The one thing that has kept me going since the lockdown began, which I have been rewatching almost every week, has to be Chris Martin’s live streamed session for Global Citizens’ #TogetherAtHome. The livestream happened just as lockdown was announced way back in late March, but still is one of my favourites. Chris Martin, the…
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UEA creative writing 50th anniversary project
To celebrate 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA, the university has announced a new project, aimed at an exploration and development of the relationship between literature and technology. ‘Future and Form’, as it has been named, will see a collaboration between writers and technology partners across nine months, with the evolution of storytelling in…
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UEA introduces ‘safety net’ for students
UEA has announced a ten-point plan for undergraduate assessment in summer 2020 after concerns the coronavirus pandemic may affect students’ grades. This comes as close to 1,800 students signed a petition calling for the University to “implement a no-detriment policy for end of year exams”. Harriet Davies, 21, is a third year Chemistry student at…
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Antarctica breaks 20C temperature for the first time
In a record-breaking event on the 9 February, an island in Antarctica has exceeded 20C, as Seymour Island off the coast of the peninsula recorded 20.75C. The previous record for the entire Antarctic region was 19.8C, which was logged in January 1982. The Arctic region is also hitting record temperatures, as the previous year saw…
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A third of students use personal loans to pay rent
The National Student Accomodation Survey 2020 found that a third of undergraduates are using loans, overdrafts and credit cards to pay rent at university. The survey was conducted from December 2019 to January 2020, and 2,168 students in the UK were polled, with 1,563 of them being undergraduate students. The survey also showed that 60%…
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SU may go bust “in a few years”
Uea(su) will go bust “in a few years” without more funding from UEA, the chair of the SU’s Finance Committee has said. Alicia Perez, who is also Uea(su)’s activities and opportunities officer said: “It is definitely a situation that we need to turn around if we don’t want the SU to go kaput.” Another elected…
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Coronavirus declared global emergency
The World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday 30 January declared the flu-like Coronavirus a global health emergency. Coronavirus, otherwise known as 2019-nCOv, is a new respiratory illness that has not before been seen in humans. Like other Coronaviruses, this one also comes from animals. Many of those now infected worked or shopped…
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UEA student drowned after taking drug, inquest concludes
UEA student Nick Sadler drowned after taking cannabis, an inquest has concluded. Norfolk’s senior coroner, Jacqueline Lake said: “Mr Sadler was found dead having gone into the UEA lake. He had smoked cannabis prior to his death.” The 25-year-old was found dead after drowning in UEA’s lake 11 days after he went missing. It was…
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On The Radar for 2020
Concrete writers give their response to the most anticipated music events of the new year. James Ward I’m most anticipating the release of Tame Impala’s newest release, The Slow Rush. The singles have left me feeling very optimistic about it; however, I am definitely hoping for some more psychedelic rock in the vein of ‘Posthumous…
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