The SU has announced the nominations for the Transforming Education Awards 2019 with the winners set to be announced in an event on 13 May. The annual awards are an opportunity for students to nominate both academic and support staff who have made a significant positive impact on the university experience of a student or…
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News in brief: Mock General Election results
Kate Hicks, representative of UEA Labour Students, has won the UEA Mock General Election 2019 with a substantial majority of 54.7 percent. After two days of polling before the Easter break, the organisers of the Mock Election announced via their Facebook page that UEA’s Labour Student representative had received the majority of the 225 votes…
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UEA loses top 20 place in league table
UEA has lost its place as a top 20 UK university in the recently published 2020 Complete University Guide. Coming in at 21st place, UEA has fallen by seven positions from it’s previous ranking of 14th in the 2019 Guide. This is the first time since the 2013 Guide that UEA has failed to…
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Modern slavery: too often we are guilty of turning a blind eye
The term slavery brings to mind images of the atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but the crime is still highly prevalent across the world today. Estimates from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggest that 40.3 million people globally are victims of modern slavery as of 2017, with ten…
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UEA Mock General Election candidates debate student issues
The organisers of UEA Mock General Election 2019 hosted a candidate hustings event in the build up to the mock election this week, with the focus of questions revolving around student specific issues. The Mock Election is being run with the aim to increase student engagement in politics. Candidates are running on manifestos specific to…
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Norwich Business School accounts for half of UEA students caught cheating
The Norwich Business School (NBS) has the highest proportion of students caught cheating in examinations at UEA. An investigation by Concrete found that by February this academic year, 88 percent of UEA students caught cheating in exams were from NBS. Over the last three academic years, approximately half of students caught cheating in exams have…
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Tooth causes two year long blocked nose
The cause of a 59 year old man’s unexplained two year long blocked nose has been discovered. Following a childhood facial injury, a tooth had grown into the nasal cavity. After presenting to doctors at University Hospital Aarhus in Denmark complaining of the blocked nose and nasal discharge, the hospital were shocked to find the…
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Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision
Ukraine has withdrawn from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest amid growing political tensions with Russia. The Ukrainian original entry, singer Maruv, refused to take part in the competition saying she felt she was being used as a ‘political tool.’ Ukraine failed to find a replacement act and has now chosen not to enter the contest…
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Brexit Box
As we enter the month of Brexit, Concrete is here to provide you with the latest updates from Parliament as 29 March rapidly approaches. Prime Minister Theresa May has offered what some see as a dramatic policy change on her Brexit strategy. She will present MPs with a series of votes on the 12, 13…
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