THE DECLINE OF STUDENT MEDIA – AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged accountability, careerism, Concrete, expenses scandal, featured, investigative journalism, journalism, media, NUS, Rupert Murdoch, student activism, student media, student movement, The Tab, UEA, university management.

By Robyn Banks

Over the last couple of years, student media outlets on our campuses have lost much of their political clout. Often, their focus is on delivering a hot take with a snappy headline, not on the integrity of their journalism or on exercising their power to make change on students’ behalf. This is particularly true of the two main student media outlets at UEA, and can be seen in how they handled the UEA management expenses scandal last month.

THE DOUBLE DECEPTION OF THE UEA EXPENSES SCANDAL

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged corruption, david richardson, expenses, expenses scandal, fair pay, featured, lecturers, norwich, pensions, strike action, students, tuition fees, UCU strike, UEA, university management, university vice chancellors, wages, Wood Hall.

By Robyn Banks

This week it was revealed that the senior management team at UEA has been claiming ludicrous expenses whilst on business trips across the world. Some of these claims have included limousine rides through Hong Kong, first class train and plane tickets, five star hotels and meals costing as much as £640. This attitude to spending university money is absurd and distasteful, but it is not surprising. It is a predictable result of the changes that UK higher education has undergone over the past eight years.

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THE DECLINE OF STUDENT MEDIA – AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

THE DOUBLE DECEPTION OF THE UEA EXPENSES SCANDAL

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