Some cities you’ve heard of, others you have to discover...
#Norwich
is the independent city with a big heart. This is our showcase of the city that we’re lucky enough to call home. You’ll soon find there’s nowhere quite like it.
Welcome to our city. Welcome to Norwich.
Wow. The first ever
@BritishVogue
cover to feature non-celebrities stars
@UEAGrads
(2018) and
@UEA_Health
midwife, Rachel Millar. The July issue celebrates the millions of people who, at the height of the pandemic, helped to provide essential services 👏
📷: British Vogue
Congratulations UEA Class of 2020! Despite the obstacles you've done it - you've graduated.
Be proud of what you’ve achieved in the past few months and years. We - the UEA community - certainly are proud of you.
UEA condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s sentencing of our International Chair of Creative Writing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, and stands in solidarity with Tsitsi and her right to peacefully protest. Read our full statement:
Technicians at UEA are now producing 500 litres of hand sanitiser a day to support
#NHS
partners - thanks to the support of local distillery
@Adnams
🙏
#COVID19
Our brilliant staff producing vital hand sanitiser supplies for our hard-working local NHS workers got a thank you visit from the Vice-Chancellor this afternoon 👏
If your organisation can help provide any materials to help keep production going, please email ueahscp
@uea
.ac.uk
Norwich has been named as one of the
@thesundaytimes
'Best Places to Live in the UK in 2018'!
"A firm fixture on our list, this compact city honours its pre-industrial glory days while embracing arty, urban cool - some are calling
#Norwich
the new Notting Hill."
It's our anniversary! ✨ 56 years ago we admitted our first cohort of 87 students to the present-day University Village.
Denys Lasdun designed UEA's core buildings, including the iconic Ziggurats, with the first permanent building opening later in 1966.
Congratulations to our Security team who won ‘Security Innovation – Initiative of the Year’ for campus therapy dog Boomer at the recent annual
@AUCSO
awards!
There was no ceremony but Boomer (and Dave in our Security team) asked if he could wear his tuxedo suit anyway.
Meet the latest addition to the UEA Security Team! ‘Boomer Woof Brown’ is being trialled by
@UEA_Estates
as a campus wellbeing dog. Skills include a love for people and being incredibly cuddly 🐕
UEA scientists have discovered a way to stop the spread of devastating childhood
#cancer
👏
The discovery is thought to be the most important breakthrough in the field for more than 40 years:
#ThinkingWithoutBorders
Thank you to the wonderful
@StephenFry
for opening the Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference at UEA. We’re delighted to have your support!
#YPMHW19
The stage is set, the gowns are on, campus is already buzzing - it's Graduation Week at UEA! 🙌 Congratulations to all our students graduating this week, you did it! 🎉🎓✨
#UEAGrad2019
Norwich has been named as one of
@thesundaytimes
'Best Places to Live in the city'!
"With its vibrant cafe culture and laid-back way of life under those big Norfolk skies, Norwich is fast becoming East Anglia’s hippest hangout."
Congratulations to all our new students who received their
#ALevelResults
today and will be joining us in September!
Welcome to
#HomeOfTheWonderful
. You’ll soon find there’s nowhere quite like it 💙
Today we announce the discovery of the Gloucester, Norfolk’s Mary Rose
Lost for more than 300 years, the ship sank while carrying James Stuart, future king of England
Its discovery has remained a closely kept secret - until now.
➡
Today sees the UK release of Marvel blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame. Not only is UEA’s
@SainsburyCentre
the Avengers HQ in the movies but co-director Joe Russo studied here.
He talks about his UEA days in this interview
#AvengersEndgame
Congratulations to UEA alumnus Kazuo Ishiguro OBE, who is on the 2018
#QueensBirthdayHonours
List! The author will be knighted for services to Literature 📚✨
@UEAGrads
Congratulations to four pioneering female members of our UEA community for awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours! 👏
Laura McGillivray, Prof Laura Bowater, Prof Gillian Schofield & Prof Amelia Fletcher; we're proud of all four of them. Read more here:
We’re so proud of the way our city has responded during
#100days
of lockdown. We’ve kept each other safe, looked after our neighbours and all played our part.
This video is for you – the amazing people of
#Norwich
.
#ThinkingWithoutBorders
#ThankYouNorwich
Good news!
#Norwich
has been named as the 'Best Place in the East' in
@thesundaytimes
'Top 101 Places in the UK' 🙌
“A city that’s bursting with history and ahead of the game on fun, friendliness and creativity."
🏘️🏘️🏘️
Our empty student and guest rooms are accommodating NHS staff from
@NNUH
and
@NCHC_NHS
so they can safely continue their work during the pandemic.
Read more ➡️
Norwich has been named by
@thesundaytimes
as one of the ‘Best Places to live in the UK 2019’! 🎉
‘’Norwich is a fashionable city with a growing sense of cool and a reputation for architecture, style and innovation’’.
📷 cc:
@sarahjanefouracres
THE Young University Rankings 2020: Golden Age results out now
Californian university tops list of universities that were founded in the aftermath of the Second World War
#THEUniRankings
#YoungUni
Brilliant news! The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, the UK’s most prestigious
#HigherEducation
award, has been awarded to
@ueaenv
for 50 years of ground-breaking environmental science! 🏆
#QAP
#QueensPrize
Our lab technicians have been busy again! Thanks to invaluable support from businesses and a large team of volunteers, they’ve made over 1,400 face visors for
@NHSuk
frontline workers that have been shared across Norfolk 👏
Read more:
#InThisTogether
“The death of George Floyd is deeply shocking. We need to do more to root out injustice, to ensure we recognise the humanity in everyone and stand up to protect the rights of people to live with respect and dignity.” (Thread)
Technicians at UEA have been sourcing ethanol from local breweries and have worked with local MPs to have 30% HMRC duties lifted, meaning they are able to produce 170 litres of hand sanitiser gel a day for NHS trusts and local councils 👏
#InThisTogether
#WeAreTogether
#COVID19
Congratulations to all our new students who received their
#ALevelResults
today and will be joining us in September!
Welcome to
#Norwich
- the independent city with a big heart that will be your brand new home. You’ll soon find there’s nowhere quite like it ❤️
A massive congratulations to UEA’s University Challenge team for appearing on University Challenge, Series 30 today! 🎉
Cheer on this year’s team on
@BBC
2 on Monday 28th August (today), at 8:30pm 📺
#ThisIsUEA
#UniversityChallenge
Many congratulations to
@ueaenv
's
@clequere
who has been awarded the prestigious Heineken prize for Environmental Sciences for her pioneering research into the impact of climate change on the world’s oceans.
Read more about the award here ➡️.
Technicians in our New Science Building are hard at work creating hand sanitiser gel for
#NHS
partners and we’re still keen to hear from any organisations who can share ethanol or bottling containers:
#ThinkingWithoutBorders
#COVID19
Since production began just over a week ago, technicians at UEA have made 1200 litres of hand sanitiser to support local councils and
#NHS
hospitals 👏
#ThinkingWithoutBorders
UEA is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty made a number of visits to our campus, including to open the Queen’s Building, named in her honour in 1994.
Read our full tribute on the UEA website:
Happy
#NorfolkDay
! 💛🖤 We’ll be tweeting throughout the day about why our beautiful county of Norfolk and the fine city of Norwich.
What do you love about Norwich and Norfolk? Comment below! 👇
Congratulations to Karen Heywood FRS, Professor of Physical Oceanography in
@ueaenv
who has been elected as a Fellow of the
@royalsociety
one of the highest honours in UK science, for her pioneering research into the ocean’s role in climate.
UEA is a
@guardian
University Guide top 30 university! 🙌
We’re delighted to say that we’ve had a big jump from 41st to 27th in the 2023 table, released on Saturday. See the full table here ➡️
#ThisIsUEA
#GuardianUniversityGuide
37 years ago we made this promotional video of UEA 📽️
…and last night we welcomed back
@UEAGrads
Charlie Higson (
@monstroso
) and Paul Whitehouse to UEA for the
#FastShow25
! Can you spot Charlie “Switch” Higson and his band The Higsons?
It is with great sadness that we received confirmation today from Norfolk Police that the body recovered from UEA Broad on Tuesday 19 February was that of UEA third-year student Nick Sadler. Our thoughts and condolences are with Nick’s family and friends.
Missing campus? Well four students have re-created it on
#Minecraft
😮
Social distancing hasn’t applied at the virtual
@UnionUEA
LCR nights, birthday parties and the epic game of hide-and-seek they’ve been hosting during lockdown 🕺
Find out more 👉
Our campus has been recognised as one of the best green spaces in the UK for the second year running!
Congratulations to our fantastic
@UEA_Estates
Team who keep our grounds looking so lovely 🌳
Congratulations to all our undergraduate students who have received their final degree result - you did it! 🙌
See you at Graduation Week 2019 👌🎓✨
#UEAGrad2019
In light of the current situation with COVID-19 and recent government advice, we have made the difficult decision to suspend all teaching and public events from March 16 until April 19 as a precautionary measure.
COVID-19 advice, guidance & updated FAQs:
UEA's very own Prof Karen Heywood, Professor of Physical Oceanography, has been recognised for a lifetime of pioneering research & teaching with an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours! 🎉
A huge congratulations to Prof Heywood from everyone here at UEA 🙌
“The Truth will set you free.” 💬
As the
@BBC
prepares to air its landmark dramatisation of Climategate next week, the real people behind the fictionalised characters in
#TheTrick
tell their story.
Hear from our community ➡️
#ClimateOfChange
We were delighted to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to Norfolk today.
Dr Hilary Emmett of
@AmericanStudies
met The Queen at
@RedwingsHS
Anna Sewell House Great Yarmouth to present our
@UEApublishing
edition of Black Beauty.
Coming out of my ribcage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Just to scare you all
It started out with a (vampire) kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
#HappyHalloween
from our resident Mr Frightside!
Congratulations to
@NorwichCityFC
on promotion back to the Premier League! Brilliant achievement from one of our honorary graduates👏
UEA presented
#NCFC
with an honorary degree at Carrow Road in 2004 and the stadium also hosted our graduation ceremonies last year
#dodifferent
Big news! ⚽ 🤝
We're excited to announce our new Partnership with
@NorwichCityFC
💛 💚
Kicking off with a new postgraduate scholarship for a Brazilian student as part of Norwich City’s wider relationship with Brazilian side
@Coritiba
#ThisIsUEA
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Edith Cavell's final journey home with her burial at
@Nrw_Cathedral
. A
#Norfolk
heroine and nurse, Edith helped more than 200 soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during WWI.
We're proud of our
@UEA_Health
building named in Edith's honour!
With the clocks going back, the evenings are drawing in sooner on campus. On the plus side, you can spot incredible sunsets like this an hour earlier!
📷 _leahbundy:
Did you catch UEA’s Prof Ben Garrod and Sir David Attenborough teaming up on BBC One’s 'Attenborough and the
#MammothGraveyard
'? 📺
Tell us what you thought!
Read more about the incredible story ➡️
#ThinkingWithoutBorders
Good luck to Ed Bellamy, Matthew Reid, Matthew Walker and Madeline Forde-Robert who are representing UEA on University Challenge tonight from 8.30pm on
@BBCTwo
!
Our campus is already synonymous with superheroes after the
@SainsburyCentre
was used as the location for the Avenger's HQ in the recent
#Marvel
movies 💪
Now marvel at this: UEA is launching the first-of-its-kind course in
#Comics
Studies! Find out more: