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UEA jumps into world top 60 in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025

UEA has jumped from =81st to =54th in the world in the new QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025, which measures an institution's ability to tackle the world’s greatest environmental, social and governance challenges.

New prescription register could save NHS £300m annually and transform patient care

A UK-first initiative focused on integrating specific prescriptions into routine healthcare records could save the NHS £300m annually.

Court hearings represent a “new era” in tackling climate change

Hearings taking place at the United Nations’ top court represent a “new era” in efforts to tackle climate change, according to an academic at the University of East Anglia.

New climate report finds time running out to save the Fens

New research highlights the threat to one of the UK’s most vital agricultural and ecological regions from climate change floods, droughts and biodiversity collapse.

UEA receives £1.5m Greater Norwich Growth Board funding boost for School of Oral Health

The University of East Anglia (UEA) moved a step closer to the delivery of a School of Oral Health for the region, after the Greater Norwich Growth Board (GNGB) unanimously recommended allocating £1.5m for a new facility.

Oceans emit sulfur and cool the climate more than previously thought

Researchers have quantified for the first time the global emissions of a sulfur gas produced by marine life, revealing it cools the climate more than previously thought, especially over the Southern Ocean.

UEA secures funding for student mental health research

The UEA Centre for Higher Education Research Practice Policy and Scholarship (CHERPPS), and the Access and Participation Team, have secured funding for two new projects aimed at innovation in understanding what works to support student mental wellbeing.

Graduates in the East region earn a third more than non-graduates, new Universities UK survey finds

Graduates from the East of England earn 32% more than non-graduates by the age of 31, according to a new survey published this week.

Five UEA professors named in annual Highly Cited Research list for 2024

Prof David Livermore, Prof Paul Hunter, Prof Sophien Kamoun, Prof Jonathan Jones, Prof Cyril Zipfel made the list, which celebrates some of the most influential researchers in the world today.

UEA part of multi-million-pound investment in environmental sciences and biosciences

UEA and The John Innes Centre have been awarded a share of the £293 million investment by the joint Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Natural Environment Research Council (BBSRC-NERC) in Doctoral Landscape Awards.

New project to benefit net zero targets, soil health, biodiversity and agriculture

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have received a share of £14.5 million in funding to support projects that seek to revolutionise agricultural practices, land use change and soil health in the pursuit of a more sustainable future.

Resilience index needed to keep us within planet’s ‘safe operating space’

Researchers are calling for a ‘resilience index’ to be used as an indicator of policy success instead of the current focus on GDP.

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