The new tier system for local restrictions has been announced for England by the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock. Ahead of announcement in the Commons, the Gov website, where people can search to find out which tier their locality is in, crashed. Norwich has been placed into Tier 2 or High Alert, meaning…
Main Stories, News
UEA cancels January enrolment onto 5 Masters courses
UEA have cancelled the January 2021 enrolment for select Masters programmes. The decision is mainly a result of low demand for the intake window. A total of four Master of Science programmes and one Master of Arts programme have had the January intake cancelled. These courses include MA Media, Culture and Society, MSc Global Media…
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UK to receive 10 million doses of new Covid-19 vaccine by end of year
Early data for a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech suggests they have achieved more than 90% effectiveness in preventing people from contracting Covid-19. The two pharmaceutical companies are the first to release their final testing phase data, with a projection of being able to supply 50 million doses by the end of this…
Arts, Venue
Tveit, the Tonys and atypical nominations
In such an unprecedented time for the arts it seems bizarre that there would be theatre awards to be handed out, and yet the 2020 Tony Award nominations were announced on 15 October. With Broadway being completely closed down since March, there has hardly been a season to reward so nominations were scarce to say…
Arts, Venue
Norwich’s Maddermarket Theatre to close until August 2021
The Maddermarket Theatre, a well-loved Norwich independent, has announced its closure. Following the threat of a second wave of COVID-19, the company has “taken a very difficult decision” to close until August 2021. The theatre, like many independent venues, has found themselves short on funding, and could potentially have run out of money by the…
Science
Has the coronavirus lockdown led to a green recovery?
As the first wave of coronavirus broke on our shores in early March, we sensed that we might be in this for the long run and, 8 months later, we are still trying to contend with the new reality that COVID is shaping. As the virus rapidly spread through our towns and cities, it quickly…