UEA International Student Ambassadors

UEA Ramadan & Eid Celebration 2013     9th July 2013 signalled the start of the Holy month of Ramadan for people of with Muslim faith. On the first day itself, we could see a buzz across the campus and mainly in the UEA Islamic Centre. People gathered to wish each other a happy Ramadan month.   Ramadan is a period of 29/30 days where muslims fast without food or drinks from sunrise to sunset everyday. At UEA, the Islamic Society, run by the student union, provided endless facilities for students and staffs fasting during this period. For instance, food was being provided for dinner to break the fast at sunset and to do breakfast before sunrise evryday in  UEA Islamic Centre. Food at UEA Islamic Centre to break the fast    The good thing about Ramadan is the amount of cultural, traditional and religious beliefs you come across and discover from students or staffs of different worlwide background. For instance, the people from Sa...

WICKED The untold story of the witches of Oz Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked tells the story of L. Frank Baum’s characters from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, of Glinda The Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. I’ve been wanting to watch this musical for quiet a long time, and since I will be returning home pretty soon, I decided that I would not miss the chance; so I hopped on the bus towards London and the first thing I did arriving was to go the “Apollo Victoria Theatre”   to buy my ticket.   I had my hopes high for Wicked and I can truly say that it exceeded my expectations by far. The musical is wonderful, full of emotions and talent. As described by the Evening Standard, “A remarkable kaleidoscope of magical shocks, surprises and sensations, wicked works like a dream”. In my opinion, this musical is a must see, I cannot find the words to describe it making it justice, so I will simply say… it is WICKED.   Harlen Go...

Just a very quick post to say how PROUD we are of all of the ambassadors graduating from the UEA this week. You have all been amazing! Congratulations to Assel - Kazakhstan Andreas - Cyprus Gabby - Indonesia Amilin - Brunei Marissa - Hong Kong Laura - Lithuania Beatrice - Kenya Adibah - Malaysia Pernille - Norway

Shopping in Norwich An awesome change in Norwich! Over the summer holidays, some shops and organisations have recognised that there is room for both fun and shopping when out with the family or just shopping with friends. Hurrah!   St Stepehens Rd, Norwich Busy times in summer   The Forum in the centre of Norwich has a week-long programme of FREE (mostly free) children's activities inside and out that yesterday kept so many children thoroughly amused and happy. They painted a car (a real car), listened to a story inside a huge peach, chalked part of an octopus in a massive pavement painting, stroked mini beasts and. With the sun out in this early July, the Forum was packed, both inside and outside. The Forum during the summer I am also pleased to see that most of the large shops and department stores have an excellent programme of events taking place throughout the summer. I am keeping a close eye on what’s happening at The Mall N...

My flatmate and I were invited to the beautiful and charming port town of Sheringham last Tuesday to speak as part of the primary school's Intercultural Festival. We met with Years 5 and 6 (10- and 11-year-olds) to discuss American language, money, movies, food, politics, and culture in general. We started with a quiz - you'd be surprised how many words are very different in the US and the UK! You can get the quiz online here . If you're American, see if you can figure out how a British schoolkid would answer! If you're not American or British...which kind of English do you think you know better, American English or British English? They're quite different! We joined the kids for lunch - it has been a while since either of us were in a school cafeteria!   And then we got to explore the beautiful town of Sheringham, and get down to the beach! This is not what an American thinks of as "Red Lobster" - for us, it's a seafood chain rest...

Well the sun is finally shining in Norwich and there is so much coming up that you must not miss out on if you are in the 'Fine City' over the summer.... Here is a few things you should check out that are happening in the next couple of weeks! GORILLAS! 53 gorillas have invaded norwich (well actually they are just statues) but they are pretty awesome - have a look at the following website for more information and a downloadable trail map! http://gogogorillas.co.uk/   THE LORD MAYORS CELEBRATION This is an annual event in Norwich that lasts over a weekend - this year 5-7th July Here are just a few of the events: Funfair - Chapelfield Gardens - 6-7th July Medieval Market / World Market - 5-7th July Gas Hill Gasp (Crazy cyclists trying to get up the very steep Gas Hill) 5th July Lord Mayors Street Procession - Watch some amazing floats, dancers and see some spectacular costumes - 6th July Fireworks! - By the Norwich Castle - 6th July ...

When I was planning to study in the UEA, two of my biggest concerns were finding an afordable place to live in the Norwich and finding cheap international flights; luckily I had the opportunity to meet incredibly nice people that helped me out along my way. In this blog I intend to provide some useful information, related to my own experience, that will hopefully give you an idea of what to expect. I will start with finding accommodation, as it is very important to pay the deposit of your accomodation with time so you can ensure a place to live. UEA offers different types of accomodation according to different needs and prices. In the next link you can find a comparison chart of prices and features of the accommodation of UEA. http://www.uea.ac.uk/accommodation/accommodation-options/comparison-chart Now, if you would like to live off campus, I reccomend you to search in the next websites, where you can find information such as prices, location, features, etc;...