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Social Work students at the double with national award recognition

Two UEA students in the School of Social Work, Aravind Satheesh and Tosin Sofowora, have won national awards for their outstanding work in the field.

Gut bacteria protects against diarrhoeal disease

The severity of a diarrhoeal disease could be down to the bacteria in your gut – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Any activity is better for your heart than sitting – even sleeping

Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves heart health, according to new research involving the University of East Anglia.

Lightning identified as the leading cause of wildfires in boreal forests, threatening carbon storage

Lightning is the dominant cause of wildfire ignition in boreal forests – areas of global importance for carbon storage – and will increase in frequency with climate change, according to new research.

Norfolk company making waves with nature inclusive designs to increase maritime biodiversity

A Norfolk company founded by a University of East Anglia (UEA) graduate has developed innovative, low-carbon, artificial reef units that simultaneously increase biodiversity while protecting crucial marine infrastructures.

UEA joins newly-accredited Doctoral Training Partnership for Social Sciences

The University of East Anglia is part of a newly-accredited Doctoral Training Partnership for Social Sciences - a major award meaning UEA is among universities whose students are eligible for government-funded PhD studentships in social sciences.

Legendary legal luminary Lady Hale to visit UEA Law School

The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court, and one of the country’s most high profile and renowned judges of our time will deliver a talk to UEA Law School and Norfolk and Norwich Law Society

Why all languages have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’

Languages around the world have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’ according to new research from an international team, led by the University of East Anglia.

Stunting in infancy linked to differences in cognitive and brain function

Children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability arising from differences in brain function as early as six months of age, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

UEA teams up with Age UK Norwich to tackle dangerous dehydration in older people

Experts from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Age UK Norwich have teamed up to tackle dehydration in later life, producing new resources aimed at older people and professionals.

Former Minister and Norwich North MP takes up Honorary Fellowship at UEA

Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament for Norwich North, Rt Hon Chloe Smith has agreed to take up a three-year Honorary Fellowship at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas

Global coastal adaptations are ‘incremental in scale’, short-sighted and inadequate to address the root causes of vulnerability to climate change, according to an international team of researchers.

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