[HDNG]NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY UNION OF STUDENTS:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 5 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 4% [BULL] Ave. turnout at [PARA]General Meetings: 1% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Political activities ebb and flow. At the moment the tide is high [PARA]with a recent flood of party posturing, prompting even the [PARA]Christian Union to get involved (3 members on the exec). NTUUS[PARA]is also a highly professional commercial organisation.[EITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]NTUUS has facilities on both sites: in Byron House on the City [PARA]site and in the Benenson Building at Clifton. Byron provides 2 [PARA]bars, cafe, 2 minibuses, 1 car, travel agent, photocopying, a shop,[PARA]games and vending machines, pool tables, juke box, launderette, [PARA]bank, recycling facilities, meeting and conference rooms, and a [PARA]cashpoint (Barclays). Clifton offers a bar, coffee bar, shop, [PARA]bookshop, printing service, pool tables, recycling facilities, games[PARA]machines and Midland Bank.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Amnesty International; Anti-Blood Sports; Asian Cultural; Classic [PARA]Cars; Circus Skills; Euroscience; Film; Football Supporters; [PARA]Hellenic; Lex; Malaysian; Motor; Motorcycle; Mystics; International [PARA]Students; RCP; Students Against Poverty; Trophy Cabinet [PARA]Appreciation; Wargames.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]'Platform', the weekly NTUUS student newspaper, is distributed [PARA]free as part of the local 'Evening Post'. The Student Community [PARA]Action group is [ITAL]bristling with energy[EITAL] with a permanent member [PARA]of staff and around 250 student volunteers working on 30 [PARA]projects.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] 9 chaplains (CofE, RC, Free Church, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu)[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The Christian Union is extremely forthright and influential. [EITAL] The [PARA]chaplains organise worship groups. [BOLD]Religion in Nottingham: [EBOLD]see [ULNE][PARA]University of Nottingham[EULNE].[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Apart from the usual money scrambles, students have been [PARA]known to sell themselves as guinea pigs at the medical school [PARA](ú120 for 3 days) and to work at the Pork Farms factory on night [PARA]shifts (ú500 a week).[PARA][PARA]
