26 March 2019 Issue 364 The official student newspaper of the University of East Anglia | concrete-online.co.uk
News:
Academics under ‘increased pressure' to support student mental health crisis Sophie Bunce
have reached intolerable levels.’ After the death of LDC first year Theo Brennan-Hulme, more than 3,000 students signed a petition in less than 24 hours demanding the university take action to deal with the The UEA branch of the University and College Union growing ‘mental health crisis’ on UEA’s campus. At the time (UCU) said academics are under ‘increased pressure’ to of writing, the petition had over 8700 signatures. support students’ mental health despite not being ‘qualified therapist[s] or mental health professional[s].’ The branch also expressed ‘great concerns’ towards Continued on the ability of Student Support Services (SSS) to meet the ‘growing need’ of students, stating the ‘pressures on staff Editor-in-Chief
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Comment:
Vice-Chancellor David Richardson: ‘We do need help and support’ UEA is a community of 21,000 people, of all ages, and all backgrounds. Each and every one of us is an individual with our own needs and our own very personal struggles.
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Features:
Turning a blind eye on modern day slavery
The term slavery brings to mind images of the atrocities of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but the crime is still highly prevalent across the world today.
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