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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION UEA Student refused entry into Havana’s because of wheelchair. Havana’s manager: “No discrimination policy”. Nick Church
Adderley, a third year Philosophy student who was with Ms. Bean at
Havana night-club refused entry to Sophie Bean, a third year
“didn’t seem well informed, and I’d say dismissive. His main priority was to keep things quiet”.
claimed it is against club policy to let wheelchair users in on busy Friday and Saturday nights. The doorman refused entry on the basis that the club was expected to get very busy later on in the night, despite proceeding to let other customers in with the club being far from crowded at 12:20am on the morning of Saturday 26th. Approaching Ms. Bean, the doorman asked whether she which saying the wheelchair would
According to Ms. Bean, when she asked for his name, the doorman proceeded to shield the name
Flounders, called the incident a “Nightclubs need to be aware of the fact of ‘reasonable access’… The Health and Safety Act, 1974, must be in place, [clubs] cannot deny entry to wheelchair users on safety grounds
it gets too crowded then the club is more generally compromising there public liability insurance, which requires the safety of all persons in their property. Speaking to Concrete, Mike Baxter, manager of Havana as well as photographer for UUEAS’s Naked Calendar, said: “I was really concerned when I heard. We have anything else is completely untrue”.
He went on to say that the club have frequently let wheelchair users into the club, including Sophie herself, and that night there was a misunderstanding: “We were very near capacity that night…[the doorman] didn’t mean to phrase his concerns in a way to deter”.
to say wheelchair users were denied access due to club policy. Ms. Bean was unsure on the actual nature of Havana’s policy: “It might be something that’s said but measure; that if they have a very busy club and someone is going around at backside height it’s going to be a trip hazard.” Act of 1995 makes it unlawful to discriminate against people provision of services.
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UEA CELEBRATES 46TH BIRTHDAY WITH GLOBAL PUB REUNION Ian Savage Alumni around the world met together to celebrate the University of East Anglia’s 46th anniversary, Tuesday 29th September. A night of nostalgia with old stories shared and past friends reunited. The UEA Grad Bar was alive with memories as the university celebrated its forty-sixth birthday with a ‘Global Pub Reunion’. This was one of many alumni
events taking place throughout this and future calendar years leading up in 2013. Previous alumni events have included Christmas and end of year LCRs, lectures in London and weekend long campus reunions. The event involved UEA Alumni
globe. Venues included New York, Melbourne, London, Addis Adaba and
represented. At least 450 alumni
by
The Norwich event was organised Tristan Holding and Juliet
these alumni events are important in helping graduates maintain university”. In turn the organiser of the Dhaka reunion, Arifur Rahman, an alumni ambassador to UEA, spoke of the jovial atmosphere and
the importance of alumni events in bringing past UEA graduates together. Talking to past students come UEA has on its graduates was overwhelming. Alumni at the event spoke of the important lives. Mark Slaughter a graduate of environmental sciences in 1984 explained the importance of UEA to him, revealing how “the university was crucial to my development as a
Alumni in Dhaka join the reunion.
were favourite tutors and infamous campus hangouts.
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