news outlets became interested in the story, including Sky News.
On 21 January 2015 the Union admitted that some members of the Societies Assembly made their decision based on personal political beliefs and therefore overturned the ban.
=== Sport ===
NTU sports scholars have competed in the summer and winter Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and world championships. NTU alumni include England Rugby player Nick Easter and GB Hockey players Crista Cullen and Alastair Wilson.
In July 1989 it hosted the international Cerebral Palsy Games, funded by the city and county councils, and the Spastics Society.
The 2010 world number one golfer and honorary graduate Lee Westwood opened the new Lee Westwood Sports Centre on the university's Clifton campus. The centre has sport and athlete support facilities, including sports halls, studios and fitness suites, and a nutrition training centre.
NTU is consistently ranked in the top 20% of institutions in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships, in the 2014/2015 season the university achieved 17th place. The university competes in the Varsity Series against local rival, the University of Nottingham.
In the 1977 World Student Games in Sofia in Bulgaria, Ruth Kennedy represented the UK in athletics, and came fifth in the 400 metres.
In 1984 Simon Hodgkinson played for the England Students rugby team, touring South Africa, and captained the team. The rugby team was successful in British Polytechnic Sports Association (BPSA) competitions, and the University and College Amateur Rugby League Association (UCARLA). Harvey Thorneycroft played rugby for England Students in 1989.
==== Rowing ====
Nottingham Trent University Rowing Club is affiliated to British Rowing (boat code NTU) and Trent Polytechnic's Rachel Hirst won the women's single sculls title at the 1986 British Rowing Championships.
== Notable alumni ==
== See also ==
BioCity Nottingham
Listed buildings in Nottingham (Hyson Green and Arboretum ward)
Post-1992 universities
Armorial of UK universities
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