public
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research university
A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kn ...
in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £292.1 million, of which £35.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £290.4 million, and had an undergraduate offer rate of 85.1% in 2021.
UEA alumni and faculty include three Nobel laureates, a discoverer of Hepatitis C and of the
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D is a type of viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV). HDV is one of five known hepatitis viruses: A, B, C, D, and E. HDV is considered to be a satellite (a type of subviral agent) because it can propagate only in ...
genome
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, a lead developer of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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, one
President of the Royal Society
The president of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected Head of the Royal Society of London who presides over meetings of the society's council.
After informal meetings at Gresham College, the Royal Society was officially founded on 28 November ...
, and at least 48
Fellows of the Royal Society
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. Alumni also include heads of state, government and intergovernmental organisations, as well as three Booker Prize winning authors.
History
1960s
People in Norwich began to talk about the possibility of setting up a university in the nineteenth century, and attempts to establish one 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. The University of East Anglia was eventually given the green light in April 1960 for biological sciences and English studies students. Initially, teaching took place in the temporary "University Village", which was officially opened by chairman of the University Grants Committee,
Keith Murray
Keith Omar Murray (born May 29, 1974) is an American rapper from New York. Murray grew up on Carleton Ave, in Central Islip, which is located on the South Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County. Murray was a known member of a local rap collec ...
, on 29 September 1963. Sited on the opposite side of the Earlham Road to the present campus, this was a collection of prefabricated structures designed for 1200 students, laid out by the local architectural firm Feilden and Mawson. There were no residences. The vice-chancellor and administration were based in nearby
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were kn ...
.
In 1961, the first vice-chancellor,
Frank Thistlethwaite
Frank Thistlethwaite CBE (24 July 1915 – 17 February 2003) was an English academic who served as the first vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia.
Early life
Thistlethwaite was born on 24 July 1915 at 11 Powell Street, Burnley, Lanca ...
, had approached
Denys Lasdun
Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, CH, CBE, RA (8 September 1914, Kensington, London – 11 January 2001, Fulham, London) was an eminent English architect, the son of Nathan Lasdun (1879–1920) and Julie (''née'' Abrahams; 1884–1963). Probably his b ...
, an adherent of the " New Brutalist" trend in architecture, who was at that time building
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, establish ...
, 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
Earlham Road (the B1108) is a road in Norwich, England, linking the city centre to the area of Earlham to the west of the city and the Norwich southern bypass ( A47) beyond.
Details
The road formerly marked the northern limit of the Golden ...
. The land, formerly part of the
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were kn ...
estate was at that time occupied by a golf course. Lasdun unveiled a model and an outline plan at a press conference in April 1963, but it took another year to produce detailed plans, which diverged considerably from the model. The first buildings did not open until late 1966.
Lasdun put all the teaching and research functions into the "teaching wall", a single block long following the contour of the site. Alongside this he built a walkway, giving access to the various entrances of the wall, with access roads beneath. Attached to the other, southern, side of the walkway he added the groups of terraced residences that became known as "
Ziggurat
A ziggurat (; Cuneiform: 𒅆𒂍𒉪, Akkadian: ', D-stem of ' 'to protrude, to build high', cognate with other Semitic languages like Hebrew ''zaqar'' (זָקַר) 'protrude') is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has ...
s". In 1968, Lasdun was replaced as architect by
Bernard Feilden
Sir Bernard Melchior Feilden CBE FRIBA (11 September 1919 – 14 November 2008) was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.
Biography
Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was ed ...
, who completed the teaching wall and library and created an arena-shaped square as a social space of a kind not envisioned in his predecessor's plans. They would later become Grade II* listed status, reflecting the importance of the architecture and the history of the campus.
In 1964
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
's
The Crucible
''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as ...
became the first drama production to be staged at UEA with
John Rhys Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
was appointed music adviser for UEA. In 1967 he conducted the UEA Choir in a performance of his ''
War Requiem
The ''War Requiem'', Op. 66, is a large-scale setting of the Requiem composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The ''War Requiem'' was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was bui ...
the Queen
In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to:
* Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death
The Queen may also refer to:
* Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ...
who each came to tour the new university for the first time.
1970s
Malcolm Bradbury
Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English author and academic.
Life
Bradbury was born in Sheffield, the son of a railwayman. His family moved to London in 1935, but returned to Sheffield in 1941 with ...
and
Angus Wilson
Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson, CBE (11 August 191331 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for '' The Middle Age of ...
helped establish the first creative writing course in the UK. The School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing would later go on to produce successful authors including Sir Kazuo Ishiguro,
Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
,
Rose Tremain
Dame Rose Tremain (born 2 August 1943) is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.
Life
Rose Tremain was born Rosemary Jane Thomson on 2 August 1943 in London to Viola Mabel Thomson and ...
,
John Boyne
John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages. His 2006 novel '' The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' was adapt ...
and Andrew Miller. In the same decade UEA:TV, under the name of Nexus, was formed and created student-made television. It operated for two hours a day over lunchtime. ''Concrete'', the student newspaper was first officially launched in 1973, replacing ''Mandate'' which launched in 1965. Over the years students also enjoyed ''Phoenix'', ''Can Opener'', ''Mustard Magazine'' and ''Kett'' before ''Concrete'' re-launched in 1992.
In 1972 the Centre for Climatic Research opened, founded by climatologist
Hubert Lamb
Hubert Horace Lamb (22 September 1913 in Bedford – 28 June 1997 in Holt, Norfolk) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
Career ...
. Also notable in the same year, architect
Bernard Feilden
Sir Bernard Melchior Feilden CBE FRIBA (11 September 1919 – 14 November 2008) was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.
Biography
Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was ed ...
helped the university win a Civic Trust Award for the design of the Square, the university's main social space. A year later work began on the university lake, or
Broad
Broad(s) or The Broad(s) may refer to:
People
* A slang term for a woman.
* Broad (surname), a surname
Places
* Broad Peak, on the border between Pakistan and China, the 12th highest mountain on Earth
* The Broads, a network of mostly na ...
, as it is more commonly referred to. It involved excavating of gravel, which was arranged as part of a 'no money' deal where a local aggregate company took the gravel for free leaving with a landscaped body of water fed by the
River Yare
The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network.
The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the vil ...
.
In the 1970s the School of Computing Sciences first opened at UEA, and the university started offering education degrees from Keswick Hall, a manor house owned by the
Gurney family
A stretcher, gurney, litter, or pram is an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care. A basic type (cot or litter) must be carried by two or more people. A wheeled stretcher (known as a gurney, trolley, bed or cart) is often ...
and situated on the outskirts of Norwich. Initially this was only a postgraduate qualification, until the late 1970s when an undergraduate course was created. The gift of a collection of tribal art and 20th-century painting and sculpture, by artists such as
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by ...
at the western end of the main teaching wall, one of the first major works of architect
Norman Foster
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Nor ...
. The UEA's School of Fine Art opened in the same year of 1978.
1980s
In 1984 the School of Law first moved to Earlham Hall. The building, dating back to 1580, was once home to many famous residents including
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the tr ...
and the Gurney family.
In 1986 the
Climatic Research Unit
The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) is a component of the University of East Anglia and is one of the leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
With a staff of some thirty research scientists and s ...
(CRU) was opened within the
Hubert Lamb
Hubert Horace Lamb (22 September 1913 in Bedford – 28 June 1997 in Holt, Norfolk) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
Career ...
Building. It had been named after Lamb who retired from the university in 1978. In 1988, as part of the university's 25th anniversary celebrations, Prince Charles visited the CRU building.
In 1989 the British Centre for Literary Translation was founded by WG Sebald, and The
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
Centre for American Studies was set up to encourage and facilitate the study of the United States.
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
later in 2000 went on to spend his 85th birthday at UEA when he was made an honorary graduate. In the same year
Kazuo Ishiguro
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro ( ; born 8 November 1954) is a British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five.
He is one of the most cr ...
won the Booker Prize and became one of three UEA graduates who would receive the award, along with
Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
and
Anne Enright
Anne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. She has published seven novels, many short stories and a non-fiction work called ''Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood'', about the birth of her two children. Her writing expl ...
.
1990s
In 1990 the student radio station ''Livewire1350AM'' launched, completing the university's student media collective of print, television, and radio. It was opened by Radio 1 DJ John Peel and is now said to be one of the longest running student radio stations in the country. In 1993 the Union of UEA Students took over the management of
The Waterfront
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, a music venue and nightclub. It has hosted performers including
Pulp
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* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
...
Arctic Monkeys
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,
Marina and the Diamonds
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and
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz.
A membe ...
.
In 1994
the Queen
In the English-speaking world, The Queen most commonly refers to:
* Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death
The Queen may also refer to:
* Camilla, Queen Consort (born 1947), ...
returned to UEA to open the Queen's Building, which hosts a number of classes within the School of Health Sciences. A year later in 1995 the
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the tr ...
building was opened, providing new facilities for almost 800 students.
2000s
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 UK scientist John Tyndall, brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists from eight partner institutions.
In 2001 the Sportspark, a multi-sports facility built thanks to a £14.5 million grant from the
Sport England
Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded par ...
Lottery Fund, was formally opened by
Princess Anne
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...
and brought international sporting facilities to
Norwich
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. The Sportspark houses an Olympic-sized pool, floodlit astro-pitches, and the tallest climbing wall in Norfolk.
In the same year UEA alumnus Sir
Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along ...
was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. He won the prize jointly with Timothy Hunt and
Leland Hartwell
Leland Harrison (Lee) Hartwell (born October 30, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine wit ...
"for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle".
In 2002 UEA's Medical School opened with 110 students enrolled. The school is a collaboration with the
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England.
The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...
and world-class research centres now part of the Norwich Research Park. In 2003 the School of Pharmacy opened, along with the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER). The walkways, the Teaching Wall, and Ziggurats also gained Grade II listed status following a government consultation.
In 2004 the University of East Anglia was first represented on long-running TV quiz show
University Challenge
''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...
. The university's best performance on the show was in December 2012 when four high-profile alumni took part in a special series, coming second in the final against New College, Oxford.
In 2005 the university, in partnership with the
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Es ...
East of England Development Agency
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) was a non-departmental public body and the regional development agency for the East of England region of England.
It came into operation on 1 April 1999 and assumed the regional powers of English Par ...
,
Ipswich Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council, founded in 1974 after the abolition of the County Borough of Ipswich, governs the non-metropolitan district of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse collecti ...
, and the
Learning and Skills Council
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University of Suffolk
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.
In 2006 the university opened Victory House, named after
Lord Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought a ...
's ship. The event took place on the anniversary of Lord Nelson's birth by his descendant
Lord Walpole
Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Since 1797 holders also hold the title of Baron Walpole of Wolterton. Past holders have also held the titles Baron Walpole of Houghton in the County ...
.
In 2008
INTO University Partnerships
INTO University Partnerships is a British for-profit pathway education provider focused on the provision of foundation courses for international students.
History and Ownership
INTO University Partnerships was founded in 2005 by Andrew Colin, ...
opened a £35m six-storey building named INTO University of East Anglia with 415 en-suite study-bedrooms and classroom space for 600 students. The institution, which works closely with UEA, focuses on the provision of foundation courses for international students, including English language, especially English for academic purposes. Shortly after opening, similar partnerships were created between INTO and Exeter and
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
.
In November 2009, computer servers at the university's
Climatic Research Unit
The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) is a component of the University of East Anglia and is one of the leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
With a staff of some thirty research scientists and s ...
were hacked and the stolen information made public. Over 1,000 emails, 2,000 documents, and source code were released. Because the Climate Research Unit is a major repository for data regarding man-made
global warming
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...
, 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". As a result, no fewer than eight investigations were launched in both the UK and US, 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 House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (UK) (UK) (UK) an (US) United States Environmental Protection Agency (US) (US) (US)
2010s
In 2010 the
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...
Study Centre was opened by playwright
Trevor Griffiths
Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish langu ...
. Named after the local luminary and visionary thinker, the building became home to the Norwich Business School. In 2012 the university won its second
Queen's Anniversary Prize
The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education are a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to universities and colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom. Uniquely it forms part of the Bri ...
for its distinguished creative writing programme, having won one previously for its School of International Development. The award helped bolster the region's reputation as a literary hub, and helped Norwich to achieve its status as England's first
UNESCO
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City of Literature
UNESCO's City of Literature programme is part of the wider Creative Cities Network.
The ''Network'' was launched in 2004, and now has member cities in seven creative fields. The other creative fields are: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gas ...
in 2012.
In 2013 the university celebrated its 50th anniversary, ranking Number 1 in the
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
Magazine Student Experience league table. It was in this year UEA also launched its first free
Massive open online course
A massive open online course (MOOC ) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, man ...
(MOOC) in partnership with Future Learn. Topics covered by UEA's Moocs over the years have included branding, screenwriting, environmental justice and food fraud.
In 2014 UEA opened its most environmentally-friendly building yet, Crome Court, which has won a number of awards for sustainability. Also in 2014 part of the campus was used for location filming as the Avengers new HQ during filming of the '' Avengers: Age of Ultron''. The
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by ...
at UEA doubles as the home of the Avengers in ''Age of Ultron'', ''
Ant-Man
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Robert Downey Jr.
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was spotted on the grounds during filming in 2014 and a number of students were employed as extras.
In 2015 'Britain's Greenest Building', The Enterprise Centre, opened on campus, helping the university win further awards for its environmental credentials. Also in 2015 parts of campus played host to
Radio 1's Big Weekend
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which was officially located at Earlham Park. International acts including
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurle ...
,
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...
performed. Swift used the grounds at
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were kn ...
as her dressing room.
In late September 2016 two new accommodation blocks opened. Barton House and Hickling House were named after two of the Norfolk Broads and have increased the number of rooms available to new students. In this year the Vice-Chancellor David Richardson unveiled a '2030 vision' which includes a £300m investment in campus – refurbishing existing buildings as well as building new teaching and learning spaces.
In January 2017 Queen Elizabeth II visited UEA campus to attend the latest exhibition at the
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by ...
. This was the Queen's third visit (she also visited in 1968 and 1994), and was the eighth visit by the Royal Family to the institution.
2020–present
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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in May 2020, the university gave empty student accommodation to
NHS
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
staff, allowing them to
isolate
Isolate may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Isolate'' (film), a 2013 Australian film
* ''Isolate'' (Circus Maximus album), 2007
* ''Isolate'' (Gary Numan album), 1992
Language
* Isolating language, with near-unity morpheme/word ...
from at-risk family members and to avoid commuting.
In June 2021 plans for a
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film documenting the 2009 CRU email controversy were announced, featuring
Jason Watkins
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playing the role of climatologist Phil Jones. It was shot on location at the university. The film, ''The Trick'', aired on 18 October 2021.
Campus
Features of the UEA campus include
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were kn ...
, childhood home of
Elizabeth Fry
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, which is now home to UEA Law School; the
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by ...
at the western end of the main teaching wall designed by
Norman Foster
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Nor ...
to house the art collection of Sir Robert Sainsbury and Lady Lisa Sainsbury, it also features as the new avengers headquarters in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant Man and Marvel Cinematic Universe films; and Sportspark, a multi-sports facilities built in 2001 thanks to a £14.5 million grant from
Sport England
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Lottery Fund.
The campus is regularly evolving, and now stretches across the Norwich Research Park with the Edith Cavell Building and the Bob Champion Research and Education Building considered part of its campus over by the
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England.
The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...
. Newest buildings on the campus include two new accommodation blocks, and the Enterprise Centre, said to be Britain's greenest building.
Other features include the large university lake or "broad" at the southern edge of campus and "The Square", a central outdoor meeting place flanked by concrete steps.
Accommodation blocks on the university campus include Constable Terrace, Nelson Court, and Britten, Paston, Colman, Victory, Kett and Browne Houses. These residences are named after Horatio Nelson, John Constable,
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
,
Jeremiah Colman
Jeremiah Colman (1777–1851) was an English miller who founded Colman's Mustard, a business which merged into the conglomerate Reckitt & Colman, and is now owned by Unilever.
Life
He was born in Norfolk in 1777 to Robert Colman (1749-1807) and ...
Paston Letters
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. The Ziggurat accommodation blocks are Grade II listed. The university also manages Mary Chapman Court, a hall of residence in Norwich city centre, and the University Village, a short walk away from campus. UEA's accommodation block, Crome Court, opened in September 2014, containing the university's most eco-friendly flats. Two new blocks; Hickling and Barton House (named after the broads) opened in September 2016.
Facilities on campus include the Union Pub and Bar, a 24-hour library, a concert and gig venue called the LCR (Lower Common Room), a canteen called the Campus Kitchen, a café/coffee shop called the Blend, a bar/coffee shop called Unio, a graduate bar called the Scholar's Bar and The Street with a 24-hour launderette, the Union shop, and a coffee shop called Ziggy's. Most of these are situated in the centre of the campus, next to the Square. Other food establishments situated on campus include Café 57 and the Bio Cafe. There is also a medical centre, dentist, and pharmacy, located on the eastern side of the campus.
The campus is linked to the city centre and railway station by frequent buses, operated by
First Norfolk & Suffolk
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It has seven depots which are part of five operating areas spread out across East Anglia. The five operat ...
Earlham Road
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Details
The road formerly marked the northern limit of the Golden ...
. Other transport links include First buses to the
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England.
The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...
and to
Bowthorpe
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Geography
Bowthorpe is primarily a residential area, but includes a large industrial estate (Bowthorpe Industrial Estate; occupied by mix-use commercia ...
, as well as
Konectbus
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History
Konectbus was formed in 1999 when the Saham Toney depot of Norfolk Green was purchased from wi ...
Dereham
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and
Costessey
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via
park and ride
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.
National Express
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provides coach services to
London
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, and
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*Megabus (Europe), a low-cost coach service with services in Europe owned by ComfortDelGro.
*Megabus (North America)
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operates low cost intercity travel to cities including
Cambridge
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,
Birmingham
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,
Bristol
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and
Cardiff
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Ian McEwan
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,
Anne Enright
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,
Tash Aw
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Biography
Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up t ...
Owen Sheers
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Early life
Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974, and b ...
,
Tracy Chevalier
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Personal backgr ...
,
Trezza Azzopardi
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Early life
Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing ...
, Panos Karnezis and Suzannah Dunn. The German émigré novelist W. G. Sebald also taught in the School of Literature and Creative Writing, and founded the British Centre for Literary Translation, until his death in a car accident in 2001. Experimental novelistAlan Burns was the university's first
writer-in-residence
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.
The Climatic Research Unit, founded in 1972 by
Hubert Lamb
Hubert Horace Lamb (22 September 1913 in Bedford – 28 June 1997 in Holt, Norfolk) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
Career ...
in the School of Environmental Sciences, has been an early centre of work for climate change research. The school was also stated to be "the strongest in the world" by the
chief scientific adviser to the UK government
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The Chief Scientific Adv ...
,
Sir David King
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King first taught at Imperial College, London, the University of East Anglia, and was then Brunne ...
, during a lecture at the
John Innes Centre
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in 2005.
Admissions
East Anglia had the joint 25th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2015, with new students averaging 407 UCAS points, equivalent to just below ABBbc in A-level grades. According to the 2017 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 10.5% of East Anglia's undergraduates come from independent schools.
In 2014 the ratio of applications to acceptances was 5.9 to 1. In 2015/16 the proportion of students admitted to the university from independent schools was 10.5%.
Rankings
The results of the
Research Excellence Framework
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(REF 2021), 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 that the national average of 41%. UEA was ranked 13th in the UK for the quality of its research outputs and 20th overall amongst all mainstream British institutions – a rise of 9 places since the last assessment in 2014.
The university ranks in the world top 1% according to the
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
world rankings 2015/16 and within the world top 100 for research excellence in the
Leiden Ranking
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2016.
In 2012 the university was named the 10th best university in the world under 50 years old, and third best within the United Kingdom. In national league tables the university has most recently been ranked 18th in the UK by ''
The Times
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The Complete University Guide
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''.
In April 2013 the university was ranked number one for student experience according to
Times Higher Education
''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
Magazine. It currently ranks Top 3 for student satisfaction in the ''
National Student Survey The National Student Survey is an annual survey, launched in 2005, of all final year undergraduate degree students at institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. The survey is designed to assess undergrad ...
'' when ranking mainstream English universities. UEA is the only institution to rank top five since the survey began.
Organisation
Faculties and schools
The university offers over 300 courses in its four faculties, which contain 26 schools of study:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
* Art, Media and American Studies
* History
* Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities
* Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
* Politics, Philosophy and Language and Communication Studies
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
*
Norwich Medical School
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* Health Sciences
Faculty of Science
* Actuarial Sciences
*
Biological Sciences
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Psychology
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All students of the university and some INTO UEA students automatically become members of the union, but do have the right to opt out of membership. 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.
The UEA Student Union has over 200 sports clubs and societies ranging from men's and women's
football clubs
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, a
British Universities American Football League
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(BUAFC) Premier South Division
American Football
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Team, The UEA Pirates, and cheerleading society to a
Quidditch
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team. The UEA Media Collective encompasses the student newspaper ''
Concrete
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'', ''UEA:TV'' (previously named Nexus UTV) and the student radio station ''Livewire 1350AM''. One of its more famous former presenters and managers is
Greg James
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, the
BBC Radio 1
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presenter.
The UEA Student Union brings together the student community through its events like
Pimp My Barrow
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, which was an annual fundraising event for The Big C, and involves ingeniously decorated wheelbarrows from 2006 to 2018. It has raised more than £50,000 for the Norfolk charity. The annual Derby Day sports event sees UEA take on the
University of Essex
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in approximately 40 sports. UEA has won the Derby Day trophy all seven times since 2013.
The UEA Student Union also organises gigs and club nights at the Nick Rayns LCR, or Lower Common Room in Union House. The LCR is home to hundreds of music gigs every year. The students' union also runs
the Waterfront
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venue, off campus in Norwich's King Street. Acts to have performed at these venues include Captain Beefheart,
The Cure
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,
Coldplay
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,
Pere Ubu
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Haim
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Hebrew etymology
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,
The Smiths
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,
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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, and
Iron Maiden
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. The UEA Gig List is a rather complete listing of the artists who have performed at UEA since 1963 and is published as a book by the UEA Gig History Project and illustrated with posters, photographs and ticket stubs. The Project was awarded a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award in 2018 for engagement with alumni.
The union also operates a number of other services within Union House. This includes the Union Pub and Bar, Scholar's Bar, and Unio. Its building underwent a refurbishment in 2015 after a £6 million investment from the university.
Catering within UEA is managed by an inhouse team, led by executive head chef Michael Avis.
Public events
The university's lecture theatres regularly host film screenings, discussions, lectures and presentations for the public to attend.
UEA Literary Festival
The university hosted its inaugural literary festival in 1991 and has welcomed notable speakers including
Madeleine Albright
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Martin Bell
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,
Alan Bennett
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,
Cherie Blair
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Booth ...
Eleanor Catton
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Alain de Botton
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,
Sebastian Faulks
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Stephen Fry
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Germaine Greer
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Specializing in English and women's literat ...
,
Seamus Heaney
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P. D. James
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Mario Vargas Llosa
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,
Hilary Mantel
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,
Iris Murdoch
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,
Rageh Omaar
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,
Michael Palin
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Palin w ...
,
Jeremy Paxman
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Terry Pratchett
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,
Salman Rushdie
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,
Simon Schama
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He fi ...
,
Will Self
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Zadie Smith
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Shirley Williams
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and
Robert Winston
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.
Notable people
Alumni
UEA alumni in the sciences include the 2001
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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laureate and former
President of the Royal Society
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Hepatitis D
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genome
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Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
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Darwin Medal
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In 1885, International Darwin Memorial Fund was transferred to the ...
,
Darwin–Wallace Medal
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Nick Barton
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Education
Barton was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge where he graduated with a first-class degree in Biological Sciences (Cambridge) in 1976 and gained his ...
(PhD, 1979);
Potamkin Prize The Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases was established in 1988 and is sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology. The prize is funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin Foundation. The prize is awarded ...
Neil Adger
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He was educated at the University of Edinburgh (MA Economics), Wye College, University of London (MSc Agricultural Economics) and the University of Ea ...
Timothy Osborn
Timothy John Osborn is a climatologist and Professor of Climate Science at the University of East Anglia. In January 2017 he replaced Phil Jones as the Research Director of the Climatic Research Unit.
Osborn graduated with a first-class degree i ...
,
Keith Briffa
Keith Raphael Briffa (27 December 1952 – 29 October 2017) was a climatologist and deputy director of the Climatic Research Unit. He authored or co-authored over 130 scholarly articles, chapters and books. In his professional work, he focused on ...
Royal Society
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Keith Beven
Keith John Beven (born 23 July 1950) is a British hydrologist and distinguished Emeritus Professor in Hydrology at Lancaster University. According to Lancaster University he is the most highly cited hydrologist.
In 2017, Beven was elected a mem ...
Brian Hemmings
Brian Arthur Hemmings FRS is a British biochemist, and Senior Group Leader, at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a member of the Faculty of 1000.
Education
He was educated at the University of Nottingham (BSc, 1972) ...
Nick Talbot
Nicholas José Talbot FRS FRSB (born 5 September 1965) is Group Leader and Executive Director at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich. Nick Talbot
Education
Talbot was educated at Midhurst Grammar School. He went on to study at the Universi ...
Ian McEwan
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(Creative Writing, 1971), and
Anne Enright
Anne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. She has published seven novels, many short stories and a non-fiction work called ''Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood'', about the birth of her two children. Her writing expl ...
Tash Aw
Tash Aw, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (; born 4 October 1971) is a Malaysian writer living in London.
Biography
Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up t ...
(Creative Writing, 2003),
Emma Healey
Emma Constance Healey is a British novelist. Her debut novel, '' Elizabeth is Missing'' (2014) won the annual Costa Book Award, Best First Novel.
Life and career
Born in London, Healey completed a foundation year at Central Saint Martins befo ...
(Creative Writing, 2011), Susan Fletcher (Creative Writing, 2002), Adam Foulds (Creative Writing, 2001),
Avril Joy
Avril M. Joy is a British author whose short story "Millie and Bird" won the Costa Short Story Award in the 2012 Costa Book Awards.
Born in Somerset, Joy graduated with a BA in History of Art from the University of East Anglia in 1972. A short sto ...
(History of Art, 1972) and
Christie Watson
Christie Watson (born 1976) is a British writer and retired nurse. Her first novel, ''Tiny Sunbirds Far Away'', won the Costa First Novel Award in the 2011 Costa Book Awards. Her second novel ''Where Women Are Kings'' also won critical praise.
...
(Creative Writing, 2009); and the
Caine Prize
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Helon Habila
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(PhD, 2008) and
Henrietta Rose-Innes
Henrietta Rose-Innes (born 14 September 1971) is a South African novelist and short-story writer. She was the 2008 winner of the Caine Prize for African WritingLindesay Irvine"Henrietta Rose-Innes wins £10,000 Caine prize" ''The Guardian'', 8 J ...
(PhD). Other alumni include
Tracy Chevalier
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Personal backgr ...
(Creative Writing, 1994),
John Boyne
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Trezza Azzopardi
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Early life
Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing ...
Kathryn Hughes
Kathryn Hughes (born 1959) is a British academic, journalist and biographer. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University and the University of East Anglia (UEA); her doctorate in Victorian history
(Creative Writing, 1986),
Peter J. Conradi
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, and
Craig Warner
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His play '' Strangers on a Train'', based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, ran in London's West End in 2013 ...
(Creative Writing, 2014).
Alumni in international politics and government include the current King of Tonga
Tupou VI
Tupou VI (; born 12 July 1959) is the King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his ...
(Development Studies, 1980) who also served as
Prime Minister
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from 2000 to 2006 and Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2004; Governor General of Grenada Sir Carlyle Glean (Education, 1982); Governor of Gibraltar Sir Robert Fulton (Social Sciences, 1970) who was formerly
Commandant General Royal Marines
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; Kiribati Vice President
Teima Onorio
Teima Onorio (also as Teimwa) (born 1963) is an I-Kiribati politician who has been a Member of the House of Assembly since 1998. She served as Vice President of Kiribati from 2003 to 2016.
(Education, 1990); Turkish Deputy Prime Minister
Murat Karayalçın
Murat Karayalçın (born 1943) is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new SHP.
Karayalçın was edu ...
(Development Economics, 1977) who also served as Foreign Minister; Finance Ministers of Australia (
Mathias Cormann
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), South Africa (
Tito Mboweni
Tito Titus Mboweni (born 16 March 1959) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Finance of South Africa in the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 to 2021.
Mboweni was the eighth Governor of the South African Rese ...
), Rwanda (
Donald Kaberuka
Donald P. Kaberuka (born 5 October 1951) is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015.
Early life and education
Kaberuka was born in Byumba, Rwanda. He studied at the Unive ...
, later President of the
African Development Bank
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Össur Skarphéðinsson
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Össur matriculated from the Reykjavík Grammar School in 1973, and gained a BS in b ...
) and The Gambia (
Ousman Jammeh
Ousaman Jammeh (born 13 August 1953) is a Gambian politician.
He was educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, at the ''Finafrica Institute'' in Milan and the University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public ...
); Defence Minister of The Maldives
Adam Shareef
Adam Shareef Umar ( dv, އަލްފާޟިލް އާދަމް ޝަރީފް) is a Maldivian politician who was Minister of Defence and National Security in the Cabinet of the Maldives from 2015 to 2018. He was also a Special Envoy of the President of ...
; current Mongolian Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat and Democratic Republic of the Congo Budget Minister
Aimé Boji
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; and former Cabinet Ministers of Cyprus (
Marios Demetriades
Marios Demetriades ( el, Μάριος Δημητριάδης) (born 27 August 1971) is a Cypriot politician who was appointed Minister of Transport, Communications and Works in the Council of Ministers of Cyprus on 14 March 2014.
He was born in ...
Agnes Kwaje Lasuba
Agnes Kwaje Lasuba (born 14 August 1948) is a South Sudanese politician.
Early life
Lasuba was born in Torit, Equatoria. She attended school from 1953 through 1964. Her family went into exile in 1964, causing Lasuba to take a break from schooli ...
Juma Ngasongwa
Dr Juma Alifa Ngasongwa (born 13 August 1941 in Ngombo in Ulanga District) is a Tanzanian politician who served as Chama Cha Mapinduzi Member of Parliament for Ulanga Magharibi in the National Assembly of Tanzania.
Ngasongwa grew up in Biro in ...
Rolph Payet
Rolph Antoine Payet FRGS (born 4 August 1968) is an international policy expert, researcher and speaker on environment, climate and island issues, and was the first President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. He was Minister of ...
Rachael Maskell
Rachael Helen Maskell (born 5 July 1972) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for York Central since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Shadow Environment Secretary from 2016 to 2017 and Sh ...
(Physiotherapy, 1994), and Karin Smyth (Politics, 1988); two former Leaders of the House of Lords,
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, (born 13 March 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to ...
(Applied Research in Education, 1978), and
Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the A ...
(Modern Languages & European Studies, 1982); and the Liberal Democrat peer
Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market (born 10 August 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, non-exec director of the National Archives and a member of the House of Lords. Baroness Scott was president of the Li ...
(European Studies, 1999). UEA is also the alma mater of the former Crossbench peer Timothy Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (History of Art, 1975); and the former Members of Parliament
Caroline Flint
Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she attended the Cabinet of the United Kingdom as Minister for Hous ...
(American Literature, History & Film, 1983),
Douglas Carswell
John Douglas Wilson Carswell (born 3 May 1971) is a British former politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2017, co-founded Vote Leave and currently serves as president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.
...
(History, 1993), Tony Colman (International Development),
Jon Owen Jones
Jonathan Owen Jones (born 19 April 1954) is a Welsh politician. He was the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 1992 to 2005. He was then an unsuccessful candidate for Change UK in Wales at the 2019 Europea ...
Judith Chaplin
Sybil Judith Chaplin , known as Judith Chaplin (née Schofield; 19 August 193919 February 1993), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Career
Chaplin was elected councillor for Norfolk County Council 1975, following her h ...
and Ivor Stanbrook (Law, 1995).
In the arts alumni include the actors
Matt Smith
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(Drama, 2005),
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ...
,
Jack Davenport
Jack Arthur Davenport (born 1 March 1973) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series '' This Life'' and ''Coupling'', and as James Norrington in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. He has also appeared ...
(English & American Literature, 1995),
James Frain
James Dominic Frain is an English stage and screen actor. His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/ CBC historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''True Blood'' (2010), Warwi ...
(Drama, 1990), and
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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Life and career
Born in Hertfordshire, ...
(PhD, 2015); comedians
Paul Whitehouse
Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series '' The Fast Show'', and has also starred with Harry Enfield in the shows ''Harry & Paul'' and ''Harr ...
,
Charlie Higson
Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the ''Enemy'' book series, as well as the first five novels in the ''Young Bo ...
(English & American Literature),
Simon Day
Simon William Day (born 7 June 1962) is an English comedian and actor known for his roles in the sketch show '' The Fast Show'' and the sitcom ''Grass''.
Career
Day was born in Blackheath, London, and rose to fame as a stand-up comic, winning ...
(Drama, 1989), Arthur Smith (Comparative Literature, 1976), and
Nina Conti
Nina Margarita Conti (born 25 August 1973) is a British actress, comedian, and ventriloquist.
Early life
Conti was born and raised in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She attended King Alfred School, Londo ...
(Philosophy, 1995); film director
Gurinder Chadha
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(Development Economics, 1983); art historians
Philip Mould
Philip Jonathan Clifford Mould (born March 1960) is an English art dealer, London gallery owner, art historian, writer and broadcaster. He has made a number of major art discoveries, including works of Thomas Gainsborough, Anthony Van Dyck and ...
Paul Atterbury
Paul Rowley Atterbury, FRSA (born 8 April 1945) is a British antiques expert, known for his many appearances since 1979 on the BBC TV programme ''Antiques Roadshow.'' He specialises in the art, architecture, design and decorative arts of the 19 ...
(Archaeology & Landscape History, 1972); Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House
Mary Allen
Mary Allen (born 22 August 1951) is a British writer, broadcaster, arts administrator and management consultant best known for her controversial and turbulent period as Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House.
Early career
She was educated at ...
(Creative Writing, 2003); Chief Executive of English National Opera
Séan Doran
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He was educated at St Columb's College and the University of East Anglia (BA, Music). After commencing a career as ...
(Music 1983); BAFTA award-winning production designer
Don Homfray
Don Homfray (1935–2012) was a BAFTA-winning production designer for the BBC.
Homfray was born at Codsall, Staffordshire, in 1935. He studied architecture at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and then worked for the BBC as a production designer in Bi ...
(History, 1999), and the Emmy Award winning choirmaster
Gareth Malone
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(Drama, 1997).
Alumni in the media include news correspondents Mark Stone (History of Art and Architecture, 2001), Stuart Ramsay,
Razia Iqbal
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(American Studies, 1985),
Geraint Vincent
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Early life
The son of the international relations scholar R J Vincent and Angela Vincent, Vincent and his family lived in Newcastle in S ...
(History, 1994),
David Grossman
David Grossman ( he, דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.
Biography
David Grossman was born i ...
(Politics, 1987), and
Selina Scott
Selina Mary Scott (born 13 May 1951) is an English television presenter who co-hosted the first dedicated breakfast television programme in the UK before crossing the Atlantic to join '' West 57th'', a prime-time current-affairs show broadcast f ...
(English & American Literature, 1972);
Radio 1 Radio 1 or Radio One most commonly refers to:
*BBC Radio 1, a music radio station from the BBC
** BBC Radio 1Xtra, a digital radio station broadcasting black music
*CBC Radio One, a talk radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporatio ...
presenter
Greg James
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Zeb Soanes
Zebedee Soanes (born 24 June 1976) is a British radio presenter who presents the weekday evening music show ''Smooth Classics at Seven'' on Classic FM. He was previously a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extr ...
(Drama 1997); political commentator
Iain Dale
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(German & Linguistics, 1985); journalists
Christina Patterson
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Biography
Patterson was born in Rome to a Swedish Lutheran mother and Scottish Presbyterian father wh ...
and Emily Sheffield; BBC executives Dame Jenny Abramsky (English), Jonathan Powell (English Literature), and James Boyle; and the weather forecasters Darren Bett (Environmental Sciences, 1989) and Penny Tranter (Environmental Sciences, 1982).
UEA alumni in business and economics include the Argentine billionaire businessman and real estate developer
Eduardo Costantini
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Café Rouge
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History
Café Rouge was founded by Roger Myers and Karen Jones, in ...
Computacenter
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Jaguar Land Rover
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,
Premier Foods
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Punch Taverns
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. UEA is also the alma mater of the explorer
Benedict Allen
Benedict Colin Allen FRGS (born 1 March 1960) is an English writer, explorer, traveller and filmmaker known for his technique of immersion among indigenous peoples from whom he acquires survival skills for hazardous journeys through unfamiliar ...
(Environmental Sciences, 1981);
England
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rugby player
Andy Ripley
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Early life
Ripley was born in Liverp ...
; and the football commentator
Martin Tyler
Martin Tyler (born 14 September 1945) is an English football commentator. He has worked as a commentator for Sky Sports since 1990, covering the Premier League and UEFA Champions League, as well as other domestic and international competition ...
(Sociology, 1967).
File: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
Tupou VI (; born 12 July 1959) is the King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his ...
(BA, 1980)
File:Valerie Amos World Economic Forum 2013.jpg, Master of
University College, Oxford
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Baroness Amos (Applied Research in Education, 1978)
File:Nomin Chinbat 2022.jpg, Mongolian Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat (BA, 2006)
File:Mathias Cormann APEC 2018.jpg, Secretary-General of the
OECD
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Mathias Cormann
Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (; ; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian-born Australian politician and diplomat who currently serves as Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), having assumed the off ...
Eduardo Costantini
Eduardo Francisco Costantini (born September 17, 1946) is an Argentine real estate developer and businessman and the founder and chairman of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). In April 2022, his net worth was estimated at U ...
Anne Enright
Anne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. She has published seven novels, many short stories and a non-fiction work called ''Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood'', about the birth of her two children. Her writing expl ...
(MA, 1988)
File:SirCarlyleGlean.jpg, Former
Governor-General of Grenada
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Sir Carlyle Glean (MA, 1982)
File:Charlie Higson 2013 (cropped).jpg, Comedian
Charlie Higson
Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the ''Enemy'' book series, as well as the first five novels in the ''Young Bo ...
Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
(MA, 1971)
File:Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2.jpg, Former
Leader of the House of Lords
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UEA has benefited from the services of academics at the top of their fields, including Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson who co-founded the MA in Creative Writing programme;
Hubert Lamb
Hubert Horace Lamb (22 September 1913 in Bedford – 28 June 1997 in Holt, Norfolk) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1972 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
Career ...
who founded the
Climatic Research Unit
The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) is a component of the University of East Anglia and is one of the leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
With a staff of some thirty research scientists and s ...
; Lord Zuckerman who was influential in the establishment of the School of Environmental Sciences; Nobel Prize–winning chemist Richard Synge, who was an honorary professor; scientists
Sir David King
Sir David Anthony King (born 12 August 1939) is a South African-born British chemist, academic, and head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group.
King first taught at Imperial College, London, the University of East Anglia, and was then Brunne ...
Tom Wigley
Tom Michael Lampe Wigley is a climate scientist at the University of Adelaide. He is also affiliated with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). He was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scienc ...
,
Godfrey Hewitt
Godfrey Matthew Hewitt (10 January 1940 – 18 February 2013) was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, s ...
,
Michael Balls
Michael Balls (born 1938) is a British zoologist and professor emeritus of medical cell biology at the University of Nottingham. He is best known for his work on laboratory animal welfare and alternatives to animal testing.
Early life and edu ...
Geoffrey Boulton
Geoffrey Stewart Boulton (born 28 November 1940) is a British geoscientist, and Regius Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh.
He was awarded the 2006 Lyell Medal, by the Geological Society.
He was awarded the 2011 James Croll Medal. ...
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber (born 7 June 1950) is a German atmospheric physicist, climatologist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and former chair of the German Advisory Council on Global ...
Thomas Bennet-Clark
Thomas Archibald Bennet-Clark CBE FRS (13 January 1903 – 24 November 1975) was a British biologist.
Early life
He was born in Edinburgh the son of Thomas Bennet-Clark, a chartered accountant with the Edinburgh firm of R. & G. Scott, and ...
Tracy Palmer
Tracy Palmer is a Professor of Microbiology in the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University in Tyne & Wear, England. She is known for her work on the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway.
Early life and education
Palmer was born in ...
Angela Carter
Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picar ...
and
Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Bartlett Churchwell (born May 27, 1970) is a professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. Her expertise is in 20th- and 21st-century American literature ...
; poet
George Szirtes
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(1962–1964)
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(1965–1984)
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* Sir Brandon Gough (2003–2012)
* Dame Rose Tremain (2013–2016)
* Karen Jones (2016–present)
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Frank Thistlethwaite
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References
Further reading
* Dormer, P. and Muthesius, S. (2002) ''Concrete and Open Skies: Architecture at the University of East Anglia, 1962–2000''. Unicorn Press.
* Sanderson, M. (2002) ''The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich''. Hambledon Continuum.