| The city of Nottingham, with two universities and | | | | which focuses on rural and animal sciences, are |
| several smaller colleges, has a large and varied | | | | located on the fringes of the city. |
| student population, which has contributed its own | | | | The Nottingham Trent Students Union coordinates the |
| creative and edgy flavour to the city's younger | | | | activities of some three dozen student organizations, |
| neighbourhoods. Some 40,000 full-time students make | | | | and maintains several student shops, bars, gyms, and |
| Nottingham their place of education, life, work and | | | | other amenities. They also organize weekly music |
| entertainment. | | | | nights, publish the "Platform" student newspaper, and |
| The University of Nottingham is the largest educational | | | | produce the Fly FM and Kick FM radio programmes. |
| institution in the city, with about 32,000 registered | | | | Other schools in the area which contribute to the lively |
| students in 2005. It features one of Britain's largest | | | | student culture include New College Nottingham, the |
| medical schools, and staffs the Queen's Medical | | | | Nottingham School of Fashion, Confetti Institute of |
| Centre teaching hospital. The principal University Park | | | | Creative Technologies, Nottingham High School, |
| Campus lies just to the west of the Nottingham city | | | | Bilborough College, Chilwell School, Nottingham High |
| centre, filled with award-winning buildings and green | | | | School for Girls, South Nottingham College, the |
| space. University Park has a dozen halls of residence | | | | Greenwood Dale Technology College, and The |
| for first year students (and others who wish to stay | | | | Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College. |
| on campus), each holding 200-300 students: Ancaster | | | | The Old Market Square, Canalside, the Lace Market, |
| Hall, Cavendish Hall, cripps Hall, Derby Hall, Florence | | | | and Hockley Village are popular areas for off-campus |
| Boot Hall, Hugh Stewart Hall, Lenton and Wortley Hall, | | | | student entertainment. The Waterfront and The |
| Lincoln hall, Nightingale Hall, Rutland Hall, Sherwood Hall, | | | | Corner House are popular gathering places, as are |
| and Willoughby Hall. | | | | The Palais, Ohm, Bar None, Cucamara, Lizard Lounge, |
| Smaller nearby satellite campuses are the Jubilee | | | | The Cookie Club, Jongleurs, Bell Inn, Daniel's Hall, The |
| Campus, with its three residence halls (Melton Hall, | | | | Square, Muse, and the other three hundred and fifty |
| Newark Hall, and Southwell Hall), the Sutton Bonington | | | | pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. One shouldn't miss a |
| Campus (with Bonington Hall made up of a | | | | visit to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, either -- the oldest |
| conglomeration of smaller residences), and the King's | | | | pub in England, built half in a cave in the side of a |
| Meadow Campus. The university also maintains two | | | | sandstone bluff. |
| international campuses in Malaysia and China. | | | | The city boasts numerous music venues, especially |
| The University of Nottingham Students' Union is made | | | | Rock City, The Rescue Rooms, Stealth, The Social, |
| up of one hundred and fifty student societies and | | | | Junktion 7, The Old Angel, The Edge, Media, Ocean, |
| seventy two special interest clubs, and the university's | | | | The Bomb, Blueprint, The Works and the Boat Club, in |
| sport teams participate in the British Universities Sports | | | | addition to the Royal Concert Hall and the Nottingham |
| Association. The undergraduates at the university | | | | Arena. There are also numerous cinemas, live theatres, |
| produce a student magazine called "Impact", run the | | | | and interactive art galleries to suit the visually inclined. |
| University Radio Nottingham, and stage shows and | | | | The Arboretum Park, Abbey Court, |
| special events at the New Theatre. The "Campus 14" | | | | The "LeftLion" underground magazine and website |
| is a series of bars on the University Park campus; new | | | | provide a valuable guide to music and social events for |
| students are often surreptitiously challenged to | | | | students and young people. The organization is named |
| complete the "bar crawl" of consuming at least one | | | | after the leftmost of the pair of large stone lions which |
| drink at each location. | | | | decorate the steps of the Council House in Old Market |
| The University of Nottingham's main rival in the city is | | | | Square -- rumour has it the left-hand lion is named |
| the Nottingham Trent University (named for the Trent | | | | "Brian", while the other is "Ryan". The square has also |
| River which flows through the centre of town). It | | | | been a gathering place for student events and |
| began as Trent Polytechnic, and later Nottingham | | | | celebrations, such as the winning of the European Cup |
| Polytechnic, but became a full-fledged university in | | | | and the F.A. Cup by local football team Nottingham |
| 1992, and now teaches over 25,000 students every | | | | Forest. |
| year, focusing on a variety of useful and high end | | | | The universities and other local sites are connected by |
| trades. | | | | the Nottingham Express Transit, or NET trams. |
| Like its rival institution, Nottingham Trent has multiple | | | | Shopping areas like Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, |
| campuses. The central campus, located near | | | | Victoria Centre, and Flying Horse Walk are easily |
| Shakespeare Street downtown, is known as the City | | | | accessible to students, as are the high-fashion |
| Campus. Clifton Campus, home to humanities and | | | | neighbourhoods of Hockley Village and Bridlesmith |
| science departments, and Brackenhurst Campus | | | | Gate. |