The Union of UEA Students will have completed its official branding change to UEA SU from the 1st August 2016. The Union underwent a rebranding in 2014, but remained officially UUEAS until this year. According to former Postgraduate Education Officer, Liam McCafferty, this was due to “the view of management committee at the time that…
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Union set to transfer partial control of sports clubs to university
The Union of UEA students have been in discussion with the University of East Anglia regarding the handover of partial financial control of UEAs sports clubs to the university. This is despite the fact the notion was previously rejected at a Union Council meeting in January. During the council meeting on the 21st January, it…
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Union hypocrisy over NUS Coca Cola boycott
The Union of UEA Students has opened itself up to accusations of hypocrisy by placing tables and umbrellas displaying Coca Cola branding and imagery outside Unio coffee shop. Last summer, four Union officers refused to accept an award from the NUS, as the Gala event was partially sponsored by Coca Cola. Jo Swo, Yinbo Yu,…
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UEA seventh best for student satisfaction – Times survey
The 2016 Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey has revealed that UEA has been ranked seventh for student satisfaction by students. The survey, which was taken by 15,000 students across the country, asked students for their feedback and opinions on 21 aspects of university life. These included quality of staff and lectures, quality of…
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University loses millions of pounds on failed Regeneration Park project in city
UEA has invested £2.25m into a planned biomass power station on the outskirts of Norwich. The company behind the venture, Norwich Powerhouse LLP, last week filed for insolvency, with debts totaling £3m. The site was planned to be located in Thorpe Hamlet and was set to include new housing and an education centre. Norwich Powerhouse…
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UEA set to cut funding to Graduate Students’ Association as union takes on postgrad role
The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) is likely to lose its funding from the university, as its functions are taken over by the Union of UEA Students (UUEAS) and it finds itself without a functioning committee. There has been tension between the GSA and the union in recent years, and in February of last year the…