A petition calling for students to be reimbursed for this year’s tuition fees owing to the strikes and the coronavirus pandemic has been signed by more than 320,000 people. The petition’s founder Sophie Quinn wrote: “All students should be reimbursed of this years tuition fees as universities are now online only due to COVID-19, with…
Graduation back on after student outcry
UEA’s Vice Chancellor has said graduation ceremonies will take place, a week after he told students they were cancelled. Prof David Richardson previously said: “Our Graduation ceremonies involve thousands of people travelling to campus from across the globe, and as the COVID-19 pandemic develops it would not be appropriate to hold such an event –…
UEA cancels graduation
UEA has decided to cancel graduation in July later this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic. UEA’s Vice Chancellor Prof David Richardson said he had taken the decision “with great sadness”. The University confirmed the graduation ceremonies have not been postponed but outrightly cancelled, although in an email to students Prof Richardson said “we will…
UEA offers to release students from paying rent because of coronavirus
UEA has offered students living in University accommodation the chance to end their rent contracts early owing to coronavirus. The pandemic has resulted in many students returning home early. In an email to students living on campus and in the Village the University said: “We understand that many students have decided to return home given…
Students told to stay off campus during exam period
UEA has told students all exams and summatives will take place online “as far as possible” owing to the coronavirus pandemic. In an email sent to students today Neil Ward, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, said this means “There is now no need for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students to remain on campus for the examination…
UEA suspends face-to-face teaching and public events
UEA has suspended all face-to-face teaching from March 16 until April 19 “as a precautionary measure” against the coronavirus pandemic. The University has also postponed public events until the same date. In an email sent to students the University said: “All teaching will be delivered via Blackboard. All classroom and laboratory teaching will cease.” It added: “We expect…
UEA flat on campus self-isolating after fears of coronavirus contact
Members of a UEA flat on campus will remain in self-isolation for two weeks after one of its residents came in close contact with a person from outside of the University who has since tested positive for coronavirus. The flat, which is in Hickling and Barton, has 12 students inside. The student who came in…
UEA distributes hand sanitisers across campus
Hand sanitiser dispensers have been distributed on locations around campus. Information posted beside the dispensers suggest that the sanitiser has been provided in order to combat the spread of coronavirus. The sanitiser dispensers and posters suggest some easy ways to limit the spread of germs, including carrying tissues and using them to catch your sneeze,…
Picking someone up: where do you go?
You’re a young person looking for sex, but just when it seems like it’s right there, you don’t know what to do. So where do you go? Increasingly nowadays people are looking to dating apps for their partners. We all know the drill, you look at a picture (probably fake), maybe read a bio (if…
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