As a result of investigations into the results of Students’ Union sports clubs and society committee elections, Concrete have found that 113 (43%) are at risk of being disbanded. These elections determine the committees for societies during the 2022-23 academic year. Of the 265 sports clubs and societies who take part in the election process,…
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UEA Students’ Union election results
The UEA Students’ Union election results have now been announced. Please find below the list of successful candidates who will comprise the 2022-23 Student Officer team. Full-time Officers:Activities and Opportunities Officer – Evie DrennanCampaigns and Democracy Officer – Serene ShibliPostgraduate Officer – Elise PageUndergraduate Education Officer – Taylor SounesWelfare, Community, and Diversity Officer – Aaron…
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Chat with Elizabeth Payne (Activities and Opportunities officer, SU)
Addie: What upcoming opportunities and activities can students expect to find on offer over the next academic year? Lizzie: A key event worth highlighting foremostly is, of course, Welcome! A lot of our freshers events centre around our club nights, those being notoriously A list and Damn Good, its more the cool and current music…
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UEA to take over SU Shop and other outlets
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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UEA cancels entry onto 16 courses
UEA has cancelled entry onto 16 courses for the 2020/21 academic year due to concerns over the ability to properly deliver other courses. A UEA spokesperson stated the university has had to “re-deploy resources”. Current students of these courses remain unaffected and delivery will not be interrupted, but no new applicants will be allowed to…
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University marketisation and UEA(su)
All UEA students will recall the strikes from February to March by the UCU over pay, pensions, casualisation and rising workloads. Marketisation of universities was blamed by many teachers on the picket line, so why are universities focused on generating income for the Vice-Chancellor and senior management instead of improving the lives of those who…
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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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Another issue, another dawn
We’re almost there, as Jess writes in her Deputy Editorial column today. Applications for the next Editor-in-Chief and Deputy will soon close, and now only one more issue remains of the semester. I doubt anyone expected we’d be in a lockdown, many of us away from UEA, taking classes online. Yet even though we’re away, university…
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SU rejected Army’s request to distribute recruitment leaflets
Management minutes have confirmed Uea(su) rejected the British Army’s request to distribute recruitment leaflets in Union House earlier this year. The minutes state the SU management committee agreed “unanimously” to deny the request. It is a move UEA Conservatives have condemned. A spokesman for the group said: “The Students’ Union should recognise that a career…
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