A week on from Derby Day and rivalries are set to resume. This time between several of UEA’s own students. For just the second time ever, UEA MMA are hosting the Rumble in the Concrete Jungle charity event, where members from ten different UEA sports clubs will face off in the octagon to raise money…
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Turning Green Press Release: Climate Change Action Survey Seeks Gen Z Student Perspectives
Environmental nonprofit Turning Green has launched a global survey on climate change action, seeking input from tens of thousands of college and university students. The survey will assess student knowledge of climate change and ideas for solutions-based climate action. Titled “Anxiety to Action,” the survey in part stems from the ideas of Stephen Kirk, a…
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The power of patience
I have never been a particularly patient person. My natural mode is ‘fast’ – both mentally and physically. I walk everywhere with the pace of someone who is either incredibly late for something and/or enjoys partaking in competitive speed-walking. I’ve lost count of the amount of times a friend has told me they saw me…
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“It’s like they assume the worst in us”: UEA faces complaints about extenuating circumstances and the intercalation process
In recent weeks, the university has made a number of statements relating to the process and evidence required for submitting an extenuating circumstances request. This has mainly been in relation to the handling of student bereavements and how this has affected their studies. The process has garnered a number of complaints. Other students have also…
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Low attendance at National Student Strike lands sharp blow to NUS campaign
The National Union of Students (NUS) hosted its first-ever ‘Student Strike for Education’ in Central London yesterday (Wednesday 2nd March) in a bid to build strong student momentum behind its “New vision for education” campaign. Despite the national advertising campaign running up to the day – largely carried out via social media – the event…
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Ukrainian UEA student Oleksii Burov: “It’s not Ukraine’s fault, it’s not the West’s fault, it’s Putin’s fault”
“My parents left Kyiv on the second day of the invasion. They escaped to my father’s workplace where he treats wounded soldiers… They don’t go away, they don’t run away. They stand… This is Putin’s fault.” Oleksii Burov is a 22-year-old UEA student in his third year of studying International Relations and Politics. Hailing from…
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Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
At five years old, my mother, father, brother, and I walked into a supermarket together. We were about to embark on a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and as a rare holiday treat, I was allowed to pick out a chocolate bar. Overcome by the desperate indecision only a five-year-old experiences, my mother picked…
Home of the Wonderful
Sculpture-park stories – one of three
It’s two a.m. at our flat UFC night. After witnessing a collective chunder in the kitchen sink, I quickly exit. I’m now at the west end of the Broad. Ahead are some tall, weathered, black things glinting ominously in the moonlight. Yes, it’s the nuggets on legs- menacing, long-limbed, and burnt. While “Mirage I and…
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Sculpture-park stories – two of three
In 2020, my closest Art History course-mates and I often found ourselves strolling outside the SCVA, where all our lectures were held (when the 4 of us all actually made it). It’s odd because I think it’s easy to head to uni in a rush and not really pay attention to the sculptures. However, on…
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