BookFinder is an online second hand textbook store where students can sell and buy textbooks used for any subjects that they are studying at the University. Not only will this be an efficient and reliable way for students to exchange textbooks, it also offers them the chance to contribute to charitable projects in Norwich, run…
Union becomes accredited living wage employer
All full-time and part-time staff at the Union of UEA Students (UUEAS) are now paid the living wage of £7.65 per hour. UUEAS has become an accredited living wage employer, a year after committing to the Fair Campus Campaign, which aimed to reduce pay ratios and introduce the living wage at UEA and nationally. The…
University study finds later work submission linked to lower marks
Think again before you procrastinate next time. Researchers at Warwick Business School tracked the online assignment submission of 777 undergraduate marketing students for five years and concluded that marks can drop by 5% on average if you hand in work at the last minute. While students who submitted their work 24 hours before the deadline…
UEA research finds that university students have forgotten A-levels
According to research conducted by the University of East Anglia, students who achieved top grades in A-levels have already forgotten three-fifths of their A-levels after a year. To test their ability to remember key knowledge from two years of A-levels, 594 bioscience students from five universities took a biology test in their first week of…
Ex-UEA student skydives to raise money for cancer charity
Paul Martin, an ex-UEA student and testicular cancer survivor, will join 49 others on June 22 for a skydiving event in Beccles to raise money for the charity that helped him throughout his treatment – Norfolk’s The Big C. Last year, as twenty-three-year-old Martin started his job as communications and marketing assistant at Norfolk Community…
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