On the 26 March, a campus-wide email announced that there would be no graduation ceremony taking place this summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Just over two months later, UEA Vice-Chancellor Prof David Richardson announced that plans were underway to accommodate this year’s finishing students in the graduation ceremony at the end of…
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Ten arrested after brawl in Norwich
Ten people have been arrested as a result of a ‘brawl’ that broke out on Magdalen Street. Police were called around 11pm on Thursday 23rd of July to the area to reports of ‘an altercation involving a number of men’. The ten who were arrested consist of eight people in their 20s, one in their…
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Black Lives Matter: A Joint Statement
On May 25, 2020, a man named George Floyd was murdered on the street in Minneapolis by a now-former police officer. He was held down with a knee to his neck for almost nine minutes – begging for breath, and for his life. His death has sparked a vital conversation around systemic racial inequalities across…
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Universities accused of ‘silencing’ students
Up to a third of UK universities have used ‘gagging’ clauses to prevent their students going public with complaints ranging from sexual assault, to poor teaching since 2016, according to research done by BBC. Students have felt pressured into signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), a move which Universities UK, an organisation which represents 136 higher education…
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Court rules that police went over freedom of speech rules
It has been ruled that the actions of Humberside Police over a series of tweets were unlawful. The tweets, which have been criticised by trans activists as transphobic, were recorded as a hate incident, which is defined by the College of Policing as, “any non-crime incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other…
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Fears grow that new Chinese virus may be more widespread
There have been several reports of disease outbreaks which have surfaced since late December last year, mainly from central China. A never seen variation of Coronavirus started plaguing Wuhan, in Hubei province. So far, authorities have confirmed at least 2000 close contacts with more than 200 confirmed infections and at least 17 fatalities. While the…