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So, as you should have read in the Features section, this issue is the 25oth instalment of Concrete 1 We thought it would be appropriate then to take some time to look back across the nineteen illustrious years to the first few issues of your wonderful student paper. Now, University news may have come and gone, local events have taken place and Norwich sport has wa xed and waned but it can't be denied that musically, Norwich has remained one of the most exciting places to be a student since that distant year of 1992. Take the picture left into consideration; the all reigning master of music and much missed king of the airwaves Sir John Peel reading the soth issue of our paper. Then think back to Freshers' week, who was it that came and DJ'd at UEA, oh yeah 1t was Zane Lowe, Mr Peel's prodiga l son. Which ot her Universities can quite comfortably claim a mus1cal heritage as rich as our apparently iso lated campus7 Not many that's who I In the first ever issue of Concrete, music took up a quarter of the front page . A full doub le spread sporting the head line "From Hickstown to Hitstown" brought in
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the news that the Waterfront was to host Sound City '92; the first ever Radio 1 week long live broadcast, airing 7 different bands on 7 different nights across the nation. This was a record breaking achievement and the implications were huge. Not only was the Waterfront, which hit financial turmoil in 1993 (credit Beth Wyatt), saved
by the UEA Student Union as an importan t site of local culture, but that man John Peel popped up again and, removing any doubt f rom the years before, firm ly placed Norwich on the musical map. "Norwich will echo to the rhyt hms of Sound City '92" is what he sa1d. Too bloody right is what we say.
Senior Resident Vacancies
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An exciting new development to enhance the
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experience of students living in UEA residences
~ Building on the best features of the Resident Tutor syst em, th e Dean of Students' Office w ill be introducing new arrangements for enhancing the
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Senior Residents will play a key role in the we lcome and induction of new students and support their tran sition to un iversity life . Working closely with staff in the Dean of St udents' Office, they will deliver high quality advice, guidance and support to students living in residences and facilitate the development of a well -integrated residential community.
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Senior Residents will be provided with rent-free, self-contained accommodation and will receive comprehensive induction and in -service training . The role will be both challenging and rewarding, and represents an excellent personal and professional development opportunity. (I)
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Appl icants must, in September 2011, be registered at UEA either as a full-time student or, if part-time, be registered on a degree program for at least 50% of full-time. App lication packs are avai lable from the Dean of Students' Office or can be down loaded from www.uea.ac.uk/services/students/Accomm/SR. Senior Resident appointments are subject to a criminal record check from the Criminal Records Bureau.
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