Right now, Nottingham Trent University provides zero 24/7 study facilities on City Campus. While students at Clifton and Brackenhurst enjoy around-the-clock access, City Campus students are forced out of Boots Library at 2:00 AM—when its only overnight provision becomes a welfare pastoral room rather than an academic study space.

This quiet removal of Dryden Level 0's 24/7 hours is more than an inconvenience; it is a severe accessibility and safety crisis. For wheelchair users and disabled students living in adjacent halls, Dryden was the only safe, level-access, step-free study zone. Forcing vulnerable students to navigate freezing, poorly lit city centre streets in the early hours of the morning to find an alternative is dangerous and a failure of the university’s duty of care.

Furthermore, deadlines do not stick to a 9-to-5 schedule. Mature students balancing jobs, disabled students needing flexible hours, and undergraduates pulling all-nighters deserve a safe, dedicated, 24/7 academic environment on City Campus.

Dryden Level 0 already possesses the electronic card-swipe infrastructure from its previous 24/7 operation. Reinstating access requires a policy change, not a new building.

We pay the same tuition as students at Clifton and Brackenhurst—there is no excuse for City Campus to be left in the dark. Do not accept being locked out of your own facilities. Upvote this proposal to force the university to flip the switch, reactivate the card readers, and give us our 24/7 study space back.