The results of the National Student Survey 2015 published on the 12th August revealed that UEA has fallen to 168th place nationwide amongst all higher education institutions for satisfaction on coursework return times. Despite UEA performing highly for overall student satisfaction, students appeared to be significantly dissatisfied when asked whether “feedback on my work has…
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UEA rises to 2nd for student satisfaction
Results of the 2015 National Student Survey (NSS), released in August, revealed that despite poor performance for coursework return times, the university placed second for overall student satisfaction amongst mainstream universities. UEA achieved an overall total satisfaction score of 92%, rising one place above its third place ranking in 2014. Professor David Richardson, the UEA…
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Student finance fraud warnings
Student Finance England (SFE) is warning undergraduates, and first years in particular, to be aware of potential online scams attempting to access and steal their student finance payments. These scams take the form of emails requesting personal details and access to accounts; students are warned to be wary of emails that do not contain identification,…
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Labour leadership: Cooper
[su_box title=”The Labour leadership contest” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]Over the coming weeks Concrete will be profiling the candidates in the Labour leadership elections, bringing you news and opinion. With votes being counted, the final candidate under the spotlight is Yvette Cooper[/su_box] The months leading up to the leadership elections have shown Labour to be a party in…
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Labour leadership: Corbyn
[su_box title=”The Labour leadership contest” box_color=”#2D2D73″ radius=”0″]Over the coming weeks Concrete will be profiling the candidates in the Labour leadership elections, bringing you news and opinion. First, Jeremy Corbyn goes under the spotlight.[/su_box] Jeremy Corbyn, aged 65, is the oldest, the last to throw his hat into the ring, and the bookies’ current favourite candidate…
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University refuses to fly pride flag
The UEA administration have responded to calls from student LGBT+ campaigners to fly the pride flag over the Registry Building. The issue was initially raised with the Vice-Chancellor at a Union Council meeting on 16th April and has been an ongoing concern since. The request was made in order to celebrate Norwich Pride on 25th…
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Government retreat over foxhunting
The Government’s plans to amend the Hunting Act were delayed after 56 SNP MPs announced on Tuesday 14th July that they would vote alongside Labour and some Conservative members to oppose these changes to the law. The vote on the proposed amendments has been postponed, for the time being. These proposals involved plans to relax…
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Union officers refuse prestigious award
Four student officers from the Union of UEA Students (UUEAS) have refused to accept an award at Wednesday night’s NUS Awards in protest at Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the event. Instead of accepting the Diversity Award, given in recognition of UUEAS’s equality campaigns and policies, Liam McCafferty, Yinbo Yu, Chris Jarvis and Jo Swo walked on to…
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Clive Lewis calls for publication of mental healthcare report
Clive Lewis, the Labour MP for Norwich South, has called for the publication of the previously withheld Alexander Report into the operations of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Mental Health Trust. The issue was raised in the House of Commons during the Member of Parliament’s first appearance at yesterday’s Prime Minister’s questions. The MP today stated…
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