The whistle has blown and Derby Day, the annual day of sporting competition between UEA and the University of Essex, is now officially underway. For the last six consecutive years UEA have been victorious over their Essex rivals, and today our sports teams will be hoping to defend their lead for a seventh Derby Day…
A charity that supports people who have become estranged or disowned from their families has written an open letter to Vice Chancellor David Richardson requesting a meeting to discuss how UEA can develop support for its estranged students. Stand Alone is the UK’s first charity for estranged people of all ages. Chief Executive of the…
Students gathered on campus today at the Square in quiet, respectful action to show the strength of feeling in the UEA community surrounding student mental health support. The gathering was planned by the Students’ Union to allow students to be with other students and show solidarity, after the death of an LDC first-year student. Theo…
Mount Your Friends 3D: A Hard Man is Good to Climb was released almost exactly a year ago, yet I only got to play for the first time in the last few weeks. The game, developed by Stegersaurus Software Inc, is a follow up to the 2D side scroller QWOP-esque classic originally released on Steam…
The custom card manufacturer Moonpig has warned customers ahead of Valentine’s Day to not upload images which are too risqué, adding that it is real people and not computer algorithms which have to sort through photos uploaded to the site. In what The Guardian has jokingly described as what might be the world’s worst job,…
University staff said they are scared to walk to work after UEA announced plans to remove free parking for employees. From 2020, the university’s estates employees will be expected to pay up to £70 per month for parking, despite having previously been exempt from charges due to working unsociable hours and earning lower rates…
Norfolk Police arrived to campus today to attend to an incident at the lake, closing off a portion of the broad by 8:30am in order to investigate an alleged rape. Detectives were on campus to investigate after a woman reported being raped yesterday morning, Thursday 6 December. The area was sealed off whilst police carried…
Three years ago, on the tenth anniversary of the Guardian’s online comment section, Sarah Marsh sought to discover which articles their readers most remembered. Perhaps, she said, it’s those which ‘challenged your outlook on a key political argument, or changed your view entirely.’ Or, ‘perhaps it was a column with which you vehemently disagreed.’ Safe…
UEASU Postgraduate Education Officer Martin Marko has been censured following a motion passed in Union Council on 15 November 2018. In Council, the mature students assembly representative Lewis Martin proposed a motion which alleged that Martin Marko intentionally failed SU procedures when he raised a vote of no confidence motion against the Postgraduate committee. Lewis…
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