University of East Anglia#Notable academics

Attempts to establish a university in Norwich were made in 1919 and 1947, but due to a lack of government funding on both occasions the plans had to be postponed.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234849/http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/about/History |work=UEA |title=History |archive-date=5 February 2007 |access-date=29 September 2019 |url=http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/about/History}} The University of East Anglia was eventually set up in April 1960 for biological sciences and English studies students. Initially, teaching took place in the temporary "University Village", which was officially opened by the chairman of the University Grants Committee, Keith Murray, on 29 September 1963.{{cite book |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&pg=PA81 |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |author=Michael Sanderson |publisher=A&C Black |year=2002|isbn = 9781852853365}} Sited on the opposite side of the Earlham Road to the present campus, this was a collection of prefabricated structures designed for 1,200 students, laid out by the local architectural firm Feilden and Mawson. There were no residences with the vice-chancellor and administration being based in nearby Earlham Hall. UEA was one of the "plate glass universities" that were constructed during the decade to meet the demand for the expansion of higher education.{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YeS2BCfN3AYC&pg=PA7 |title = The Plateglass Universities |publisher=Secker & Warburg |date = 31 December 1968 |access-date=30 June 2017 |page = 7 |isbn = 9780838675502 }}

In 1961, the first vice-chancellor, Frank Thistlethwaite, had approached architect Denys Lasdun, an adherent of the "New Brutalist" trend in architecture, who was at that time building Fitzwilliam College, to produce designs for the permanent campus. The site chosen was on the western edge of the city, on the south side of Earlham Road. The land, formerly part of the Earlham Hall estate was at that time occupied by a golf course.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Bill |last2=Nikolaus |first2=Pevsner |title= Norfolk 1: Norwich and North- East|edition= second|series= Buildings of England|year=2007 |publisher= Yale University Press|isbn= 978-0-300-09607-1|page=347}} Lasdun presented a model and an outline plan at a press conference in April 1963, but it took another year to produce more detailed plans, which diverged considerably from the model. As a result, the first buildings did not open until late-1966.

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Lasdun moved the teaching and research functions into a single {{convert|460|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} long concrete block following the contour of the site. Alongside this teaching wall a walkway was built, giving access to the various entrances of the wall, with frontage roads beneath. Attached to the southern side of the walkway, six linked blocks of terraced accommodation residences were constructed to appear as one structure.{{citation |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1390648 |work=Historic England |title=Teaching Wall and raised concourse, with attached walkways, at University of East Anglia, Earlham Road}} The residences became known as the "Ziggurats" and were designed by Lasdun to recall "vineyards in France or a rocky outcrop on a slope".{{citation |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/university-information/history-of-uea |work=UEA|title=History of UEA}} In 1968, Lasdun was replaced as consultant architect by Bernard Feilden,{{cite journal|last1=Rizzi|first1=Gionata|title=Sir Bernard Feilden 1919–2008: A Monument to Building Conservation|journal=Journal of Architectural Conservation|volume=15|issue=1|year=2009|pages=5–24|issn=1355-6207|doi=10.1080/13556207.2009.10785036}} known for his conservation work on the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/nov/21/obituary-architecture-conservation-bernard-feilden | title=Sir Bernard Feilden: Distinguished and prolific conservation architect whose work had global significance | publisher=The Guardian | date=20 November 2008 | access-date=11 September 2012 | author=Fidler, John}} Feilden completed the university wall, the library, and created an arena-shaped square social space.{{cite book |title=The Postwar University: Utopianist Campus and College |last=Muthesius |first=Stefan |year=2000 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven and London |isbn=0-300-08717-9 |pages=139–149}} They would later receive Grade II* listed status.{{NHLE|num=1390647|desc=Norfolk Terrace and attached walkways, at the University of East Anglia|access-date=2 November 2014}}

In 1963, the University of East Anglia Boat Club (UEABC) was founded; it currently has 60 members and rows year-round on the Yare River from September to July. The club has a boathouse and also has use of the UEA Sportspark on campus.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ueabc.co.uk/ |title=UEABC Website (Home) |access-date=16 April 2013 |archive-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419074615/http://ueabc.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }} In 1964, Arthur Miller's The Crucible became the first drama production to be staged at UEA with John Rhys Davies, the drama society's first president and one of the first 105 students admitted to the university.{{Cite web |title=Who are some of the most famous alumni from UEA? |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20709168.famous-alumni-uea/|date=20 January 2021 |work=Eastern Daily Press}} In 1965, composer Benjamin Britten was appointed music adviser for UEA and in 1967, he conducted the UEA Choir in a performance of his composition War Requiem.{{cite web|url=https://thecritic.co.uk/new-universities-in-the-early-eighties-an-elegy/|title=New universities in the early Eighties: an elegy|date=22 March 2021 |access-date=22 March 2021}}

In the early-1970s, UEA:TV (under the name of Nexus UTV) was formed and created student-made television with it operating for two hours a day over lunchtime.{{Cite web|title=Nexus TV - in the 1970s |url=https://nexus.uk.nf/|access-date=9 August 2021|work=Nexus TV|language=en}} The monthly student newspaper Concrete officially launched in 1973, replacing Mandate from 1965; issues have included interviews with Tony Blair, Nick Clegg, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Harrison Ford, Greg James, Charles Clarke and Max Mosley. Additional university publications included Phoenix, Can Opener, Mustard Magazine and Kett before Concrete re-launched in 1992.{{Cite web|title=Concrete|url=https://concreteuea.co.uk/|access-date=2021-08-31}}

Authors Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson both founded the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing and jointly helped to establish their creative writing course at masters level in 1970, which was then a groundbreaking initiative in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=Wilson, Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone), (11 Aug. 1913–31 May 1991), author; Professor of English Literature, University of East Anglia, 1966–78, then Emeritus|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-176296|access-date=2021-04-15|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u176296|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}} In 1972, the Centre for Climatic Research opened in the School of Environmental Sciences; the founder and first director was climatologist Hubert Lamb.{{cite ODNB |author=Trevor Davies|title= Lamb, Hubert Horace (1913–1997), climatologist|year=2004 |doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/66263|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66263| accessdate=2008-10-17}} That same year, UEA's consultant architect Bernard Feilden helped the university to win a Civic Trust Award for the design of the main campus social area (The Square).

In the mid-1970s, the School of Computing Sciences first opened at UEA and the university started offering postgraduate and undergraduate education degrees from Keswick Hall, a manor and country house that previously served as a residence of the Gurney family and housed the former Norwich Teacher Training College. The property was sold off in 1981 after the college's amalgamation with the university due to an enforced closure.{{Cite web|title=A brief history of Keswick Hall since 1948 |url=https://keswickhallcollege.co.uk/A-brief-history-of-Keswick-Hall-since-1948/|access-date=27 August 2024|work=Keswick Hall College of Education|language=en}}

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The UEA Broad was developed by Atlas Aggregates in conjunction with the university between August 1973 and June 1978.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |last=Sanderson |first=Michael |publisher=Hambledon and London |page=182 |year=2002 |isbn= 9781852853365 |access-date=10 April 2022}} The project involved excavating an {{convert|18|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} area of gravel and was arranged as part of a "no money" deal where the aggregate company took the material leaving a landscaped body of water fed by the River Yare.{{cite web |url=https://www.norwich.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3413/uea_landscape_strategy_2010.pdf |title=Landscape Strategy |last1=Broom-Lynne |first1=Luke |last2=Coupland |first2=Colin |website=University of East Anglia |date=5 January 2010 |access-date=10 April 2022}} It is one of the few Broads produced by gravel extraction rather than peat digging.

In 1978, the gift of tribal art and 20th-century paintings and sculptures by artists such as Francis Bacon and Henry Moore from Sir Robert Sainsbury resulted in the construction of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, one of the first major public buildings to be designed by the architects Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman. The building became Grade II* listed in December 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modern-classic-sainsbury-centre-grade-ii-listed|work=gov.uk|title= 'Modern Classic' Sainsbury Centre Grade II* listed|access-date=3 June 2014}}

File:Earlham Hall, Law School of theUniversity of East Anglia.jpg, home of Elizabeth Fry, is now the UEA Law School.{{citation |url=http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/earlham.htm |work=Literary Norfolk |title=Earlham |date=2007–2014 }}]]

In 1984, the UEA Law School first moved to Earlham Hall which dates back to 1580 and was the seat of the Gurney family.{{cite book|last1=Hare|first1=Augustus|title=The Gurneys of Earlham|url=https://archive.org/details/gurneysofearlham01hareiala|date=1895|chapter=The Home of Earlham}}{{cite book |last1=Littell |first1=E. |title=Littell's Living Age - Volume 172 |date=1887 |publisher=Harvard University |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REDWAAAAMAAJ&dq=john+Taylor+norwich+holkham+hall&pg=PA26 |access-date=20 June 2023 |quote=...Earlham Hall, the birthplace of the Gurneys...}}{{cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/21117409.plans-lodged-breathe-new-life-norwichs-historic-earlham-hall/|title=Plans lodged to breathe new life into Norwich's historic Earlham Hall|date=21 April 2012|access-date=18 August 2016}} Social reformer Elizabeth Fry grew up there and Prince William Frederick was once a regular guest. In 1984, the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) moved to a new cylindrical building designed by Rick Mather.{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&pg=PA345|title = The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich|first = Michael|last = Sanderson|page = 345|year = 2002| publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-85285-336-5}} In 2006, this was named the Hubert Lamb Building in honour of the first director.{{cite book|author-link = Fred Pearce|last = Pearce|first = Fred|title = The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming|year = 2010|publisher = Guardian Books|isbn = 978-0-85265-229-9|page = 32}}{{cite book|editor=Hulme, Michael|editor2=Barrow, Elaine|author1=Lamb, H.H.|author2=Clayton, K.M.|author3=Wigley, T.M.L.|title=Climates of the British Isles: present, past and future|chapter=The Climatic Research Unit at Twenty-five Years|page=xxvii–xxix|publisher=Routledge|year=1997|isbn=978-0-415-13016-5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZVVkhW8wL8C&pg=PR27}} In 1988, for the university's 25th-anniversary celebrations, King Charles III visited the CRU building. It has become one of the leading institutions worldwide concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/ |title=About the Climatic Research Unit |access-date=9 May 2008 |archive-date=30 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430145555/http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/ |url-status=dead }}

Also in 1988, ten years after the Sainsbury Centre opened, all of the cladding had to be replaced with the aluminium panels having deteriorated beyond repair.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/issues/3/the-theory-and-practice-of-impermanence|title=Harvard Design Magazine: The Theory and Practice of Impermanence|work=Harvard Design Magazine}} In 1989, the British Centre for Literary Translation was founded in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing by W. G. Sebald, who taught European Literature.{{cite news |last1=Homberger |first1=Eric |title=Obituary: W.G. Sebald |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/dec/17/guardianobituaries.books1 |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=2001}} In 1987, the Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies was set up to facilitate the study of the United States.[https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/the-arthur-miller-institute The Arthur Miller Institute] Miller spent his 85th-birthday at UEA when he was made an honorary graduate in 2000.[https://arthurmillersociety.net/am-chronology/ A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF ARTHUR MILLER’S LIFE (1915-2005)]

In 1990, the student radio station Livewire1350AM launched, completing UEA's Media Collective of print, television and radio. It was opened by Radio 1 DJ John Peel (who was awarded an honorary MA degree from UEA) and is now one of the longest running student radio stations in the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/livewire1350|title=Livewire1350 – LinkedIn|access-date=18 August 2016}} In 1993, the Union of UEA Students took over the management of the Waterfront, a music venue and nightclub located on the bank of the River Wensum which has hosted bands and artists including Pulp, Radiohead, Nirvana, The Verve, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, Buzzcocks, MGMT, Travis, Moby, Ellie Goulding and Foals.[https://waterfrontnorwich.webflow.io/ The Waterfront Norwich] In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Queen's Building, which hosts classes within the School of Health Sciences. In 1995, the Elizabeth Fry Building was opened, providing new facilities for almost 800 students.{{cite magazine |title=Probe 14: Elizabeth Fry Building |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/f/185167/x/68a0d8b9ea/efry-building.pdf |magazine=Building Services Journal |date=April 1998 |issue=20 |pages=37-42 |first1=Mark |last1=Standeven |first2=Robert |last2=Cohen |first3=Bill |last3=Bordass |first4=Adrian |last4=Leaman |via=uea.ac.uk }}

In 2000, UEA's reputation within the field of environmental research led to the government choosing the university as the site for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. The centre, named after the 19th-century scientist John Tyndall, brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists from eight partner institutions to "research, assess and communicate from a distinct trans-disciplinary perspective, the options to mitigate, and the necessities to adapt to current climate change and continuing global warming, and to integrate these into the global, UK and local contexts of sustainable development".{{cite web |title=Fudan-Tyndall Centre |url=http://tyndallcentre.fudan.edu.cn/en/show.aspx?info_lb=595&flag=538&info_id=2457 |work=Fudan Tyndall Centre |access-date=22 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/about|title=Tyndall Centre – About|access-date=1 July 2015}} In 2000, the Sportspark (containing an Olympic-sized pool, floodlit astro-pitches and the tallest climbing wall in Norfolk){{cite web|url=https://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/service/university-of-east-anglia-sportspark/ |title=University of East Anglia Sportspark}} was built due to funding from the Sport England Lottery Fund and has become one of the most successful national sport facilities.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportspark.co.uk/about/ |title=About us – Sportspark}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportspark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Strategy-Document-Digital-Version.pdf |title=Strategy Document}}

In 2001, UEA alumnus Sir Paul Nurse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine which he shared jointly with Timothy Hunt and Leland Hartwell "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle".{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2001/summary/ |work=The Nobel Prize |access-date=13 October 2021}} In 2002, the Norwich Medical School opened as part of the School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice with over 110 students enrolled as a collaboration with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the research centres at Norwich Research Park.{{cite journal |url=http://www.bmj.com/content/329/7461/327 |title=New perspectives—approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools |doi=10.1136/bmj.329.7461.327 |date=5 August 2004|last1=Howe |first1=Amanda |last2=Campion |first2=Peter |last3=Searle |first3=Judy |last4=Smith |first4=Helen |journal=BMJ |volume=329 |issue=7461 |pages=327–331 |pmid=15297339 |pmc=506854}} In 2003, the School of Pharmacy opened along with the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER).{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3134502.stm|title=BBC News - 'Dramatic' UEA buildings may be listed|date=24 September 2003|access-date=1 July 2015}}

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In November 2009, computer servers at the university's Climatic Research Unit were hacked and the stolen information made public.{{cite news|title=Hackers target leading climate research unit|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8370282.stm|work=BBC|date=20 November 2009}}{{cite news|title=Climate Strife Comes to Light|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125883405294859215|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=23 November 2009 | first=Keith | last=Johnson}} As a result, over 1,000 emails and 2,000 documents were released. Because the CRU was a major repository for data regarding man-made global warming, the release, which occurred directly prior to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, attracted international attention and led to calls for an inquiry, with the controversy gaining the nickname "climategate".{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/climategate-global-warming-battle-scientists-hacked-mails/story?id=9252455|title=Climategate: Scientists, Politicians War Over Hacked E-Mails|work=ABC|access-date=15 October 2014}} As a result, eight investigations were launched in both the United Kingdom and the United States, but none found evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct, and the academics were subsequently fully exonerated.The eight major investigations covered by secondary sources include: [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61233/uk-climategate-inquiry-largely-clears.html House of Commons Science and Technology Committee] (UK); [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/science/earth/08climate.html Independent Climate Change Review] (UK); [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/04/oxburgh-report-clears-controvers.html International Science Assessment Panel] (UK); [http://views.washingtonpost.com/climate-change/post-carbon/2010/07/by_juliet_eilperin_a_pennsylvania.html Pennsylvania State University] [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/02/climate-scienti-1.html first panel] and [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/michael-mann-exonerated-as-penn.html second panel] (US); [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-10899538 United States Environmental Protection Agency] (US); [https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/u-s-scientists-cleared-in-climategate-1.1031242 Department of Commerce] (US); [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/climate-change-scientist-cleared-in-u-s-data-altering-inquiry.html National Science Foundation] (US) In 2011, an analysis of temperature data by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group concluded that the CRU's "studies were done carefully and that potential biases identified by climate change sceptics did not seriously affect their conclusions".{{Cite news|title=Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study |author=Richard Black|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15373071 |work=BBC|date=21 October 2011|access-date=15 November 2012}}

In 2010, the Thomas Paine Study Centre was opened by playwright Trevor Griffiths. It became Norwich Business School which is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/norwich-business-school|title=Norwich Business School|work=UEA|access-date=2019-04-09}} In 2011, the university won its second Queen's Anniversary Prize for its distinguished creative writing programme. This bolstered the region's reputation as a literary hub and helped Norwich to achieve its status as England's first UNESCO City of Literature in 2012.{{Cite web |title=Norwich |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/creative-cities/norwich |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=UNESCO}} In 2009, UEA's School of International Development had previously been awarded in recognition of sustained responses to environmental change and world poverty. In 2013, the university celebrated its 50th-anniversary, ranking No. 1 in the Times Higher Education Magazine Student Experience league table.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/media-room/press-release-archive/-/asset_publisher/a2jEGMiFHPhv/content/university-of-east-anglia-earns-top-ranking-in-uk-wide-student-experience-survey|title=University of East Anglia earns top ranking in UK-wide Student Experience Survey|access-date=13 August 2016}} UEA also launched its first free Massive open online course (MOOC) in partnership with Future Learn.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/media-room/press-release-archive/-/asset_publisher/a2jEGMiFHPhv/content/uea-to-offer-first-futurelearn-mooc|title=UEA to offer first FutureLearn MOOC|access-date=13 August 2016}}

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In 2014, UEA opened an environmentally friendly accommodation block (Crome Court) which has won a number of awards for sustainability.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/sustainability/case-studies/crome-court|title=Crome Court|access-date=13 August 2016}} In the mid-2010s, the Sainsbury Centre at UEA was used for filming several scenes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/marvel-lous-new-spider-man-homecoming-film-features-sainsbury-centre-of-visual-arts-at-uea-as-avengers-hq-1-5096295|title = Marvel-lous! New Spider-Man: Homecoming film features Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts at UEA as Avengers HQ|date = 7 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2015/08/19/uea-building-has-starring-role-in-marvels-ant-man-17979|title=UEA building has starring role in Marvel's Ant-Man|date=19 August 2015|access-date=15 August 2016}} In 2015, "Britain's Greenest Building" (The Enterprise Centre) opened on campus using low-carbon local materials; it was featured in an exhibition at COP26 as one of the most exemplary sustainable building projects in the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-s-enterprise-centre-showcased-at-cop26-as-one-of-the-world-s-most-sustainable-buildings|title=UEA's Enterprise Centre showcased at COP26 as one of the world's most sustainable buildings|access-date=2 September 2024}} Also, Earlham Park played host between 23 and 24 May to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 where acts such as Fall Out Boy, Muse, Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift performed.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/festivals/radio-1s-big-weekend-lineup-foo-fighters-and-muse-to-headline-norwich-festival-10189228.html|title=Radio 1's Big Weekend line-up: Foo Fighters and Muse to headline Norwich festival|work=The Independent}}

In late-September 2016, two new accommodation blocks opened; Barton House and Hickling House were named after two of the Norfolk Broads and increased the number of rooms available to new students.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/accommodation/options/en-suite-hickling/barton|title=Postgraduate Accommodation|access-date=18 August 2016}} That same year, vice-chancellor David Richardson unveiled a "2030 vision" which included a £300m investment in campus – refurbishing existing buildings as well as creating new teaching and learning spaces in order to help UEA become a major global university.{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/15_year_vision_for_uea_includes_300m_campus_investment_1_4530313|title=15-year vision for UEA includes £300m campus investment|date=11 May 2016|access-date=18 August 2016}} In 2019, Norwich Business School received an Athena SWAN Bronze award for good practices in higher education and research institutions towards the advancement of gender equality.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/norwich-business-school/equality-diversity-inclusion|title=Equality, Diversity and Inclusion|work=UEA}}{{Citation|last=Barnard|first=Sarah|title=The Athena SWAN Charter: Promoting Commitment to Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions in the UK|date=2017|url=https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56659-1_8|work=Gendered Success in Higher Education: Global Perspectives|pages=155–174|editor-last=White|editor-first=Kate|place=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|language=en|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-56659-1_8|isbn=978-1-137-56659-1|access-date=2021-09-19|editor2-last=O'Connor|editor2-first=Pat}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, the university gave empty student accommodation to NHS staff, allowing them to isolate from at-risk family members and to avoid commuting.{{Cite news |date=7 May 2020 |title=Coronavirus: University of East Anglia gives empty rooms to NHS staff |language=en-GB |work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-52567136 |access-date=17 October 2022}} In June 2021, plans for a BBC film documenting the 2009 CRU email controversy were announced, featuring Jason Watkins playing the role of climatologist Phil Jones.{{Cite news |date=9 June 2021 |title=University of East Anglia 'Climategate' scandal to be turned into film |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57402743 |access-date=17 October 2022}} The film (The Trick) was shot on location at the university and aired in October 2021.{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Elle |date=18 October 2021 |title=The Trick review: How the Climategate scandal rocked the world |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2294061-the-trick-review-how-the-climategate-scandal-rocked-the-world/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |work=New Scientist |language=en-US}}

In 2023, the university entered a financial crisis when it made a £74m loss in the financial year ending on 31 July 2022. The university's income was £295m, but it spent £370m: 48% staff costs, 16% pension scheme provision, 26% other costs, 8% depreciation and 2% interest on loans.{{cite news |title=How did the University of East Anglia end up facing a £30m deficit? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64810537 |first1=Laurence |last1=Cawley |first2=Alex |last2=Dunlop |work=BBC |date=13 March 2023}}{{citation |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/37663/0/Finance+summary+for+students+2122+v301122.pdf |title=Finance Summary for Students 2022 |work=UEA}} The university expected to make a £34m loss in the financial year 2023/24 and had predicted that there would be £45m yearly losses by 2026/27.

The university's teaching block, also known as the Lasdun Wall, urgently required major repairs; its condition was described as "deteriorating fast" and it was said that if repairs were not done it might have "to be closed permanently" and would be "unusable by 2025".{{cite news |title=How a soaring deficit brutalised UEA's modernising ambitions |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/how-soaring-deficit-brutalised-ueas-modernising-ambitions |work=Times Higher Education |date=8 February 2023 |quotation=Teaching blocks and accommodation housed in the grade II-listed Lasdun Wall – named after architect Denys Lasdun – will be “unusable by 2025”, UEA fears, without extensive repairs, funded by a £100 million loan, which are only just getting under way.}} The financial turmoil alongside a previous vote of no-confidence by the UCU branch of East Anglia, and a "scathing" letter written to the UEA Council by the professoriate demanding change, led to the immediate resignation of vice-chancellor David Richardson on 17 February 2023, who had been in the role for ten years.{{cite news |title=UEA vice chancellor David Richardson resigns amid turmoil |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23349160.uea-vice-chancellor-david-richardson-resigns-amid-turmoil/ |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=27 February 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23352111.uea-crisis-scathing-staff-letter-warns-insolvency/ | title=Extraordinary UEA staff letter warns of 'insolvency' with situation 'out of control' | date=28 February 2023 }}

Questions were asked about the university's sudden crisis in Parliament, with the local MP Clive Lewis talking of the institution being in a "death spiral". Professor David Maguire, formerly vice-chancellor at the University of Greenwich,{{cite web |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/about/university-information/vice-chancellors-office/university-structure/vice-chancellor-and-president |website=University of East Anglia |title=Vice-Chancellor and President - University Information - About }} was appointed as the new vice-chancellor on 22 May 2023, initially on a fixed-term basis.{{cite web |last1=G |first1=Max |title=UEA appoints new vice-chancellor David Maguire amidst £30 million debt crisis |url=https://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2023/04/03/uea-appoints-new-vice-chancellor-david-maguire-amidst-30-million-debt-crisis-34853 |work=The Tab|date=3 April 2023 |accessdate=18 September 2023}}{{cite news |title=Loss-making University of East Anglia's new boss says it did not adapt quickly |work=BBC News |date=4 May 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-65474187 }}{{cite web |last1=Grove |first1=Jack |title=Former Greenwich V-C David Maguire to lead UEA |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/former-greenwich-v-c-david-maguire-lead-uea |website=Times Higher Education|date=27 March 2023 }} According to a UEA press release, Maguire "will lead UEA through a significant period of transformation and change as it works to secure its future financial stability, and continue its success as a world-leading teaching and research University for future generations of students and staff".{{cite news|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/university-of-east-anglia-appoints-new-vice-chancellor/|title=University of East Anglia appoints new Vice-Chancellor|work=UEA|date=27 March 2023|accessdate=30 July 2023 }} This meant job cuts and threats of compulsory redundancy (113 staff posts were lost over the summer).{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-06-05/crisis-hit-university-to-cut-more-than-110-jobs-to-balance-books |title=Crisis-hit University of East Anglia to cut more than 110 jobs to balance books |work=ITV |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=22 November 2023 }}

File:Norwich Medical School, Bob Champion Building .jpg in partnership with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital based in Norwich Research Park.{{Cite news |title=World leading medical research and education building to be named after Bob Champion |language=en-GB |work=Bob Champion Cancer Trust|url=https://www.bobchampion.org.uk/world-leading-medical-research-and-education-building.htm|access-date=17 November 2024}}{{Cite web|title=Facilities - Norwich Medical School|language=en-GB |work=UEA|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/norwich-medical-school/facilities|access-date=17 November 2024}}]]

In September 2023, it was announced that some of the university's student accommodation would be temporarily closed, due to government guidance on the unsafe nature of the building material RAAC.{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title=Hundreds of UEA students rehomed after RAAC found in ziggurats |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23777788.raac-discovered-uea-ziggurats-means-700-students-rehomed/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=Eastern Daily Press |language=en}} The dwellings affected were the iconic Ziggurats (including both Norfolk and Suffolk Terrace), visiting person accommodation at Broadview Lodge and the top floor levels of both Constable Terrace and Nelson Court. Students were moved to alternative accommodation either on campus or off-campus. Vice-chancellor Maguire noted that they would be closed "until we can be certain that they are safe" and that there would be "no additional costs to students as a result of any changes" to accommodation.{{Cite news |date=13 September 2023 |title=UEA students get new accommodation after Raac is found |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66798318 |access-date=29 October 2023}}

In April 2024, Dame Jenny Abramsky (previously the BBC's most senior female employee; Director of Audio and Music) was appointed as the university's chancellor. She succeeded Dame Karen Jones, who had been in the role since 2016. In August 2024, it was announced that contractor Mace was going to carry out a four-phase strip-back-to-frame refurbishment of the Lasdun Wall buildings due to potential architectural risks and failings. The £88m project includes both new research and teaching space in an extended Building 3, while existing facilities will continue to operate within Buildings 4, 5 and 6. It will also provide an 86% betterment in thermal performance, aligning it with UEA's net zero emission targets.{{cite news |last1=Morby |first1=Aaron |title=Mace wins £88m University of East Anglia revamp |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2024/08/05/mace-wins-88m-university-of-east-anglia-revamp/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=5 August 2024}}

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In November 2024, a further round of cost-cutting elsewhere around the university was announced with 170 full-time equivalent posts due to be lost through the removal of voluntary redundancies and vacant posts.{{cite news |first1=David |last1=Maguire |first2=Alex |last2=Bols |url=https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/11/22/delivering-economic-growth-the-case-for-a-financially-secure-higher-education-sector/ |title=Delivering economic growth: the case for a financially secure higher education sector |work=Higher Education Policy Institute |date=22 November 2024 |access-date=14 January 2025}} In a statement, Maguire said the decision to cut staff had not "been taken lightly" and would allow UEA to "save an additional £11m to stay on track with our financial sustainability plan".{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxr29pprqeo |title=Cash-strapped university to shed 170 full-time jobs |work=BBC News |date=20 November 2024 |access-date=14 January 2025 |first1=Mariam |last1=Issimdar |first2=Alex |last2=Dunlop}} A spokesperson for the university said: "The senior team are working their hardest to develop robust evidence-based plans to mitigate the worst impacts of external financial pressures. The UEA Council has approved a multi-year plan to achieve financial sustainability which is currently on target. Despite the difficult choices ahead we believe carrying on with this approach is in the best long-term interests of all at the university."{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5l248ywnxo |title=Staff pass motion of no confidence in UEA executive |work=BBC News |date=5 December 2024 |access-date= 11 March 2025 |first1=Laura |last1=Devlin }} Responses from staff included both a vote of no confidence in the new vice-chancellor, as well as a vote for industrial action.{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24915285.uea-staff-strike-proposed-redundancies/ |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=6 February 2025 |access-date=11 March 2025 |first1=David |last1=Hannant |title=UEA staff to strike again over proposed redundancies }}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd9p0143dvo |title=University staff back strike action over cuts |work=BBC News |date=6 February 2025 |access-date= 11 March 2025 |first1=Maddy |last1=Jennings}}

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Features of the UEA campus include Earlham Hall, which now currently accommodates the UEA Law School; the Sainsbury Centre at the western end of the main wall, designed by Norman Foster to house the art collection of Sir Robert Sainsbury, whose daughter attended UEA; the Sportspark, a multi-sports community facility; and the Enterprise Centre, a supportive hub for start-up companies.{{cite web|url=http://theenterprisecentre.uea.ac.uk/|title=The Enterprise Centre|access-date=19 August 2015}} Additionally, the campus also includes Norwich Research Park, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the UEA Broad.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/3154295/3352666/UEA+Campus+Map|title=UEA Campus Map|access-date=19 August 2015}}

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Until 1994, former RAF accommodation blocks at the RAF Horsham St Faith to the south of Norwich International Airport housed approximately half of the university's first-year students. Accommodation blocks on the campus include Constable Terrace, Nelson Court, with Britten, Paston, Colman, Victory, Kett and Browne Houses, in addition to the University Village.{{cite web|url=https://a.storyblok.com/f/185167/x/b1fa5c14a2/draft1_residence_type_room_comparison_2024.pdf?cv=1712229506151|title=ACCOMMODATION COMPARISON|access-date=13 November 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/uea-life/accommodation/accommodation-finder|title=Accommodation Finder|access-date=13 November 2024}} The residences are named after Horatio Nelson, John Constable, Benjamin Britten, Jeremiah Colman, Nelson's ship {{HMS|Victory}}, Robert Kett, Sir Thomas Browne and the Paston family (authors of the Paston Letters). UEA's newest residences (Crome, Hickling and Barton Houses) offer en suite accommodation with shared kitchens and lounge areas.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/accommodation/options/en-suite-campus-crome-court|title=Barton Hickling Crome|access-date=16 July 2015}}

Facilities located on campus include the Union Pub and Bar, a 24-hour library, a concert venue (Lower Common Room), a canteen (Campus Kitchen), a café (The Blend), a bar (Unio), a graduate bar (The Scholar's Bar), the Street with a 24-hour launderette, the Union Shop and a coffee shop (Ziggy's). Other establishments include the Square (a central outdoor meeting place), Café 57, the Bio Cafe,{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/uea-life/campus-life/eat-and-drink|title=Eat and drink|access-date=16 July 2015}} and the UEA Medical Centre and Dental Practice.{{Cite web |title=Healthcare – Campus Life |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/uea-life/campus-life/campus-facilities/healthcare |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=UEA}} There are also three statues by sculptor Sir Antony Gormley which were placed on campus in 2017. The work drew controversy due to the fact that the figures resembled people balancing on high ledges.{{Cite news |date=14 April 2017 |title=UEA's Antony Gormley art installation criticised by students|language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-39600258 |access-date=22 August 2024}}{{Cite news |date=22 April 2017 |title=UEA art installation 'nothing to do with suicide', Gormley |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-39680001 |access-date=5 May 2023}}

The campus is linked to Norwich city centre and railway station by frequent buses, operated by First Eastern Counties, via Unthank Road or Earlham Road.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk/about-us|title=About us |work=First Norfolk & Suffolk |access-date=28 April 2016}} Other transport links include First Buses to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and to Bowthorpe, as well as Konectbus services to Watton, Dereham and also Costessey via park and ride.{{cite web|url=https://www.konectbus.co.uk/services|title=Times & maps|access-date=13 November 2024|work=Konectbus}} National Express provides coach services to London and Megabus also operates both low cost intercity and long-distance travel to cities including Cambridge, Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff.{{cite web|url=https://portal.uea.ac.uk/estates/travel-and-transport/public-transport|title=Portal – Travel and Transport – UEA|access-date=22 August 2016}} The university is situated nearby an area within the southwestern suburbs known as the Golden Triangle which has been dubbed the Norwich version of London's Notting Hill.{{Cite book|title=Colonel Unthank and the Golden Triangle|last=Lloyd|first=Clive|publisher=Clive Lloyd|year=2017|isbn=978-1-5272-1576-4|location=Norwich|pages=6–33}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2002/06/22/pnorw.xml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915045447/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2002/06/22/pnorw.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2012|title=Norwich gets to wake up, rise and shine|author=John Carey|date=22 June 2002|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=8 April 2016}}

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Experimental novelist Alan Burns was the university's first writer-in-residence.{{cite web|url=http://malcolmbradbury.com/uea_ian_mcewan_class.html|title=Class Work|author=Ian McEwan|year=1995}} The university library is home to the British Archive for Contemporary Writing, which is an archive of material from a range of classical and contemporary writers, including Doris Lessing, Lee Child and Naomi Alderman.{{Cite web |title=British Archive For Contemporary Writing - Library |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/library/british-archive-for-contemporary-writing |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=UEA}} Between September 2022 and November 2023, the library also worked on a project entitled "Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry in the Archive", which has included hosting four Poets in Residence: Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard, Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Gail McConnell.{{Cite web |title=Centre for Contemporary Poetry in the Archive - Library |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/library/british-archive-for-contemporary-writing/collections-a-z/centre-for-contemporary-poetry |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=UEA}} The German émigré novelist W. G. Sebald taught at the School of Literature and Creative Writing and founded the British Centre for Literary Translation.{{Cite web |title=Events and Activities - Groups and Centres |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/british-centre-for-literary-translation-research-group/events-and-activities |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=UEA}}

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The Climatic Research Unit, founded in 1972 by Hubert Lamb in the School of Environmental Sciences,{{Cite web |title=Climatic Research Unit - Groups and Centres |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/climatic-research-unit |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=UEA}} has been an early centre of work for climate change research.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&pg=PA285 |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |author=Michael Sanderson |page=285 |year=2002 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-85285-336-5}} The school was also stated to be "the strongest in the world" by the chief scientific adviser to the British government, Sir David King, during a lecture at the John Innes Centre in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-environmental-sciences|title=SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES|access-date=15 October 2014}} The university was one of the first in the United Kingdom to establish Film Studies as a serious academic discipline, with developmental funding to support a new lectureship in the field awarded from the British Film Institute. It is also the home of the East Anglian Film Archive which collects and preserves film and videotape primarily from the Eastern counties.{{Cite web |title=East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA)|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/library/archives-and-special-collections/east-anglian-film-archive |access-date=2023-05-18}}

In 2005, UEA in partnership with the University of Essex, Suffolk County Council, the East of England Development Agency, Ipswich Borough Council and the Learning and Skills Council, secured £15m funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England for the creation of a new campus in the Waterfront area of Ipswich, called University Campus Suffolk (UCS).{{cite web|url=http://www.ucs.ac.uk/about/News/pr20050225.aspx |title=HEFCE back University Campus Suffolk bid |access-date=5 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207021411/http://www.ucs.ac.uk/about/News/pr20050225.aspx |archive-date=7 February 2009 }} It opened in September 2007; in May 2016, it became independent of UEA and was renamed the University of Suffolk.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-36307221|title=BBC News -University Campus Suffolk gains independence|work=BBC |date=17 May 2016|access-date=15 July 2016}} In 2008, INTO University Partnerships opened a £35m six-storey building named INTO University of East Anglia (INTO UEA) with 415 en-suite study-bedrooms and classroom space for 600 students. The institution focuses on the provision of foundation courses for international students, including English language for academic purposes.{{cite web|url=http://www.into-corporate.com/higher-education/united-kingdom/university-of-east-anglia/into-university-of-east-anglia.aspx|title=INTO University of East Anglia|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810223617/http://into-corporate.com/higher-education/united-kingdom/university-of-east-anglia/into-university-of-east-anglia.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=dead}} Nationally, UEA is also involved in a number of partnerships including the Nexus Network (with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the University of Sussex) which fosters research and practical collaborations across the domains of energy and the environment.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenexusnetwork.org/about/nexus-team/|title=Nexus Team|date=8 February 2018|work=The Nexus Network|access-date=24 February 2018}}

Additionally, UEA is involved in several Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs),{{Cite news|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/research/research-with-us/postgraduate-research/latest-phds-and-research-studentships/partnerships-in-doctoral-training|title=PARTNERSHIPS IN DOCTORAL TRAINING|work=UEA|access-date=31 March 2024}} including AgriFoRwArdS (collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of Lincoln which focuses on robotics within the agricultural sector),{{Cite news|url=https://agriforwards-cdt.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/|title=AgriFoRwArdS|work=South and East Network for Social Sciences|access-date=31 March 2024}} SENSS (partnership promoting social science research training with City, University of London, Cranfield University, University of Essex, Goldsmiths, University of London, University of Lincoln, Middlesex University and the University of Roehampton),{{Cite news|url=https://www.senss.ac.uk/|title=SENSS Partner Universities|work=EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics|access-date=31 March 2024}} ARIES (partnership offering environmental science research with University of Essex, University of Kent, University of Plymouth and Royal Holloway University),{{Cite news|url=https://www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/about-us/our-partners/|title=Our Partners|work=Aries|access-date=31 March 2024}} as well as CHASE (collaboration providing humanities training with Birkbeck, University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London, The Courtauld Institute of Art, The Open University, SOAS, University of London, University of Essex, University of Kent and the University of Sussex).{{Cite news|url=https://www.chase.ac.uk/chase-members|title=Members|work=CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership|access-date=31 March 2024}}

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In 2024, UEA had the joint forty-eighth highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university, along with Royal Holloway and City St George's. New students entering the university that year had an average of 139 UCAS points (the equivalent of ABBb at A-Level).{{cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|work=The Complete University Guide|title=University League Tables entry standards 2025|access-date=2 April 2024}} In 2024, the ratio of applications to acceptances was 4.10 to 1. In 2020/21, 8% of UEA's undergraduates were privately educated.{{cite web |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/widening-participation |title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2020/21|website=hesa.ac.uk |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority |access-date=2 April 2024 }} In 2022/23, the student body was 58% female and 42% male.{{cite web |title=Where do HE students study? |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study |website=hesa.ac.uk |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority |access-date=2 April 2024 }} Additionally, in that academic year 84% of UEA students had come from the UK, 4% of students from the EU, and 12% of students were from outside the UK or EU.

Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) showed that UEA has one of the highest proportions of First Class and Upper Second Class degrees achieved by students with more than Oxford and Cambridge. Only three universities in the United Kingdom have been awarded a higher proportion of First Class degrees than UEA between the academic years 2014/15 and 2017/18.{{cite news |title=Only three unis in the whole country give out more firsts than UEA |date=9 February 2019 |first1=Mary |last1=O'Driscoll |url=https://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2019/02/09/uea-ranked-fourth-for-students-with-the-most-firsts-31769 |work=The Tab |quotation=Between the academic years 2014/15 and 2017/18, a huge 34.63 per cent of UEA students have achieved a First-Class for their undergraduate degree. This places UEA just below Durham, who awarded 35.21 per cent of their students with firsts over this period, and just above Oxford where 34.22 per cent of students came out with a First-class degree. At the top of this table was Imperial College London with just over 40 per cent.}} There is a concern about grade inflation with the degrees awarded by English universities,{{cite news |title=Jo Johnson: grade inflation 'ripping through' English sector. Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem |date=7 September 2017 |first1=John |last1=Morgan |work=Times Higher Education |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-johnson-grade-inflation-ripping-through-english-sector}}{{cite news |title=Quarter of students in UK universities gain first-class degree. Latest Hesa data show that share of students with top degree has risen significantly since 2012-13 |first1=Ellie |last1=Bothwell |date=11 January 2018 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/quarter-students-uk-universities-gain-first-class-degree |work=Times Higher Education }} with the University of East Anglia awarding 35.7% First Class degrees, 52.1% Upper Seconds (2:1), 11.2% Lower Seconds (2:2) and 1% Third Class degrees in 2016/17.{{cite news |title=Universities with biggest shares of 2:1s and firsts revealed |date=8 February 2018 |first1=Simon |last1=Baker |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-biggest-shares-21s-and-firsts-revealed |work=Times Higher Education }}

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The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, published on 12 May 2022, showed that over 91% of the university's research activity was deemed to be "world leading" or "internationally excellent" with more than 47% having the highest category of 4* of World Leading Research, significantly higher than the national average of 41%.{{Cite web |title=Research |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/research |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=UEA}}{{Cite web |title=UEA's research confirmed as 'world-leading' by national assessment |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/ueas-research-confirmed-as-world-leading-by-national-assessment |date=12 May 2022 |work=UEA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512071538/https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/uea-s-research-confirmed-as-world-leading-by-national-assessment |archive-date=12 May 2022 }} UEA was ranked thirteenth in the UK for the quality of its research outputs and twentieth overall amongst all mainstream British institutions – a rise of nine places since the last assessment in 2014.{{Cite web |date=12 May 2022 |title=REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=Times Higher Education|language=en}} The university ranks in the Top 1% worldwide according to the Times Higher Education world rankings,{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/new-rankings-place-uea-in-world-top-150|title=New rankings place UEA in world top 150|work=UEA|access-date=19 August 2016}} and within the world Top 100 for research excellence in the Leiden Ranking, with UEA "often out-performing Russell Group universities".{{cite web|url=https://portal.uea.ac.uk/arm/publications/endorsements-and-key-messages/league-tables-uni-guide/current|title=League Table & Uni Guide|work=UEA|access-date=19 August 2016|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921183354/https://portal.uea.ac.uk/arm/publications/endorsements-and-key-messages/league-tables-uni-guide/current|url-status=dead}} In 2022, UEA was ranked within the Top 50 globally for research citations by the Times Higher Education world rankings. In 2012, UEA was named the tenth best university in the world under 50-years-old and third best within the UK.{{cite web|last=Morgan |first=John |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419908 |title=THE 100 Under 50 university rankings: results | General |work=Times Higher Education |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=17 August 2013}} In 2017, the university was rated "gold" by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for quality of teaching.{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-upgraded-gold-teaching-excellence-framework-appeal|title=UEA upgraded to gold in teaching excellence framework on appeal|date=15 August 2017 |first1=John |last1=Morgan|work=Times Higher Education}} In the 2023 TEF assessment, UEA's award was revised to "silver".{{cite web|url=https://tef2023.officeforstudents.org.uk|publisher=Office for Students|access-date=28 September 2023|title=Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 Outcomes}}

In national league tables, UEA has been ranked within the Top 20 by The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Complete University Guide.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2014|title=The Times and Sunday Times University Good University Guide 2017|access-date=23 September 2016|work=Times Newspapers}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2015/may/25/university-league-tables-2016#all|title=University league tables 2016|access-date=25 May 2015|work=The Guardian|date=25 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/complete-university-guide-reveals-its-top-uk-universities-2017|title=Complete University Guide reveals its top UK universities 2017|access-date=25 April 2016|work=Times Higher Education}} In April 2013, the university was ranked first for student experience according to the Times Higher Education Magazine.{{cite web| url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/21086822.uea-named-best-student-experience/| title=UEA named best for student experience| author=Jack Grove| date=25 April 2013 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Eastern Daily Press}} In the 2014 National Student Survey, UEA was jointly classified with the University of Exeter, the University of Law and the University of Buckingham as the UK's second most successful university in terms of student ratings, with a learner satisfaction level of 92%.{{cite web| url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/national-student-survey-2014-results-show-record-levels-of-satisfaction/2015108.article| title=National Student Survey 2014 results show record levels of satisfaction| author=Jack Grove| date=12 August 2014 |access-date=13 March 2015 |website=Times Higher Education}} In 2020, UEA had a joint third position with Exeter University on the survey with a score of 91%, ahead of Oxford and Cambridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-is-top-15-uk-university|title=UEA is top 15 UK university|work=UEA| date=17 July 2020|access-date= 3 January 2025}} The 2024 survey results featured comments from students noting university staff as "knowledgeable, passionate and supportive" with 100% positivity scores in certain subject areas such as Physics, Liberal Arts, and Chemistry.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-sees-improvements-across-all-areas-in-national-student-survey-results|title=UEA sees improvements across all areas in National Student Survey results|work=UEA| date=17 July 2024|access-date= 3 January 2025}} UEA was also ranked first nationally for graduate job prospects by students in the 2022 Student Crowd Survey, with several schools achieving a 100% score of graduates in employment in the 2023 HESA survey, including Norwich Medical School, the School of Chemistry, and the School of Social Work and Psychology.{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-achieves-best-ever-results-for-graduate-outcomes-in-national-survey|title=UEA achieves best ever results for graduate outcomes in national survey|work=UEA| date=26 June 2023|access-date= 3 January 2025}}

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The university offers over 300 courses in its four faculties, which contain twenty-six schools of study:{{cite web|url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/faculties|title=Faculties and Schools|access-date= 19 December 2014}}

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• Media, Languages and Communication Studies
• History
• Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities
• Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
• Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies

• Norwich Medical School
• Health Sciences

• Actuarial Sciences
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biochemistry
• Chemistry
• Computing Sciences
• Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Geography
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Physics

• Economics
• Education and Lifelong Learning
• International Development
• UEA Law School
• Norwich Business School
• School of Social Work and Psychology

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{{Main|Union of UEA Students}}

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All students at the university and INTO UEA automatically become members of the union but do have the right to opt out of membership.[https://www.ueasu.org/union/ Welcome to the SU]. Retrieved 14 January 2025. Membership confers the ability to take part in the union's activities such as clubs and societies and being involved in the democratic processes of the union. The union is a democratic organisation run by its members via an elected student officer committee and student council. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students,{{Cite web |title=Become a member |url=https://www.nus.org.uk/members |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=NUS UK |language=en}} and also campaigns on a wide range of issues, as directed by the democratic processes.

The UEA Student Union has over 200 clubs and societies;{{cite web |title=University of East Anglia (UEA) |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-east-anglia-uea |work=QS World University Rankings}} university sports teams include the Men's and Women's Football Clubs and Lacrosse Teams (UEA Eagles), a Korfball Team (UEA Tigers), a British Universities American Football League (BUAFC) Premier South Division American Football Team (UEA Pirates), and the cheer dance and stunt society (UEA Angels).{{cite AV media|url=https://www.ueastudent.com/societies|title=UEA Student Union – Societies|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805074332/http://www.ueastudent.com/societies|archive-date=5 August 2015|url-status=dead}} The UEA Media Collective encompasses the free student newspaper Concrete, UEA:TV (previously named Nexus UTV),{{cite web|url=http://www.ueatv.com/|title=UEA TV|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219104427/http://www.ueatv.com/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}} and the student radio station Livewire 1350AM. Norwich Medical School also has various active medical societies.{{Cite web |url=https://www.uea.su/opportunities/society/MedSoc/ |title=UEA MedSoc |work=UEA Student Union |access-date=27 December 2016}}

The UEA Student Union hosted events like Pimp My Barrow, which was an annual fundraising event for the Big C Cancer Charity and ran from 2006 to 2019. Students acquired a wheelbarrow and decorated it in accordance with their team's theme. They were then paraded around the local area, via a selection of local pubs and with a wheelbarrow race through Eaton Park.{{Cite news |last=Lowthorpe |first=Shawn |date=2011-06-04 |title=Picture gallery: Nearly 2,000 students take part in UEA pimp my barrow event around Norwich |work=Norwich Evening News |url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/picture_gallery_nearly_2_000_students_take_part_in_uea_pimp_my_barrow_event_around_norwich_1_912108/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609034450/https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/picture_gallery_nearly_2_000_students_take_part_in_uea_pimp_my_barrow_event_around_norwich_1_912108/ |archive-date=2011-06-09}}{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=Council backs Pimp My Barrow event |url=http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=939 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904065735/http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=939 |archive-date=2012-09-04 |work=Ipswich Borough Council}} The annual Derby Day sports event involves UEA taking on the University of Essex in approximately 40 sports. UEA won the Derby Day trophy from 2013 to 2018.{{cite AV media|url=https://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2018/04/25/breaking-uea-has-won-derby-day-30115|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127041204/https://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2018/04/25/breaking-uea-has-won-derby-day-30115|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2019|title=Breaking: UEA has won Derby Day|work=The Tab|access-date=16 August 2018}} The UEA Student Union organises gigs and club nights at the Lower Common Room in Union House.{{cite web|url=http://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk/venues/default.aspx|title=UEA Ticket Bookings|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219104114/http://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk/venues/default.aspx|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}} The union also runs the Waterfront venue, off campus in Norwich's King Street, which was awarded a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award in 2018 for engagement with alumni. Acts that have performed at these venues include Captain Beefheart, The Cure, Coldplay, Pere Ubu, U2, Haim, The Smiths, Sparks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead and Iron Maiden. The union operates a number of other services within Union House which underwent a refurbishment in 2015 after a £6m investment.{{cite AV media|url=https://ueastudentblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/uea-invest-6-millions-for-the-refurbishment-of-union-house/|title=UEA invest £6 million for the refurbishment of Union House!|date=3 December 2013|access-date=19 August 2016}}

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Dinner for His Majesty King Tupou VI of the Kingdom of Tonga and Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau’u 04.jpg|King of Tonga Tupou VI (BA, 1980)

Nomin Chinbat 2022.jpg|Mongolian Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat (BA, 2006)

Mathias Cormann APEC 2018.jpg|Secretary-General of the OECD Mathias Cormann (Law, 1994)

Adrian Ramsay MP portrait cropped.jpg|Co-leader of the Green Party Adrian Ramsay (BA, 2002; MA, 2005)

Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2, 2023.jpg|Former Leader of the House of Lords Lord Strathclyde (BA, 1982)

EF Costantini.jpg|Argentine billionaire businessman Eduardo Costantini (MA, 1975)

Charlie Higson 2013 (cropped).jpg|Comedian Charlie Higson (BA, 1980)

SDCC 2015 - Matt Smith.jpg|Actor Matt Smith (Drama and Creative Writing, 2005)

Ianmcewanauthor.jpg|1998 Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan (MA, 1971)

Enright Anne koeln literaturhaus 181108.jpg|2007 Booker Prize winner Anne Enright (MA, 1988)

Kazuo Ishiguro in Stockholm 2017 02.jpg|2017 Nobel Prize in Literature and 1989 Booker Prize winner Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (MA, 1980)

Dr.Sarah Gilbert.jpg|Vaccinologist Dame Sarah Gilbert (BSc, 1983) was the Project Lead on the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Prof Michael Houghton square.jpg|Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate Sir Michael Houghton (BSc, 1972) co-discovered Hepatitis C in 1989

Sir Paul Nurse (square).jpg|Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate and former President of the Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse (PhD, 1973)

Valerie Amos World Economic Forum 2013.jpg|Master of University College, Oxford Baroness Amos (Applied Research in Education, 1978)

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• Harold Mackintosh, 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1962–1964){{cite news |title=Viscount Mackintosh, 73, Dies; Spurred Britons to Save in War; Peer Became Head at 29 of Candy Company Based on Mother's Recipe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/29/archives/viscount-mackintosh-73-dies-spurred-britons-to-save-in-war-peer.html |access-date=22 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=29 December 1964}}
• Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (1965–1984){{Cite ODNB|title=Franks, Oliver Shewell, Baron Franks (1905–1992), philosopher and public servant|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51039|access-date=2020-08-24|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51039|last1=Danchev|first1=Alex}}
• Owen Chadwick (1984–1994)[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/19/the-rev-owen-chadwick The Rev Owen Chadwick obituary], The Guardian, 19 July 2015 (updated 20 July 2015).
• Sir Geoffrey Allen (1994–2003){{cite press release|title=New Chancellor for UEA|publisher=University of East Anglia|date=18 June 2003|url=http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2003/june/New+Chancellor+for+UEA|accessdate=17 August 2009|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305040541/http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2003/june/New+Chancellor+for+UEA|url-status=dead}}
• Sir Brandon Gough (2003–2012)
• Dame Rose Tremain (2013–2016){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22142504 |title=Novelist Rose Tremain appointed as new UEA chancellor |work=BBC News |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=9 May 2014}}
• Dame Karen Jones (2016–2024)
• Dame Jenny Abramsky (2024–present)

• Frank Thistlethwaite (1961–1980)
• Sir Michael Thompson (1980–1986)Sanderson, Michael. [https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&q=michael+thompson The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich], p.301 (2002) ({{ISBN|978-1852853365}})
• Derek Burke (1987–1995)
• Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (1995–1997){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&pg=PA387 |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |first=Michael |last=Sanderson |page=387 |date= January 2002|publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9781852853365 |access-date=25 January 2017}}
• Vincent Watts (1997–2002){{cite news|title=Author dies in road crash|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1712934.stm|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 June 2011|date=15 December 2001}}
• Sir David Eastwood (2002–2006)
• Bill MacMillan (2006–2009)
• Edward Acton (2009–2014)
• David Richardson (2014–2023)
• David Maguire (2023–present){{Cite web |date=18 July 2023 |title=David Maguire: it's survival of the fittest but UEA will be OK |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/david-maguire-its-survival-fittest-uea-will-be-ok |access-date=31 July 2023 |work=Times Higher Education |language=en}}

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• {{Cite book |last=Sanderson |first=M. |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |publisher=Hambledon Continuum |year=2002 |isbn=9781852853365 |oclc=59431664}}

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