In recent years, there has been a spike in awareness regarding cultural appropriation in Halloween costumes, leading to a number of universities cracking down on the specifications for what students can wear at this time of year. Most people are aware of the ban the Student’s Union here at UEA have enacted, but the push…
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Money, money, money…in a student’s world
Coming to uni means you will have to juggle lots of different responsibilities – and perhaps the most important (and dullest) of those will be your finances. Financial trouble and money mismanagement can lead to a decline in your wellbeing and mental health. Therefore, it is so important that you budget effectively and keep on…
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Bursaries for new students cut by up to £500
Bursaries will be reduced by as much as £500 for next year’s cohort, despite the continuing rise in student living costs such as accommodation and food. Care leavers and students with household incomes of less than £16,000 will be hit the hardest, with £500 reductions of £3,000 to£2,500 and £1,800 to £1,300 respectively. Students with household…
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Sick of student unions?
Do you feel represented? I don’t. Zamzam Ibrahim is the president elect of the National Union of Students (NUS). Her job is to represent all UK students in higher and further education. But she’s come under fire for stating she wanted to ‘oppress white people’ and ‘have an Islamic takeover’, comments she made when she…
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Gambling
The NUS has conducted research into the gambling habits of students at university. Their definition of gambling ranges from buying scratch cards over the counter to playing poker at casinos. Research showed that over half of students who gambled did so to supplement their income, and that nearly a quarter of those felt guilty when…
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NUS to use Ethical Digital Charter to regulate data collection from new app
Concrete can exclusively reveal the The National Union of Students (NUS) are working on an Ethical Digital Charter to guide the use of their new app TOTUM. NUS will unveil TOTUM, a new digitally revamped app and card to replace the NUS extra card during freshers’ week. In the wake of the recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandals…
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NUS report finds working class students living in poverty
A report by the National Union of Students (NUS) has found a clear link between class and poverty in tertiary education, leading the union to call on the government to create a minimum living income for students as part of its review of higher education funding. The NUS set up a poverty commission of twelve…
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Delegates protest at NUS national conference
The National Union of Students (NUS) held their annual National Conference at the end of last month. The event played host to fresh elections for a number of NUS officers and served as the national platform for motions to be voted on, yet was marred by controversy and protests surrounding the current committee and an…
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Extent of campus drinking revealed in survey
Perhaps one of the biggest preconceptions about going to university is that students will be drinking alcohol 24/7. However, a survey conducted by the SU, in partnership with the National Union of Students (NUS), has shown this to be false, at least for students at UEA. A fresher might be afraid they will be judged…
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