Utilising your vote is crucial. Much as I hold my own political beliefs, I don’t care who you vote for. It’s about utilising that vote that you registered for. Maybe you are registered to vote, but made this registration due to a previous election, and aren’t planning to participate this time around. But quite simply,…
Travel
Growing up and travelling in the army
By the time I was nine, I’d lived in five different houses and three different countries. Until my early teen years, my dad was in the army, living in one house until coming to university was a foreign concept to me. I was born in 1999 in Dundonald, a suburb of Belfast, and lived in…
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It’s just blood. Period.
A young woman walks into the kitchen, she is carrying a warm water bottle pressed against her stomach and she looks exhausted. She leaves after grabbing a sandwich and as she does a female family friend who we are visiting whispers, “That time of the month”, to which my dad very casually blurts out “You…
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Teaching recruitment event set for Norwich
A national teaching recruitment campaign is coming to Norwich encourage local people to consider joining a unique profession that shapes the lives of the next generation. The Train to Teach event will be held at The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RQ on Tuesday 19 November from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Roger Pope, spokesperson for…
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A helping hand for Norwich schools
Norfolk is receiving a boost in additional funding for schools. The 3.82% increase comes as part of a multi-billion pound investment in primary and secondary education. The government’s extra funding means every secondary school can receive a minimum of £5,000 per pupil. Norwich North’s MP, Chloe Smith, comments on the “good news for Norwich”, claiming…
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Oh independence of Scotland, when will we see a vote again
I am Scottish and live in Edinburgh, so it’s safe to say that I have my opinions regarding Scottish Independence. I vividly remember 2014, with the images of blue ‘Yes’ stickers on car windows and lamp posts, and people campaigning to stay in the UK regularly on the streets. That being said, do I want…
Science
Brexit and engineering
Brexit commences the end of free movement across the EU, which has allowed jobs in the engineering sector to be filled for many years. A large proportion of the active workforce is from abroad, and changes due to brexit leaves these workers uncertain about their residency. While some suggest that a skills-based immigration system will…
Arts, Venue
Future Cities: Birds and the Built Environment
Listening to the backdrop of oystercatcher calls just beyond the Cley Marshes visitor centre, surrounded by a gallery of birding photography, I pulled out my pen and prepared. Moving into a new house for second year, and having been faced with a bare garden (but for a meagre pear tree), hearing Mike Toms discuss the…
Features
UEA charts in world top 200
Since 2010, UEA has consistently ranked within the global top 200 universities (Times Higher Education Rankings). The highest position UEA achieved in this decade was 145 in the 2012 edition of the chart. The 2020 chart places UEA at 192. This makes UEA one of six UK non-Russell group universities to be in the global…
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