On Saturday 6 January, the UEA Falcons Dodgeball Club awoke early to attend round three of the University South League. With one women’s team and two men’s teams, the club set off with high spirits, excited to see how their eight games would play out. The women begun in the morning, and due to some…
Concrete meets… UEA Volleyball!
We have officially entered to a really exciting time of the semester. The time where we start counting down for Derby Day and getting ready for a day of sports, drinks and fun. It is also an important and a hectic time for the BUCS season as well. So talking to sports teams and being…
UEA Lacrosse SEMLA season review
UEA Men’s Lacrosse second team have completed their inaugural season in the South of England Men’s Lacrosse Association (SEMLA) East Anglian Division 2. And UEA got a superb 4-3 win in their penultimate fixture, at home to eventual league champions Milton Keynes, avenging their defeat in Buckinghamshire earlier in the season. UEA fielded a strong…
High hopes for UEA Angels Cheer Stunt
Excitement is building and preparations are well underway for UEA Angels Cheer Stunt’s 2019 season. As well as the usual national competitions and Derby Day, UEA Sport’s reigning team of the year are hosting several events including the return of the club’s Blind Dates event in the LCR, and an upcoming showcase next week where…
Behind The Feed
The Feed, in Norwich, is a community based social enterprise. They aim to help people who have experienced homelessness with training and employment, whilst also working to change the perception of homelessness across the public and private sectors. I met with Lucy Webb, The Feed’s corporate fundraiser, at their new hub on Prince of Wales…
Oli Gray interview – “no two days are ever the same”
Elected in Spring with more than 65 per cent of the vote, it’s hard to argue that SU Activities and Opportunities Officer, Oli Gray, wasn’t the popular choice. Concrete sat down with Gray to chat about his plans for UEA’s sports clubs, how he wants to widen participation in sports at UEA and why sport…
University applicants with Btecs increase by half
26% of English university entrants now have a Btec qualification, according to a Ucas study. The figure includes both those who study the Btec on its own or in combination with A-Levels. The statistic constitutes a huge ongoing increase, with numbers of students enrolled on Btecs doubling in the past 7 years from 14% in…
Brain training games – why we should give up now
Everyone has had that period in their life when they become obsessed with an online game, for some it’s Candy Crush, for others it’s that Kim Kardashian game, for me it was Lumosity. With over 70 million users and supposedly having been created by neuroscientists, it promises to “train your brain,” in order to improve…
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