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Jonathan’s PIPS experience with Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse | Doctoral Training Partnership Jonathan Ashworth, a third-year student based at the Earlham Institute in Dr Jose De Vega’s group completed his PIPS with Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, a museum of rural life and former workhouse in...

Read about Jonathan Ashworth's #pips experience with Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse developing a new Biodiversity Action Plan and producing a map of site habitats 🔽
#PhD #amazingplacements @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #BBSRC @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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What a stunning photo, John! 😍

Inspired by a pivotal character from Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', we spoke to Dr Sophie Butler from our school of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing about who Ophelia is and what she symbolises.

#TheFateOfOphelia #UKUniversity

Taylor Swift may have been saved from 'The Fate of Ophelia' on her new album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'; but who is Ophelia and what is her story? 🥀

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As it's Friday, I thought a bit of brutalist architecture might go down well...
Here is my image of the Library walkway at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, on an afternoon in the 1970s...
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Prof Rao, of UEA’s School of Global Development, said: “Working with other scientists on the justice dimensions of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission, on proposing a set of social foundations that enable basic human rights has been a truly rewarding experience."

The analysis was carried out by leading international experts in nutrition, climate, economics, health, social sciences and agriculture, including Professor Nitya Rao from the University of East Anglia.

The findings of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems represent the most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date.

A selection of different fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts - with some bread and pasta around the outside

A major report published today finds that shifting global diets could prevent approximately 15 million premature deaths per year.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/46yjcgT

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#EatLancet #FoodSystems #PlanetaryHealthDiet #Research

The analysis was carried out by leading international experts in nutrition, climate, economics, health, social sciences and agriculture, including Professor Nitya Rao from the University of East Anglia.

The findings of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems represent the most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date.

Advait’s placement with fast-paced start-up Bactobio | Doctoral Training Partnership Advait Aithal, a third year PhD UEA Chemistry student completed his PIPS with Bactobio Ltd, a biotechnology company that uses synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to…

Advait Aithal, a @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social based student, completed his #PIPS with London based biotech start-up Bactobio working on high-throughput elicitor-based culture of Bactobio's stock collection to detect novel antimicrobials ⬇️

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Co-author Dr John Kenny, from the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social and @ueaenv.bsky.social at UEA, said: “Our study has important implications for communicating about the climate crisis, not just through IPCC progress reports, but the many other reports policymakers are expected to digest and act upon."

Researchers at the University of East Anglia surveyed a representative sample of the previous House of Commons and the public in Britain and three other countries on their knowledge of a well-publicised statement from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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A new UEA study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming. 

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#UKParliament #MPs #ClimateChange
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Co-author Dr John Kenny, from the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social and @ueaenv.bsky.social at UEA, said: “Our study has important implications for communicating about the climate crisis, not just through IPCC progress reports, but the many other reports policymakers are expected to digest and act upon."

Researchers at the University of East Anglia surveyed a representative sample of the previous House of Commons and the public in Britain and three other countries on their knowledge of a well-publicised statement from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

New technique to speed up the design of drugs targeting proteins in the cell membrane - Quadram Institute An team has developed a new technique that will speed up the design of drugs targeting ion channels, a type of cell membrane protein

“This study is particularly important to me as it took place during my post doc years at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and it has been a source of inspiration for my current research line, as a newly appointed Early Career Fellow at the Quadram Institute."

💬 Dr Serena Monaco

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G'mar Chatima Tova 🙏

Wishing all staff, students and alumni a peaceful and reflective Yom Kippur

#ThisIsUEA #YomKippur

Prof Jowitt said: “Like afternoon tea, or bracing autumn walks in soft drizzle, there is something distinctively British about the fixed-pattern broadcast currently on Radio 4 twice every day, and three times at weekends."

The dedicated ‘Weather Shipping’ forecast was first broadcast by the BBC in October 1925.

It is now one of the longest-running radio programmes in the world.📻

Ocean being split by waves of a passing ship off-camera

The Shipping Forecast has inspired art, poetry and music, saved lives, and soothed the nation to sleep – according to our maritime historians Prof @clairejowitt.bsky.social and Dr @benjaminredding.bsky.social.

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#ShippingForecast #History #Radio

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As part of a special programme on ITV Anglia schoolchildren asked Asher Minns from the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social at UEA about climate change, from causes to solutions.

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#ClimateChange #ClimateScience

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“Further investment would generate a significant return, and I am proud that our students have helped make clear for all to see the social and economic impact of their work.”

Professor Matthew Aldrich, from UEA’s School of Economics, said:

“The results of the evaluation are clear; Age UK Norwich generates significant value through their work directly for the individuals they support, and for our communities and wider society.

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A study by our researchers has revealed that charities across Norwich offer significant economic returns to both the city and county.

Reviewing four areas of Age UK Norwich’s work, researchers found returns of £18 for every £1 invested.

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#Charity #Study #AgeUK

What Would You Put in a US Time Capsule? Podcast Episode · America: A History · 23/09/2025 · 1h

What would you put in a time capsule to represent the USA in the 21st century?

In the latest episode of America: A History podcast, our experts Dr Emma Long, Dr Nicholas Grant and Prof Rebecca Fraser explore this fascinating question.

Listen here 👉 bit.ly/42aP3Se

#USA #History #Podcast

Illustration featuring a Shofar atop an open book, surrounded by honey, apples, pomegranates, and olive branches, symbolizing traditional elements of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. The color scheme is orange and white against a black background.

Shana Tovah U'metukah 🍯🍎

Wishing all our staff, students and graduates celebrating Rosh Hashanah a happy new year.

#RoshHashanah #ThisIsUEA

Prof Niall Broomfield, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said: “These sorts of emotional changes can cause significant distress and social withdrawal and may make getting out or returning to work feel daunting. We want to see if taking the medicine Sertraline can help."

This condition is known as post-stroke emotionalism, and it affects around one in five stroke survivors.