The University of East Anglia and UEA Students’ Union have been awarded a red rating for free speech for the second year running. According to Spiked, the political commentary website who awarded the ranking, “the University of East Anglia and the UEA Students’ Union collectively create a hostile environment for free speech. “The university places…
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Marking not automatically anonymous
The anonymous marking of student coursework is subject to uncertainty following the transition of online submission for some units from E:vision to Blackboard. Since the implementation of the new e-marking system, essays no longer appear anonymous to the marker through default. To ensure that students remain unidentified, staff must ‘self-amend’ the system settings by a…
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“Trust in the media is low”
Concrete spoke to Alan Rusbridger, former Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian, ahead of his lecture at UEA: “Journalists have got to adapt to this new age, and think quite radically about how people consume news”. That is the advice of Alan Rusbridger: former Editor in Chief of the Guardian, and Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford,…
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Happy Birthday Concrete!
1992: did anything really happen? Most of us weren’t around a quarter of a century ago (unless you happen to be Peter Sheehan). John Major was elected Prime Minister and George Bush Snr was filmed throwing up in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister at a state dinner. And in a more-than-likely-beer-stained office in…
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Window falls off Nelson Court in Storm Doris
A window has blown off a room in Nelson court leaving it open to damage from Storm Doris. Harry, Jacob, Jordan and Georgia, who are all first years living in Nelson Court, spoke to Concrete earlier this evening. They said: “the window was hanging from the latch earlier this afternoon [pictured]. It then fell off…
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Crome Court roof damaged in Storm Doris
A corner of the roof on UEA’s Crome Court has been damaged, following rain and high winds. A piece of flashing, part of the structure used to hold the roof on the building, has become loose. This damage occurred during Storm Doris, which caused disruption across East Anglia and the rest of the UK. A cordon has…
Do Something Different Week, Features
Do Something Different Week: What else is happening?
Megan Baynes, Jessica Frank-Keyes and Caitlin Doherty spoke to some of the team involved in DSDW to find out what else undergraduates can expect: Get Pixelated UEA’s brand new media suite, tucked away in the music centre (next to the Shop, for the uninitiated) is a labyrinthine nest of corridors and staircases. But it’s well…
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UEA investigated by watchdog
UEA has been subject to an intervention by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), following “significant [course] changes”. Changes were made to the second year of the four-year American Literature and Creative Writing undergraduate course. Previously, the second year of this course consisted entirely of optional modules. This was changed when the University introduced two…
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Clive Lewis resigns from Shadow Cabinet
Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, has resigned from the shadow cabinet over Brexit negotiations. The former Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in a statement: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich. I therefore…
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