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Societies

Discover creative, cultural, academic, and special interest societies you can join at UEASU.

Welcome to the home of our Societies!

With over 150 Societies to choose from, you can connect with like-minded people, explore shared interests and to build friendships that last far beyond your time at university. Societies are always excited to welcome new members and there is genuinely something for everyone to be involved with. So why wait? Dive in and discover what student life at uea(su) is all about!

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To join our Societies you need to purchase memberships through the below Society pages. If you have any questions around this, please contact our Activities Team on union.societies@uea.ac.uk, and we’ll be happy to help!

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If you are unable to purchase the above standard memberships because you are either under the age of 18 or a non-UEA Student, please check out the memberships page.

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In certain situations, you are able to request a membership refund when leaving your Club or Society. For information on the criteria for this and how to make a refund request, download the refund document.

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Creating a new society 

If you have a new idea, passion or hobby that you think other students will love too, you can look to create your own Society. To do this you first need to find 20 other students who are interested, which you can do by proposing your new idea further down this page. 

For more information on the next steps after this point, download our guidance document.

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To either propose or vote on new society ideas, see below! 

If you have any questions based upon the creation of new Societies, please contact our Activities Team on union.societies@uea.ac.uk or by coming in to see us in person at the SU Office upstairs in Union House! 

What do you think of my idea for a new society?

Are you keen to make a brand new society happen? Post your idea here and see what people think of it. If 20 people vote your idea up, we'll get in touch with you about getting started!

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    UEA Headlights - Comedy Society Revival

    Submitted 3 weeks ago by Adam Pickard Expires on 26 Nov
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      Hello! I've deduced from research that there used to be a comedy society at UEA called the UEA Headlights, which unfortunately seems to have been defunct since 2023 (and broadly inactive for quite a while). I'm an incoming MA student this year at UEA, a massive comedy fan and aspiring comedian, and I was an active member of my previous uni's student comedy group throughout undergrad, writing & performing sketch and standup comedy on a regular basis. So if there's sufficient interest, I'd love to try and revive the Headlights comedy society at UEA this year as a space for students to try out all kinds of comedy! No particular plans as of yet but I'd probably try to start by organising some comedy writing/performing workshops and maybe a couple of standup nights, with a view to putting together a proper comedy troupe or sketch comedy show by the end of the academic year. Would very much want to tailor it to the interests of anyone who was involved though. Let me know!
    Emily Adkin
    3:01pm on 11 Sep 25 Hey Adam me and another former Headlights member have been trying to revive Headlights for a little bit because we were former committee and hoping to be so again. Could you contact me? My insta is e_adkin11, and my email is e.adkin@uea.ac.uk. :)