more excited to kickstart the new academic year.
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Allow me to introduce myself - my name is Faith Pring, I am the current Editor-in-Chief and President of Platform Magazine society here at Nottingham Trent Students’ Union. I am currently an MA News Journalism student, but ‘graduated’ this summer from my BA Spanish and Linguistics degree here at Trent. I first joined Platform way back in October 2017, before being voted in as News Editor and then President! Last year was a huge year for us here at Platform magazine. We received two national Student Publication award nominations (fingers crossed!), a nomination for our graphic design team at the Nottingham Young Creative Awards, and we also won a regional Student Publication Award for being the best developed new publication. We also had some great success internally, breaking our record for monthly and daily viewing figures on our website, and we received two nominations at the NTSU Awards, and we won NTSU Society of the Year! To make settling back into university life easier for all our students, we’ve prepared a jam-packed Freshers edition of our magazine fit to burst with everything you could ever need. Check out page 6 for our guide to the music scene around Nottingham, page 18 for everything you need to know about online teaching and remote learning, and in case you might be concerned about finance, give page 48 a read for some great budgeting tips. May this year be the best of your life so far, stay safe, study hard and have fun!
Until next time, Faith x
My name is Conor Naughton and I am President of Nottingham Trent Students’ Union (NTSU). Whether you are a new student about to start, or returning, I wanted to a share a few of the things that NTU and NTSU have to offer this year, as well as inform you of our response to COVID-19 that willcreate an enjoyable and safe place for the new academic year. COVID-19 To ensure your health and safety, changes have been made to the facilities on campus. These include adapting spaces to ensure social distancing is in place, increased cleaning, more hand sanitiser stations, and a new one way system for all our buildings. We will be running events and activities on-campus and online, though events on campus may look a little different for the time being. Try something new, explore and get involved Nottingham is an amazing student city with everything from historic attractions to world class sport right on your doorstep. No matter which campus you’re studying at, make sure you explore it all and try something new while you’re here. No matter what year of study you are in, attending an event or joining a society at your Students’ Union is a fantastic way to make new friends and meet like-minded people at university, and we have over 100 societies to choose from! Talk to your Exec Officers My final and most important piece of advice is to not be afraid to ask questions. If you see your Exec Officers on campus in our purple tops, please don’t be shy in saying hello and asking us any burning questions you have. If you want to know more about Nottingham, making friends, NTSU or anything in between, let one of us know. Our contact details are on our website www.trentstudents.org/yourreps. On behalf of myself and all the Exec team at NTSU, I look forward to welcoming you to your Students’ Union this September.
Conor Naughton (NTSU President)
