Police confiscated an American flag from UEA’s newly formed American Studies Society (AMS) on grounds that “it could cause offence to people." The incident took place while the “sixty strong group” were on their society social in Norwich city centre. AMS member and flag bearer, Daniel Glazebrook, was apprehended by Police while the congregati on were walking down Prince of Wales Road.
Concrete Sport speaks to Helle Aanonsen as she explains the background behind her drive to set up a club at UEA for Scandanavia’s most popular sport, handball.
There may already be clubs for nearly every sport you can imagine – from korfball to ultimate frisbee – but UEA’s already extensive sports society is about to get another member, as a Norwegian student is planning to establish a handball club.
Norwich City have been on fire in recent weeks, achieving 44 points out of a possible 48, which is an astounding feat for a club in any tier of English football.
Since smashing Colchester United on their own ground last month Norwich have gone from strength to strength, thanks to a number of gutsy performances, all within the space of seven days.
I am almost a little reluctant to write this review. The moment I stepped into Amnity Point, I knew that I had found myself another of Norwich’s little gems that together make this city what it is for me.
Valentine’s Day, also known as Singles’ Awareness Day for the more cynical members of society, is all about love. It’s pretty obvious - the red, pink, and white greeting cards practically flood the aisles of any store that sells stationary, while the grocery stores are filled with an endless supply of chocolates and sweets, cut into the shape of hearts covered in pink frosting with the message “I love you.”
Obama’s first year in office was recently marked in the British media with a veritable array of news reports, specials and opinion pieces. Whilst this fascination with American politics is nothing new, these programmes and reports highlighted the fundamental differences between the glitzy American and drab British political scenes.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced a series of savage cuts to universities’ budgets for the 2010-11 academic year. The confirmed cuts, which total £449m, include a hefty £215m slashing of teaching budgets. The reductions come amid soaring demand for places with UEA recording a 30% increase in applications.
The Union referendum on the proposed Activities and Student Development Officer held on the 25 and 26th January failed to reach quorum. This is the second consecutive policy ballot that has failed to reach quorum, the first being the ‘You Count Referendum’ which took place on the 24th November. The new position had beenone of the key proposals of the new constitution recently approved at Union Council.
Police confiscated an American flag from UEA’s newly formed American Studies Society (AMS) on grounds that “it could cause offence to people." The incident took place while the “sixty strong group” were on their society social in Norwich city centre. AMS member and flag bearer, Daniel Glazebrook, was apprehended by Police while the congregati on were walking down Prince of Wales Road.
Concrete Sport speaks to Helle Aanonsen as she explains the background behind her drive to set up a club at UEA for Scandanavia’s most popular sport, handball.
Norwich City have been on fire in recent weeks, achieving 44 points out of a possible 48, which is an astounding feat for a club in any tier of English football.
The new year and new semester brought with it a newly forming UEA society, calling itself the Alternative Politics Forum.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced a series of savage cuts to universities’ budgets for the 2010-11 academic year. The confirmed cuts, which total £449m, include a hefty £215m slashing of teaching budgets. The reductions come amid soaring demand for places with UEA recording a 30% increase in applications.
The Union referendum on the proposed Activities and Student Development Officer held on the 25 and 26th January failed to reach quorum. This is the second consecutive policy ballot that has failed to reach quorum, the first being the ‘You Count Referendum’ which took place on the 24th November. The new position had beenone of the key proposals of the new constitution recently approved at Union Council.
