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IPolly Graham reports I A THIRD year student was found electrocuted in his Norfolk Terrace room last Tuesday. Paul Burton, 26, was discovered by a cleaner at 12.30pm. He was lying on the floor with electrical flex, the ends of which had been stripped of insulation and plugged into the socket. The SOC student - who was President of the Fencing Club moved into his Norfolk F Block room last term and was revising for his History degree finals. Friends on his floor were stunned by the tragedy. Paul's next door neighbour described how it looked like he had attached the naked wires to his arm. Believed to be the last person to have seen him alive, she had spo-
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ken to him the evening before and he had seemed perfectly alright. She said: ''There were so many people he could have talked to. He could have talked to someone about his problems.... Dr KiffMatheson, Dean of Students, stated it was not yet known If the death was a suicide- the coroner's verdict would reveal the circumstances of the death, he said.
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And he continued: "Paul came to UEA as a young man with great promise and his sudden and unexpected death is a sad loss to the University, his family, and his friends .... Deputy coroner William Armstrong said that the student was electrocuted, and there were no suspicious circumstances. A full explanation will be given with the completion of the Coroners report in two weeks time.
The cremation, on Wednesday May 20 will be held In the City of Norwich Crematorium, off Earlham Road at 3pm. A memorial service will take place in Paul's home town of Battersea on Friday May 22 at St Peter's Church. The family are requesting that no flowers be sent. Instead they would like donations to be made to Battersea Dogs Home.
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A GRADUATE employment able when compared to other league has shown 10.7% of UEA's universities,H he said. ex-students jobless compared He also questioned the validwith 4.5% at Bath, 5.3% at Ox- Ity of the statistics saying that ford, 8.1% at Cambridge and, they take no account of the mix worst of all, Aberystwyth with of subjects at places like UEA. 14.4%. And he explained that instituWith final~ just days away these tions with a concentration of statics- published in last week's science courses always have Sunday Times - must seem omi- higher employment figures. lie nous for many third years. did admit that it had been "a However John Thurman of tough year. The autumn term UEA's careers centre was rea- was the busiest we've ever had.H sonably optimistic: "We were When questioned as to what quite pleased with the results. the Careers Centre was doing "The 1991 unemployment fig- to improve prospects for those ure showed a small increase but seeking careers in a depressed it was below average and favour- economy he said that they had
placed more emphasis on the tactics and strategies of job seeking and continued to persuade companies to attend UEA careers fairs. They have also started two new projects. The first is a "Discover Management Skills" course, to take place 2nd - 4th October, designed to help students acquire skills which may not have been provided by their degree programs. The second is a register of businesscontracts,manyofthem are ex- UEA students aimed to help those graduating. This service will be available from the
autumn term. Although during the last recession employment for graduates increased more rapidly than the general population, there are now more graduates than ever creating greater competition for places. To improve ones chances in this climate Mr Thurman advised students to "start looking early, keep an open mind, and try to acquire skills and experience over and above your course." As one third year said, ''You have to put some effort into il The careers centre can't find you a job....