Research at the University of East Anglia

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Research at the University of East Anglia
Professor Trevor Davies Pro Vice-Chancellor, Resea
rch and Knowledge Transfer
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Research

• One of Britains premier research universities
• Committed to achieving international standards of
  excellence
• Eleven research units graded internationally
  excellent by achieving a grade of 5, 5 or Double
  5 in the last Government sponsored Research
  Assessment Exercise
• 89 percent of academic staff submitted are
  working in units rated as being internationally
  or nationally excellent

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Research

• We support excellence in research by
• Growing our support for researchers
• Enhancing cross-faculty links
• Developing new organisational structures
• Strengthening the bidding culture
• Establishing research partnerships and alliances,
  regionally, nationally and internationally
• Reinforcing the position of the Norwich Research
  Park as a major centre of research
• Within our four faculties our research aims
  include

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Research

• Science and HealthPrioritise the development of
  the following research themes
• Computational and systems biology
• Biophysical and synthetic chemistry
• Mathematical biology
• Biomedical and clinical sciences
• Health and social sciences
• Education in health
• Food, diet and health
• Preventive medicine
• Earth and life systems science

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Research

• Social Sciences
• Capitalise on our exceptional strength in
• Experimental and behavioural economics
• Competition policy
• International development
• Welfare of children
• Develop our reputation for research on
• equality and diversity at work

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Research

• Arts and Humanities
• Enhance the reputation of our work in
• History, Film and Television Studies,
• Literature and Creative Writing
• Build research capacity in the visual arts
• Deepen our interdisciplinary work in
• Early Modern Period
• Transnational Media and Culture
• Creative and Critical Practice

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Research

• Competition for a secure place amongst the UKs
  leading research-intensive universities is
  fierce.
• Norwich has one of the greatest concentrations of
  most highly cited
• researchers in the UK bettered only by
  London, Cambridge and Oxford.
• The University continues to punch above its
  weight in research, with
• exceptional success rates in bids from BBSRC
  and NERC
• We intend to develop existing areas that are
  internationally agenda-setting