Bursaries will be reduced by as much as £500 for next year’s cohort, despite the continuing rise in student living costs such as accommodation and food. Care leavers and students with household incomes of less than £16,000 will be hit the hardest, with £500 reductions of £3,000 to£2,500 and £1,800 to £1,300 respectively. Students with household…
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Midwife facing homelessness one of hundreds of students to drop out of UEA
A midwifery student is facing homelessness and having to drop out of her course, after resorting to starving herself and food parcels to make ends meet. She is just one of hundreds of students to have dropped out of UEA. Last year, 624 students dropped out of university, citing mental health issues and a lack…
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What is UEA doing for LGBTQ+ students? Should they be doing more?
I made a promise to myself prior to starting university that I would push myself to be authentically queer, whatever that meant, and without really knowing what the implications of doing so were. Despite universities having a national reputation for being the hubs of liberal thought, I had naively expected indifference from UEA at best….
Music
Bring Me The Horizon – amo review – 2.5/5
Having just entered their 15th year of existence, Sheffield metal group Bring Me The Horizon have lived enough years and produced enough material to have caused my interest in them to rise and fall several times. The promotional campaign for the band’s sixth release amo has seen the band secure their first Grammy nomination, announce…
Sex Survey 2019
Cucumbers and condoms
As a queer person, I’ve often wondered how my secondary school experience would have been shaped had I been provided with even a basic level of sex education relevant to my interest in kissing people that weren’t boys. Of course, access to good quality sex education is not limited to classrooms, but for most it…
Sex Survey 2019
Huh? What’s Hinge?
Not a week goes by where there isn’t a thinkpiece published attributing the failures of modern romance to dating apps. The eroders of human connection, promoting superficial decision making, rendering it impossible for two people to truly click. However, they are a mainstay in the way we conduct our romantic interactions and UEA is no…
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First class degrees rise by almost 12 percent in 5 years
36.3 percent of UEA’s Class of 2018 was awarded a First Class degree, with the number of firsts at UEA rising by almost 12 percent in the past 5 years. The figures also show the number of undergraduate students graduating increased by 676 from the year prior, a trend expected to continue as UEA continues…
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4 out of 5 students unhappy with Sportspark graduation
A survey conducted by Concrete can reveal 4 out of 5 students are unhappy with graduating at the Sportspark. Last week, the university announced this year’s summer graduation will take place at the Sportspark’s Haydn Morris Hallwill, involving 19 ceremonies, and around 6,000 students. Previous ceremonies took place at Congregation Hall, however, last year’s event…
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Less than half of UEA students meet their offer
Less than half of UEA students achieved the grades needed to secure their place last year, with numbers dropping from 64 percent in 2013/14 to 47 percent in 2018/19. There figures showed a consistent decrease in figures year upon year. One of the most significant drops occurred this year, where the percentage of students meeting…
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