For Gemma Bailey-Smith, a rare medical condition means that simple mobility can be difficult and painful. Now, a fund raising campaign by her and her friends means she will soon be able […]
When getting around can be a pain
Norwich Barbers get Mental Health Training
Barbers in Norwich are being trained to support customers with their mental health. It’s part of Norfolk-based campaign called the 12th Man which aims to encourage men to speak more openly about […]
The Hidden Campus Illness
Reporter Mingming Zheng explores the consequences of mental health problems among students. She finds even today, those with such problems are all too often stigmatised unfairly.
Will #MeToo make a difference?
100 years since the Suffragettes won votes for some women, Beatrix Houston-Black, Vice President of the UEA Feminist Society, sat down with UEA journalism to discuss the journey of women’s rights in […]
Student Jobs – Can you fit it all in?
Nowadays, many students need a job to live – and to be able to pay the fees or repay a student loan. But are employers sympathetic to their need for flexible […]
Kazuo Ishigaro: UEA Creative Writing’s most famous graduate
Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, joined the University of East Anglia’s MA in Creative Writing in 1979, graduating the following year. In an anthology compiled for the […]
Living with Cancer. A UEA student shares her experience.
Being told by doctors that you are suffering from a serious illness is something we all dread. Carina is a 2016-7 Masters student of Broadcast Journalism in the School of Politics, Philosophy, […]
Labour plan free school meals if they win election
The Labour party has announced it plans to offer free school meals to all primary age children – if it wins the general election. It plans to pay for the £1bn measure […]
UEA development branded “thuggish” by Ian McEwan
Distinguished UEA alumni Ian McEwan and Andrew Motion have attacked the University, which has an international reputation for environmentalism, for seeking to build a car park and rugby pitch on wildflower meadows. […]