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UEA’s Refugee Week returns with two art exhibitions that explore the experience of forced displacement

UEA Refugee Week returns 1-8 March with an engaging programme of events. The centrepieces of the week are two collaborative art exhibitions that explore sanctuary seeker’s experiences of forced displacement and the desire to find links with home.

Artificial intelligence reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease

Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists at the University of East Anglia reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.

How climate change risks increase at a national scale as the level of global warming increases

A major research programme led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has quantified how climate change risks to human and natural systems increase at a national scale as the level of global warming increases.

Researchers awarded £2.5 million to develop digital stop smoking support for pregnant people

A UEA team in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Addiction Research Group have been awarded a six-year NIHR Programme Grant of £2.5 million to develop and evaluate a digital conversion of specialist stop smoking support for pregnant people.

New Pro-Vice-Chancellor International joins University of East Anglia

Professor Steven McGuire will join UEA from the University of Sussex, where he has been Dean of University of Sussex Business School since 2015 and a member of the University Executive Team.

New £1.1 million grant to improve well-being of teens in care

Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching "LIMITLESS II", a £1.1 million project aiming to improve the well-being support available to teens living in care funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

£3 million awarded to project for health services’ continuity after extreme weather

A research project co-led by Prof Paul Hunter, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, has been awarded more than £3 million to carry out research into improving business continuity for health services following extreme weather events.

£24 million for biotechnology research to address clean growth and environmental challenges

Six new £12 million research Hubs are being formed to utilise the latest advances in engineering biology to tackle major global challenges to our planet. UEA researchers are involved in two of the Hubs which are part of a new £100 million investment.

UEA urges Government to start new dental school in the East

The University of East Anglia has welcomed the Government’s Dental Recovery Plan which affirms a new commitment to provide additional NHS dental services.

3D printing research at UEA could help redefine breast reconstruction surgeries for cancer patients

The potential to create surgical aids and biodegradable breast implants using 3D printing technology for breast reconstruction and breast-conserving surgeries is currently being researched at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

UEA reaches milestone of 100 apprentices in time for National Apprenticeship Week

The University of East Anglia (UEA) has reached the significant milestone of seeing the 100th person start an apprenticeship across a broad spectrum of professions and specialisms, in time for National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 5 – 11 February

Sustainable carbon removals limits identified, huge climate mitigation challenge revealed

Governments and businesses are relying on dangerous amounts of future removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, instead of more rapidly reducing emissions and phasing out fossil fuels.

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