Eight UEA researchers and another based in Norwich Research Park have been recognised for being the most highly cited in the world. The annual Highly Cited Researchers List, carried out by the Clarivate Web of Science Group for 2021, was recently published and acknowledged those ranking in the top 1% in citations for their respective…
Gaming, Venue
Exploring the highly anticipated update of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
If I’m honest, I haven’t been on Animal Crossing New Horizons for two months. My islanders were not pleased to say the least, especially Agnes. After ruffling my hair back into place and ridding my house of cockroaches, I set off to beg my villagers for forgiveness. The reason for my return to the game…
Gaming
A Conversation with Twitch Streamer HoHoHoney
At Autumn’s beckoning, I took a weekend off and went to London. I met up with my best friend, Honey, who I have known for six years. Together we competed in NUEL’s Women Tournaments on League of Legends in 2021, she was also the first person who got me into gaming. Honey is currently a…
Vera Venue
Fresher pressure: how to cope with shyness at uni
“What advice do you have for someone starting uni with a really shy personality? I’ve always been quiet but now I don’t want that to hold me back when I’m trying to make new friends and become a new person. I just get so worried that people will think the things I say are stupid…
News
Online learning disputes ‘value proposition’ of higher education
Record numbers of students attending university this year will be paying higher fees for public universities. The fee, £9,250 annually, is higher than any other developed country. This excludes prestigious private universities, such as in the US, but has called into question the ‘value proposition’ of online lessons. An international Education report by the OECD…
Features
Leaving home made me love home
The tiny seaside town I grew up in holds the biggest place in my heart. I mean, who doesn’t love the seaside? But, if you’d have asked me at 18, just before I moved to university, how I felt about my hometown, my answer would be incredibly different to what it is now. I chose…
News
Top 50 global ranking for UEA research
The University of East Anglia’s research was ranked in the top 50 of the most cited research material globally, as part of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022 released earlier this month. The metrics are based on the number of times published work is cited by scholars from a varying academic work,…
Books
The Fine Line Between Reading for Pleasure and Reading for Education
I don’t know about you, but I don’t tend to find myself picking up Homer’s The Odyssey as I do some light reading by the pool, sipping on a cocktail. Instead, I enjoy the light-hearted fiction from authors such as Sally Rooney or Sophie Kinsella as I am transported into a land of dreamy romance…
Main Stories, News
36% rise in staff accessing mental health support from the university
According to data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to UEA, the number of staff who accessed mental health support from the university rose by 36% in the 2020/21 academic, bringing the number from 163 people to 222. The FOI request (FOI_21-176) shows that, prior to this 36% increase, the number of staff…
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