David Richardson, the UEA vice-chancellor, has responded to an open letter signed by almost 100 UEA academics calling for the university to divest from its financial connections with fossil fuel companies. The open letter describes the university “a pioneer of environmentally responsible policy and practice” but it insists that the institution “must also look to ensure…
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Students affected by UEA email outage
UEA students have been frustrated by problems accessing their university email accounts over the weekend, affecting students on and off campus. In some cases this has resulted in problems with students’ individual subscriptions to Microsoft Office, provided by the university, suggesting a problem with the software as a whole. Recent updates from the UEA Library Twitter…
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The liberal Democrats have changed the face of British Politics
After decades of two party politics, with Labour and the Conservatives swapping and in and out of No. 10 Downing Street the British public had the surprise of their lives in the run up to the 2010 election. Faced with the prospect of not two, but three viable candidates, a coalition government was voted in….
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Deadline to register to vote approaching
While the stress of the rapidly approaching exam season and the excitement – for those with tickets – of Radio 1’s Big Weekend are currently fighting to take up space in UEA students’ brains, there is one other important date to mark on our increasingly full calendars. The 20th of April – only a few…
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Politics and the media: putting on a good show
Like many of us here at UEA, in the run up to the general election, I am finding myself wondering more and more exactly who my vote on 7th May should be going to. And also like all students, I am increasingly becoming an expert at procrastination, hence why – instead of working on the…
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UEA’s Vice Chancellor condemns Labour’s Party’s tuition-fee pledge
In a move that may appear come as music to cash-strapped students’ ears, Ed Miliband has announced that “tuition fees would be capped at £6,000 a year under Labour”. However, this announcement from the party leader has sparked concerns among universities that some students will delay applying to university this year to avoid paying up…
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Mass voter registration following Goats for Votes
Students passing through the Square on Thursday the 5th February will have had a bit of a shock at the appearance of some unexpected visitors. UEA was visited by some local goats to encourage students to register to vote in the May 2015 General Election. The farmyard friends were on campus to help the union…
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