A portable #coronavirus test kit that takes just 50 minutes from sample to result could be available for use on NHS staff within weeks.
Incredible work from UEA and scientists 👏
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#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 cover to feature non-celebrities stars (2018) and midwife, Rachel Millar. The July issue celebrates the millions of people who, at the height of the pandemic, helped to provide essential services 👏
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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: bit.ly/3BVre2L
Fantastic news! #UEA has been ranked 13th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018 - our highest ever ranking! ✨
Technicians at UEA are now producing 500 litres of hand sanitiser a day to support #NHS partners - thanks to the support of local distillery 🙏 #COVID19 ow.ly/P38w50yV7UW
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.
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
Incredible work happening at UEA right now 👏👏👏
Thank you to everyone helping to support local communities during this challenging time! #covid19UK
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Our hand sanitiser production line is about to kick off with support from brilliant technical staff across @uniofeastanglia to help with supplies for @NNUH and @NorfolkCC
Meet the latest addition to the UEA Security Team! ‘Boomer Woof Brown’ is being trialled by as a campus wellbeing dog. Skills include a love for people and being incredibly cuddly 🐕
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#Norwich has been named as one of Europe's most beautiful cities by - the only English city to feature on the list!🙌 ow.ly/elJY50v9Zb1
Fantastic news! UEA has been ranked 15th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 ✨
Morning has broken at UEA 🌤️
📷 Yesterday's beautiful skies captured by Essexsid on Instagram
Congratulations to our Security team who won ‘Security Innovation – Initiative of the Year’ for campus therapy dog Boomer at the recent annual awards!
There was no ceremony but Boomer (and Dave in our Security team) asked if he could wear his tuxedo suit anyway.
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: ow.ly/B6zh50AwtQ9
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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." ow.ly/IVC930lhnVo
Thank you to the wonderful 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
UEA rises two places to 12th position in the Complete University Guide league table, its highest-ever ranking: bddy.me/2phkvdQ
Today sees the UK release of Marvel blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame. Not only is UEA’s the Avengers HQ in the movies but co-director Joe Russo studied here.
He talks about his UEA days in this interview #AvengersEndgame ow.ly/dEOy50rK4Pp
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.
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Congratulations to UEA alumnus Kazuo Ishiguro OBE, who is on the 2018 #QueensBirthdayHonours List! The author will be knighted for services to Literature 📚✨
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: uea.ac.uk/news/-/article
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."
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Our empty student and guest rooms are accommodating NHS staff from and so they can safely continue their work during the pandemic.
Read more ➡️ ow.ly/mR0s50zyl77
Congratulations to #UEA and alumnus Kazuo Ishiguro for being awarded the 2017 #NobelPrize in Literature! ✨
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BREAKING NEWS The 2017 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro
✨ 5,000 graduates
🎓 18 honorary graduates
👏 19 ceremonies
🎉 5 glorious days
Congratulations UEA Class of 2019! #UEAGrad2019
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
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’’.
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UEA has been ranked in the top 25 worldwide in the new 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) ‘Golden Age’ University Rankings 🌍🎉 #THEUniRankings
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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 bit.ly/2BDPDyA
✨ 4,500 graduates
🎓 18 honorary graduates
👏 17 ceremonies
🎉 5 glorious days
Congratulations UEA Class of 2018! #UEAGrad18
Brilliant news! The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, the UK’s most prestigious #HigherEducation award, has been awarded to for 50 years of ground-breaking environmental science! 🏆 #QAP #QueensPrize
“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)
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 frontline workers that have been shared across Norfolk 👏
Read more: ow.ly/F8tV50zfKJ2 #InThisTogether
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Our #Wordle game isn't very strong, but it certainly reminds us of something...
Happy #PancakeDay! We couldn't let today pass without sharing one of our favourite photos in the UEA archives: the 1975 Pancake Race in The Square 🥞
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 ❤️
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
Happy New Years to all our students, staff, alumni and friends! Here's to a wonderful 2019 ✨🎉
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Many congratulations to 's 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 ➡️ow.ly/hlFO50zXvdF.
The memories you make at UEA last a lifetime. We're proud to present ‘Remembering UEA’ by alumnus, poet and performer ✨
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 ow.ly/O8Lr50z373U
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: ow.ly/BNzb50ySOm4
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We're injecting a bit of colour on a grey day! The university is proudly flying the rainbow flag for LGBT+ History month. 🏳️🌈
West Earlham Infant School describe their busy week meeting The Queen! #QEA
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! 👇
Avengers assemble at UEA. That's right, for those who didn't know, our very own is #Avengers HQ!
Fantastic scene recreation by @tomjr1998 📷
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“Because if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we’ll avenge it.”
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: uea.ac.uk/queen-elizabet
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.
Hundreds more people can be tested for #coronavirus every day in #Norfolk thanks to new kit from UEA's Medical School ()
A huge thank you to and for their support 🙏 #ThinkingWithoutBorders #WeAreTogether
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Congratulations to Karen Heywood FRS, Professor of Physical Oceanography in who has been elected as a Fellow of the one of the highest honours in UK science, for her pioneering research into the ocean’s role in climate.
Our campus has been recognised as one of the best green spaces in the UK for the second year running!
Congratulations to our fantastic Team who keep our grounds looking so lovely 🌳 ow.ly/mLr330l5HeK
It’s okay to ask for support.
It’s okay to just want to talk.
It’s okay to not be okay.
A gentle reminder this #WorldMentalHealthDay 2018. #WMHD18
Congratulations to all our undergraduate students who have received their final degree result - you did it! 🙌
See you at Graduation Week 2019 👌🎓✨ #UEAGrad2019
Missing campus? Well four students have re-created it on #Minecraft 😮
Social distancing hasn’t applied at the virtual LCR nights, birthday parties and the epic game of hide-and-seek they’ve been hosting during lockdown 🕺
Find out more 👉 ow.ly/8Okx50zMpCS
Meet Boomer! He’s our very own campus therapy dog and loves making new friends across campus. 🐶🐕
To mark International Dog Day, Boomer gave us a tour around our wonderful campus.
Have you met him yet?
#InternationalDogDay
37 years ago we made this promotional video of UEA 📽️
…and last night we welcomed back Charlie Higson () and Paul Whitehouse to UEA for the #FastShow25! Can you spot Charlie “Switch” Higson and his band The Higsons?
Are you drinking billions of #microplastic particles in your tea? Watch Dr Andrew Mayes on Tues 9pm as he puts the nation’s top teabags to the test on & 's #WarOnPlastic The Fight Goes On #ThinkingWithoutBorders bddy.me/3gLPms5
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UEA is a 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 ➡️bit.ly/3fnbiyR
#ThisIsUEA #GuardianUniversityGuide
Our beautiful campus captured throughout the day 😍
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Yesterday was quite the day @uniofeastanglia - from murky mist to brilliant sunshine followed by a stunning sunset!
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: ow.ly/wcb750yLk8R
We welcome the Government announcement on #ALevelsResults allowing students to receive teacher-assessed grades. bit.ly/3kTZ52Q
#EidMubarak! UEA students, staff and the wider community of #Norwich celebrated Eid-al-Fitr at the Eid Morning Prayer on campus today, hosted with and UEA's Islamic Society.
The early days of UEA accommodation! Decades may have passed, but our student halls are still a home away from home 🏘️❤️
This is not a drill: Ice the Akita (our big name on campus) is on social media answering all your dogree enquiries! ❄️🐩 #ALevelResultsDay
Exams are officially over! Well done to all our students for their hard work over the last four weeks - enjoy the sunshine! ☀️
“The Truth will set you free.” 💬
As the 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 ➡️ bddy.me/3ls41OC
#ClimateOfChange
Researchers at UEA have launched a project to 3D print ventilator parts, masks and other critical equipment to battle the #Covid19 virus.
The project is being led @dr_aramsaeed and supported by : ow.ly/cBXA50yTgBj #ThinkingWithoutBorders #Coronavirus
The Ziggurats at sunrise 🌅
📷: Beautiful view captured by Rebekahwandering on Instagram
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 🙌 uea.ac.uk/news/-/article
Congratulations to 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
Who saw the #redsun over campus today? The ziggurats looked spectacular against the sepia sky!
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Coming out of my ribcage
And I've been doing just fine
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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!
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Edith Cavell's final journey home with her burial at . A #Norfolk heroine and nurse, Edith helped more than 200 soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during WWI.
We're proud of our building named in Edith's honour!
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It's been four years since I graduated, but I still get so happy seeing @SainsburyCentre / @uniofeastanglia in Avengers movies. <3
Happy #PancakeDay! 🥞 Here’s a #throwback to the Pancake Race in The Square at #UEA back in 1975!
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#ThrowbackThursday to the acoustic set in the Blue Bar - five years ago today. It was followed by an LCR gig broadcast on .
Good luck to UEA graduate ahead of his very first Breakfast show tomorrow at 6.30am! 🍳🌤 📻
Our campus is already synonymous with superheroes after the 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: ow.ly/yJst50AnOcZ
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: ow.ly/yuWz30mpTtA
We are delighted to announce the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are to return to UEA to visit the : bddy.me/2jg3DBf 👑
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 !
Day Three of Graduation Week. No time for standing still but good to see Gormley sculpture gowned up and ready! 🎓 #UEAgrad17
