UEA has agreed with UEASU to take over management of several SU outlets and provide the SU with additional funding after concerns the SU would go bankrupt. A Freedom of Information request by Concrete has revealed the University will give UEASU block grant funds and access to an interest-free loan among other financial benefits. The…
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What we mean when we say ‘abolish the police’
Over the past few weeks you may have heard calls to ‘abolish the police’ or ‘defund the police’. Now, these statements are not quite as radical as they may seem. Apart from a limited number of anarchists, nobody is seriously suggesting we should go without police officers and law enforcement. What is usually meant by…
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Students answer SU’s cry for help over funding
More than a thousand people, many of them students, have signed a petition calling for UEA to provide the SU with more money. Uea(su) could go bust in a matter of months if the University does not step in. This would mean students’ money from society and club subs accounts would be forfeited to creditors,…
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President Trump cuts all U.S. funding to World Health Organization
US President Donald Trump has halted all funding to the Worth Health Organization (WHO), citing his view that the body has “failed in its basic duty” in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “We regret the decision of the President of the United States to order a halt…
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Government to introduce T-Levels
More than 5,000 post-GCSE qualifications with a low student intake are to lose funding, as the Department for Education readies itself to release new T-level courses in September of this year. This amounts to 40% of the 12,000 post-16 qualifications that are currently available in England. T-level courses are qualifications that can be taken after…
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UEA needs to support international students
There are always one or two barriers that threaten the smooth-flowing process of transition and adjustment. This is especially true for international students who go abroad for university but find themselves quite unable to establish a grounded identity, both in their academic life and their social life. There is a constant balancing of scales where…
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Brexit and environmental policy
Changes to the UK’s environmental policy are imminent. A key paper authored by an independent group of UK and EU researchers, Brexit and Environment, co-chaired by UEA’s Professor Andy Jordan, concluded that irrespective of the type of Brexit served, the UK will gain greater autonomy in changing its environmental laws. The UK has been key…
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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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What’s happening to the NHS post-Brexit?
Upon leaving the EU, healthcare benefits will change, with staffing losses, a lack of free healthcare abroad, and limited access to important public health information. Staffing losses are expected to be monumental, with leaked government estimates suggested shortages in nursing could read 20,000 by 2025 if migration is shut off. These losses starting from a…
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