Help welcome new students to their Union... We are looking for 3 Handbook Team Members to work full time for 4 weeks this summer! Applicants should have a sound knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Pho- toshop (other skills such as art or photography will be considered), with the ability to work as part of a team from a given brief. You will play a key role in producing both the copy and design layout for this year’s student’s handbook from the Union of UEA Students. The handbook forms one of the first pieces of communications that students will receive from their union and needs to act as an exciting introduction to student life. To apply please send the following to [email protected] - A CV and covering letter stating why you would be suitable for the role - An A4 page with a feature that you think would be good for the handbook. This feature should be about an aspect of the Union (representation, campaigns, clubs, and societies, the commercial services..etc) and should be targeted to new UEA students (This page should be presented as if it were part of your completed handbook to give us an example of your skills and ideas. Please credit any pictures used.) - A short paragraph explaining your ideas and why your feature is right for this year’s handbook. Closing date: Friday 10th April Interviews: Friday 1st May Last week was Celebrate Week for the Union during which two seperate awards ceremonies took place. On Monday 23rd March the Change Awards took place at City Hall in Norwich. Over 45 people attended the evening which saw the following awards being received: Award Winner School Rep of the Year Elizabeth Mulligan School Rep Win of the Year MED School representatives and feed- back Best Campaign Action First Buses Action Day 14/11/08 Campaigner of the Year Leejiah Dorward Services to the Community UEA MEDSIN - Teddy Bear Hospital Best New Union Councillor Myles Smith Services to the Union Jonathon Clark Tuesday 24th March was the turn of the Club & Society Awards (CASAs) recognising the success and hard work of clubs and societies over the year. The awards received were: Award Winner Club of the Year Women’s Rugby Society of the Year International Student’s Society Progress as a Club Poledancing Progress as a Society Spanish & Latin American Service to a Club Paul Ashworth & Stephen Alexander- Jones Service to a Society Jonathon Armbruster Outstanding Achievement (Club) Alex Bamford Outstanding Achievement (Society) ELSA/ESN Your New Union Executive Election Results! Fee Fighters! Two weeks ago, Vice Chancellors from around the country caused outrage when they suggested that undergraduates should be paying between £4000 and £20,000 a year to study at University. UEA’s Vice Chancellor feels that it’s not appropriate to take a view on the matter before the Government reviews the current system later this year. Potentially, students could be facing more debt than ever before if these new fees are brought in, and we now need every student to get involved and put pressure on local MPs to make sure that student debt doesn’t soar through the roof. If you’re keen to get involved, check out www.ueastudent.com/fees. Job Vacancy Your new Union Executive has now been decided by you. This year saw a record number of over 2000 votes. Your 4 full time officers from September 2009 are: Academic Officer ....... David Sheppard Comms Officer ........... Natasha Barnes Finance Officer ........... Martin Jopp Welfare Officer ........... Tom Sutton Your part time officers from May 2009 are: Environment Officer ......... Leejiah Dorwood Equal Opps Officer ........... Ugo Onyeka Ethical Issues Officer ........ Sarah Waterfield International Officer ......... Rubina Kalra Publicity Officer ..............Andrew Taylor Societies Officer .............Jack Kiffin Sports Officer ................Anna Thomlinson