119-572: Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk , England . It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich , on Earlham Road , on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family . The Gurneys were known as bankers and social activists; prison reformer Elizabeth Fry grew up at Earlham Hall. When the University of East Anglia was founded in 1963,
238-460: A Quidditch team. The UEA Media Collective encompasses the free student newspaper Concrete , UEA:TV (previously named Nexus UTV ), and the student radio station Livewire 1350AM . Norwich Medical School also has various active medical societies, including the UEA MedSoc which offers several education and social events. The UEA Student Union hosted events like Pimp My Barrow , which
357-473: A teaching hospital ( Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital ) on site. The university is a member of Norwich Research Park , which has one of Europe's largest concentrations of researchers in the fields of agriculture , genomics , health and the environment . UEA is also one of the nation's most-cited research institutions worldwide. The postgraduate Master of Arts in creative writing , founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970,
476-708: A co-inventor of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine , one President of the Royal Society , three Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences , six National Teaching Fellows , eight Fellows of the British Academy and a number of Fellows of the Royal Society . Alumni also include CEOs , one current monarch and former prime minister , two de facto heads of state, one vice president , one deputy prime minister , two former Leaders of
595-629: A collaboration with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the research centres at Norwich Research Park. In 2003, the School of Pharmacy opened along with the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER). In November 2009, computer servers at the university's Climatic Research Unit were hacked and the stolen information made public . As a result, over 1,000 emails and 2,000 documents were released. Because
714-474: A distinct trans-disciplinary perspective, the options to mitigate, and the necessities to adapt to current climate change and continuing global warming , and to integrate these into the global, UK and local contexts of sustainable development ". In 2001, the Sportspark, a multi-sports facility housing an Olympic-sized pool, floodlit astro-pitches and the tallest climbing wall in Norfolk was built due to
833-428: A fortunate few; it was the centre of its own world, providing employment to hundreds of people in the vicinity of its estate . In previous eras, when state benefits were unheard of, those working on an estate were among the most fortunate, receiving secured employment and rent-free accommodation. At the summit of this category of people was the indoor staff of the country house. Unlike many of their contemporaries prior to
952-1312: A long-term partnership with the Norwich Science Festival which is an annual event that takes place each February at the Forum in Norwich where organisations from Norwich Research Park hold workshops and exhibit science activities for the public. The university hosted its inaugural literary festival in 1991 and has welcomed notable speakers including Madeleine Albright , Martin Amis , Martin Bell , Alan Bennett , Cherie Blair , Melvyn Bragg , Eleanor Catton , Richard Dawkins , Alain de Botton , Sebastian Faulks , Niall Ferguson , Stephen Fry , Frank Gardner , Richard E. Grant , Germaine Greer , Seamus Heaney , Clive James , P. D. James , Doris Lessing , Mario Vargas Llosa , Hilary Mantel , Iris Murdoch , Rageh Omaar , Michael Palin , Jeremy Paxman , Harold Pinter , Stephen Poliakoff , Terry Pratchett , Salman Rushdie , Simon Schama , Will Self , John Simpson , Zadie Smith , Paul Theroux , Peter Ustinov , Shirley Williams and Robert Winston . Sciences alumni include
1071-529: A mixture of high architecture , often as interpreted by a local architect or surveyor, and determined by practicality as much as by the whims of architectural taste. An example of this is Brympton d'Evercy in Somerset, a house of many periods that is unified architecturally by the continuing use of the same mellow, local Ham Hill stone . The fashionable William Kent redesigned Rousham House only to have it quickly and drastically altered to provide space for
1190-746: A new lectureship in the field awarded from the British Film Institute. It is also the home of the East Anglian Film Archive which collects and preserves film and videotape primarily from the Eastern counties. In 2005, UEA in partnership with the University of Essex , Suffolk County Council , the East of England Development Agency , Ipswich Borough Council and the Learning and Skills Council , secured £15m funding from
1309-540: A number of other services within Union House which underwent a refurbishment in 2015 after a £6m investment. UEA offers many free public events, both on-and-off campus, alongside public access to the Sainsbury Centre, Sportspark and open campus spaces. The university's lecture theatres regularly host film screenings, discussions, lectures and presentations for the public to attend. The university also has
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#17327831043521428-577: A previous vote of no-confidence by the UCU branch of East Anglia, and a "scathing" letter written to the UEA Council by the professoriate demanding change, led to the immediate resignation of vice-chancellor David Richardson on 17 February 2023, who had been in the role for ten years. Questions were asked about the university's sudden crisis in Parliament, with the local MP Clive Lewis talking of
1547-459: A result of any changes" to accommodation. In April 2024, Dame Jenny Abramsky (previously the BBC's most senior female employee; Director of Audio and Music) was appointed as the university's chancellor. She succeeded Dame Karen Jones , who had been in the role since 2016. In August 2024, it was announced that contractor Mace was going to carry out a four-phase strip-back-to-frame refurbishment of
1666-758: A school while the council built new accommodation in West Earlham. In October 1963, Earlham Hall and its gardens became the home of the newly opened University of East Anglia . The Vice-Chancellor and administration were based in Earlham Hall. It later housed the Norwich Law School. Following major refurbishment and restoration (at a cost of around £8 million), the Law School returned to Earlham Hall in March 2014 after four years being located in
1785-400: A smiling meadow, grass of the richest decks the side of the slope; mighty trees also adorn it, giant elms, the nearest of which, when the sun is nigh its meridian, fling a broad shadow upon the face of the ancient brick of an old English Hall. It has a stately look, that old building, indistinctly seen, as it is, among the umbrageous trees. Percy Lubbock (1879-1965), art critic and biographer,
1904-669: A £14.5m grant from the Sport England Lottery Fund and was formally opened by Princess Anne . That same year, UEA alumnus Sir Paul Nurse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine which he shared jointly with Timothy Hunt and Leland Hartwell "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle". In 2002, the Norwich Medical School opened as part of the School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice with over 110 students enrolled as
2023-480: Is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house . This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who dominated rural Britain until
2142-466: Is affiliated to the National Union of Students , and also campaigns on a wide range of issues, as directed by the democratic processes. The UEA Student Union has over 200 clubs and societies; sports teams include men's and women's football clubs , a British Universities American Football League (BUAFC) Premier South Division American Football Team, The UEA Pirates, a cheerleading society and
2261-510: Is called a castle, but not all buildings with the name "castle" are fortified (for example Highclere Castle in Hampshire ). The term stately home is subject to debate, and avoided by historians and other academics. As a description of a country house, the term was first used in a poem by Felicia Hemans , "The Homes of England", originally published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1827. In
2380-462: Is competitive and has produced several distinguished authors. The annual income for 2022/23 was £315m (£34.2m from research grants and contracts) with a £312.2m expenditure and a £559m gross contribution to the regional economy. UEA's alumni , faculty and researchers, include three Nobel Prize winners, co-discoverers of the Hepatitis C and D genomes, as well as the small interfering RNA ,
2499-502: Is involved in several Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), including AgriFoRwArdS (collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of Lincoln which focuses on robotics within the agricultural sector), SENSS (partnership promoting social science research training with City, University of London , Cranfield University , University of Essex , Goldsmiths, University of London , University of Lincoln , Middlesex University and
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#17327831043522618-543: Is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. In 2011, the university won its second Queen's Anniversary Prize for its distinguished creative writing programme. This bolstered the region's reputation as a literary hub and helped Norwich to achieve its status as England's first UNESCO City of Literature in 2012. In 2009, UEA's School of International Development had previously been awarded in recognition of sustained responses to environmental change and world poverty. In 2013,
2737-473: Is politics; they talk politics; and they make politics, quite spontaneously. There are no written terms for distinguishing between vast country palaces and comparatively small country houses; the descriptive terms, which can include castle , manor and court , provide no firm clue and are often only used because of a historical connection with the site of such a building. Therefore, for ease or explanation, Britain's country houses can be categorised according to
2856-648: Is situated nearby an area within the southwestern suburbs known as the Golden Triangle which has been dubbed the Norwich version of London's Notting Hill . Experimental novelist Alan Burns was the university's first writer-in-residence . The university library is home to the British Archive for Contemporary Writing, which is an archive of material from a range of classical and contemporary writers, including Doris Lessing , Lee Child and Naomi Alderman . Between September 2022 and November 2023,
2975-639: Is the ITV series Downton Abbey . University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia ( UEA ) is a public research university in Norwich , England. Established in 1963 on a 360-acre (150-hectare) campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of study. It is one of five BBSRC funded research campuses with forty businesses, four independent research institutes ( John Innes Centre , Quadram Institute , Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory ) and
3094-1123: The African Development Bank ), Uganda ( Syda Bbumba ), Thailand ( Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech ) and Venezuela ( Pedro Rosas Bravo ); Foreign Ministers of Iceland ( Össur Skarphéðinsson ) and The Gambia ( Ousman Jammeh ); Defence Minister of The Maldives Adam Shareef ; current Mongolian Culture Minister Nomin Chinbat and Democratic Republic of the Congo Budget Minister Aimé Boji ; and former Cabinet Ministers of Cyprus ( Marios Demetriades ), Peru ( Gino Costa ), South Sudan ( Agnes Kwaje Lasuba ), Kenya ( Hassan Wario ), Egypt ( Gamal El-Araby ), Tanzania ( Juma Ngasongwa ), Rwanda ( Daphrose Gahakwa ), Ethiopia ( Sinknesh Ejigu and Junedin Sado ), Seychelles ( Rolph Payet and Peter Sinon ), Turkey ( Cüneyd Düzyol ), Brunei ( Suyoi Osman and Adanan Yusof ) and Yemen ( Yahya Al-Mutawakel ). Alumni in national politics include
3213-825: The Caine Prize winners Binyavanga Wainaina (MPhil, 2010), Helon Habila (PhD, 2008) and Henrietta Rose-Innes (PhD). Other alumni include Tracy Chevalier (Creative Writing, 1994), John Boyne (Creative Writing, 1996), Neel Mukherjee (Creative Writing, 2001), Mick Jackson (Creative Writing, 1992), Trezza Azzopardi (Creative Writing, 1998), Paul Murray (Creative Writing, 2001), James Scudamore (Creative Writing, 2006), Mohammed Hanif (Creative Writing, 2005), Richard House (PhD, 2008), Sebastian Barker (English Literature, 1970), Clive Sinclair (BA, 1969; PhD, 1983), Kathryn Hughes (Creative Writing, 1986), Peter J. Conradi and Craig Warner (Creative Writing, 2014). Alumni in international politics and government include
3332-752: The Higher Education Funding Council for England for the creation of a new campus in the Waterfront area of Ipswich , called University Campus Suffolk (UCS). It opened in September 2007; in May 2016, it became independent of UEA and was renamed the University of Suffolk . In 2008, INTO University Partnerships opened a £35m six-storey building named INTO University of East Anglia (INTO UEA) with 415 en-suite study-bedrooms and classroom space for 600 students. The institution focuses on
3451-576: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) showed that UEA has one of the highest proportions of First Class and Upper Second Class degrees achieved by students with more than Oxford and Cambridge . Only three universities in the United Kingdom have been awarded a higher proportion of First Class degrees than UEA between the academic years 2014/15 and 2017/18. There is a concern about grade inflation with
3570-570: The Norfolk Broads and increased the number of rooms available to new students. That same year, vice-chancellor David Richardson unveiled a "2030 vision" which included a £300m investment in campus – refurbishing existing buildings as well as creating new teaching and learning spaces in order to help UEA become a major global university. In 2019, Norwich Business School received an Athena SWAN Bronze award which recognises good practices in higher education and research institutions towards
3689-639: The RAF Horsham St Faith to the south of Norwich International Airport housed approximately half of the university's first-year students. Other features include the UEA Broad and the Square (a central outdoor meeting place). There are also three statues by sculptor Sir Antony Gormley which were placed on campus in 2017. The work drew controversy due to the fact that the figures resembled people balancing on high ledges. Accommodation blocks on
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3808-508: The Reform Act 1832 . Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses . With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of the 1870s , the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However,
3927-694: The River Yare . It is one of the few Broads produced by gravel extraction rather than peat digging. In 1978, the gift of tribal art and 20th-century paintings and sculptures by artists such as Francis Bacon and Henry Moore from Sir Robert Sainsbury resulted in the construction of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts , one of the first major public buildings to be designed by the architects Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman . The building became Grade II* listed in December 2012. In 1984,
4046-522: The University of Hong Kong . UEA had the joint twenty-fifth highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2015, with new students averaging 407 UCAS points, equivalent to ABBbc in A-Level grades. In 2014, the ratio of applications to acceptances was 5.9 to 1. According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 10.5% of East Anglia's undergraduates come from independent schools. Data from
4165-478: The University of Roehampton ), ARIES (partnership offering environmental science research with University of Essex , University of Kent , University of Plymouth and Royal Holloway University ), as well as CHASE (collaboration providing humanities training with Birkbeck, University of London , Goldsmiths, University of London , The Courtauld Institute of Art , The Open University , SOAS, University of London , University of Essex , University of Kent and
4284-947: The University of Sussex ). Internationally, UEA has multiple international partner institutions where there are formal agreements for student exchange, research collaborations, staff and faculty mobility and study abroad schemes (semester or year) including: University of California ( Berkeley , Davis , Irvine , Los Angeles , Merced , Riverside , San Diego , San Francisco , Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz ), Georgetown University , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , University of Arizona , Temple University , University of Colorado Boulder , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , University of Notre Dame , Middlebury College , Bennington College , University of British Columbia , University of Calgary , Australian National University , Monash University , University of Melbourne , University of Sydney , Nanyang Technological University , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and
4403-478: The " Ziggurats " and were designed by Lasdun to recall "vineyards in France or a rocky outcrop on a slope". In 1968, Lasdun was replaced as the university's consultant architect by Sir Bernard Feilden , who completed both the wall and the library. He also created an arena-shaped square as a new social space. They would later receive Grade II* listed status. In 1963, the University of East Anglia Boat Club (UEABC)
4522-512: The 1850s, with the English economy booming, new mansions were built in one of the many revivalist architectural styles popular throughout the 19th century. The builders of these new houses were able to take advantage of the political unrest in Europe that gave rise to a large trade in architectural salvage. This new wave of country house building is exemplified by the Rothschild properties in
4641-419: The 18th century with houses such as Castle Howard , Kedleston Hall and Holkham Hall . Such building reached its zenith from the late 17th century until the mid-18th century; these houses were often completely built or rebuilt in their entirety by one eminent architect in the most fashionable architectural style of the day and often have a suite of Baroque state apartments, typically in enfilade , reserved for
4760-1108: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate and former President of the Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse (PhD, 1973); the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winning co-discoverer of the Hepatitis C and D genomes Sir Michael Houghton (Biological Sciences, 1972); vaccinologist Dame Sarah Gilbert (Biological Sciences, 1983) who designed the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ; Darwin Medal , Darwin–Wallace Medal and Erwin Schrödinger Prize winning evolutionary biologist Nick Barton (PhD, 1979); Potamkin Prize winning pathologist Karen Duff (Biological Sciences, 1987); climate scientists Tim Lenton , Chris Turney , Neil Adger , Benjamin D. Santer , Timothy Osborn , Keith Briffa , Sarah Raper , and Peter Thorne ; and
4879-488: The 20th century, the term was later popularised in a song by Noël Coward , and in modern usage it often implies a country house that is open to visitors at least some of the time. In England, the terms "country house" and "stately home" are sometimes used vaguely and interchangeably; however, many country houses such as Ascott in Buckinghamshire were deliberately designed not to be stately, and to harmonise with
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4998-474: The 20th century, they slept in proper beds, wore well-made adequate clothes and received three proper meals a day, plus a small wage. In an era when many still died from malnutrition or lack of medicine, the long working hours were a small price to pay. As a result of the aristocratic habit of only marrying within the aristocracy, and whenever possible to a sole heiress, many owners of country houses owned several country mansions, and would visit each according to
5117-604: The Blackdale building. In May 2015, the grounds of Earlham Hall were used as a backstage area for artists performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend at Earlham Park . The University of East Anglia communications team used part of the Hall, and Taylor Swift , among others, used another part as a dressing room before performing. 52°37′32″N 1°14′12″E / 52.6255°N 1.2366°E / 52.6255; 1.2366 English country house An English country house
5236-573: The CRU was a major repository for data regarding man-made global warming , the release, which occurred directly prior to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference , attracted international attention and led to calls for an inquiry, with the controversy gaining the nickname "climategate". As a result, eight investigations were launched in both the United Kingdom and the United States, but none found evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct, and
5355-735: The Derby Day trophy from 2013 to 2018. The UEA Student Union organises gigs and club nights at the Lower Common Room in Union House. The union also runs the Waterfront venue, off campus in Norwich's King Street, which was awarded a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award in 2018 for engagement with alumni. Acts that have performed at these venues include Captain Beefheart , The Cure , Coldplay , Pere Ubu , U2 , Haim , The Smiths , Sparks , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Radiohead and Iron Maiden . The union operates
5474-1164: The Fellows of the Royal Society James Barber , Keith Beven , Mervyn Bibb , Lucy Carpenter , Ken Carslaw , Richard Flavell , Don Grierson , Louise Heathwaite , Brian Hemmings , Giles Oldroyd , Terence Rabbitts , William Sutherland , and Nick Talbot . Literary alumni include the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Creative Writing, 1980), renowned German writer W. G. Sebald (PhD, 1973), Booker Prize winners Ian McEwan (Creative Writing, 1971), and Anne Enright (Creative Writing, 1988); Costa Book Award winners Dame Rose Tremain (Creative Writing, 1967), Andrew Miller (Creative Writing, 1991), David Almond (English Literature, 1993), Tash Aw (Creative Writing, 2003), Emma Healey (Creative Writing, 2011), Susan Fletcher (Creative Writing, 2002), Adam Foulds (Creative Writing, 2001), Avril Joy (History of Art, 1972) and Christie Watson (Creative Writing, 2009); and
5593-606: The House of Lords , along with winners of the Lasker Award , Booker Prize , Caine Prize and Costa Book Award . Attempts to establish a university in Norwich were made in 1919 and 1947, but due to a lack of government funding on both occasions the plans had to be postponed. The University of East Anglia was eventually set up in April 1960 for biological sciences and English studies students. Initially, teaching took place in
5712-602: The Lasdun Wall buildings due to potential architectural risks and failings. The £88m project includes both new research and teaching space in an extended Building 3, while existing facilities will continue to operate within Buildings 4, 5 and 6. It will also provide an 86% betterment in thermal performance, aligning it with UEA's net zero emission targets. Features of the UEA campus include Earlham Hall, which now accommodates
5831-764: The Queen's Building, which hosts classes within the School of Health Sciences. In 1995, the Elizabeth Fry Building was opened, providing new facilities for almost 800 students. In 2000, UEA's reputation within the field of environmental research led to the government choosing the university as the site for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. The centre, named after the 19th-century scientist John Tyndall , brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists from eight partner institutions to "research, assess and communicate from
5950-832: The Sainsbury Centre at UEA was used for filming several scenes in Avengers: Age of Ultron , Ant-Man , Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming . In 2015, "Britain's Greenest Building" (The Enterprise Centre) opened on campus using low-carbon local materials; it was featured in an exhibition at COP26 as one of the most exemplary sustainable building projects in the world. Also, Earlham Park played host between 23 and 24 May to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 where acts such as Fall Out Boy , Muse , Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift performed. In late-September 2016, two new accommodation blocks opened; Barton House and Hickling House were named after two of
6069-576: The School of Environmental Sciences, has been an early centre of work for climate change research. The school was also stated to be "the strongest in the world" by the chief scientific adviser to the British government , Sir David King , during a lecture at the John Innes Centre in 2005. The university was one of the first in the United Kingdom to establish Film Studies as a serious academic discipline, with developmental funding to support
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#17327831043526188-483: The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing and jointly helped to establish their creative writing course at masters level in 1970, which was then a groundbreaking initiative in the United Kingdom. In 1972, the Centre for Climatic Research opened in the School of Environmental Sciences; the founder and first director was climatologist Hubert Lamb . That same year, UEA's consultant architect Bernard Feilden helped
6307-413: The Top 20 by The Times , The Sunday Times , The Guardian and The Complete University Guide . In April 2013, the university was ranked first for student experience according to the Times Higher Education Magazine . It currently ranks third for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey when ranking mainstream English universities. UEA is the only institution to have ranked within
6426-444: The Top 5 since the survey began. In 2022, UEA was ranked first for "UK University Job Prospects" by students in the Student Crowd Survey. In 2017, the university was rated "gold" by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for quality of teaching. In the 2023 TEF assessment, UEA's award was revised to "silver". The university offers over 300 courses in its four faculties, which contain twenty-six schools of study: All students at
6545-425: The UEA Law School first moved to Earlham Hall which dates back to 1580 and was the seat of the Gurney family . Social reformer Elizabeth Fry grew up there and Prince William Frederick was once a regular guest. In 1984, the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) moved to a new cylindrical building designed by Rick Mather . In 2006, this was named the Hubert Lamb Building in honour of the first director. In 1988, for
6664-449: The UEA Law School; the Sainsbury Centre at the western end of the main wall, designed by Norman Foster to house the art collection of Sir Robert Sainsbury , whose daughter attended UEA; the Sportspark, a multi-sports facility; and the Enterprise Centre, a supportive hub for start-up companies. The campus also includes Norwich Research Park and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Until 1994, former RAF accommodation blocks at
6783-402: The Union Pub and Bar, a 24-hour library, a concert venue (Lower Common Room), a canteen (Campus Kitchen), a café (The Blend), a bar (Unio), a graduate bar (The Scholar's Bar) and The Street with a 24-hour launderette, the Union Shop and a coffee shop (Ziggy's). Other establishments include Café 57 and the Bio Cafe. There is also the Medical Centre and Dental Practice located on the eastern side of
6902-435: The academics were subsequently fully exonerated. In 2011, an analysis of temperature data by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group concluded that the CRU's "studies were done carefully and that potential biases identified by climate change sceptics did not seriously affect their conclusions". In 2010, the Thomas Paine Study Centre was opened by playwright Trevor Griffiths . It became Norwich Business School which
7021-423: The advancement of gender equality . During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, the university gave empty student accommodation to NHS staff, allowing them to isolate from at-risk family members and to avoid commuting. In June 2021, plans for a BBC film documenting the 2009 CRU email controversy were announced, featuring Jason Watkins playing the role of climatologist Phil Jones. The film ( The Trick )
7140-467: The best-known examples of the showy prodigy house , often built with the intention of attracting the monarch to visit. By the reign of Charles I , Inigo Jones and his form of Palladianism had changed the face of English domestic architecture completely, with the use of turrets and towers as an architectural reference to the earlier castles and fortified houses completely disappearing. The Palladian style, in various forms, interrupted briefly by baroque ,
7259-407: The building became its administrative centre, and it now serves as the law school. Earlham Hall was built in 1642 by Robert Houghton. By the eighteenth century it was occupied by Nockold Tompson , a brewer who was Mayor of Norwich in 1759–60. When he farmed at Earlham Hall his crop-yield experiments were praised by Arthur Young in his Farmer's Calendar of 1771. Also in the eighteenth century it
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#17327831043527378-566: The campus include Constable Terrace, Nelson Court, with Britten, Paston, Colman, Victory, Kett and Browne Houses, in addition to the University Village. The residences are named after Horatio Nelson , John Constable , Benjamin Britten , Jeremiah Colman , Nelson's ship HMS Victory , Robert Kett , Sir Thomas Browne and the Paston family (authors of the Paston Letters ). UEA's newest residences (Crome, Hickling and Barton Houses) offer en suite accommodation with shared kitchens and communal lounge areas. Facilities located on campus include
7497-597: The campus. The campus is linked to Norwich city centre and railway station by frequent buses, operated by First Eastern Counties , via Unthank Road or Earlham Road. Other transport links include First Buses to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and to Bowthorpe , as well as Konectbus services to Watton , Dereham and also Costessey via park and ride . National Express provides coach services to London and Megabus also operates both low cost intercity and long-distance travel to cities including Cambridge , Birmingham , Bristol and Cardiff . The university
7616-419: The case of farmhouses". The Gurneys were influential and wealthy Quakers who established the bank bearing their name in 1770. (The family became sufficiently well known to be mentioned in Gilbert and Sullivan 's 1875 comic opera Trial by Jury : a character describes his accumulation of wealth until "at length I became as rich as the Gurneys". Gurney's Bank merged into Barclays in 1896.) Earlham Hall
7735-472: The circumstances of their creation. The great houses are the largest of the country houses; in truth palaces, built by the country's most powerful – these were designed to display their owners' power or ambitions to power. Really large unfortified or barely fortified houses began to take over from the traditional castles of the crown and magnates during the Tudor period, with vast houses such as Hampton Court Palace and Burghley House , and continued until
7854-412: The country saw the building of the first of the unfortified great houses. Henry VIII 's Dissolution of the Monasteries saw many former ecclesiastical properties granted to the King's favourites, who then converted them into private country houses. Woburn Abbey , Forde Abbey and many other mansions with abbey or priory in their name became private houses during this period. Other terms used in
7973-654: The current King of Tonga Tupou VI (Development Studies, 1980) who also served as Prime Minister from 2000 to 2006 and Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2004; Governor General of Grenada Sir Carlyle Glean (Education, 1982); Governor of Gibraltar Sir Robert Fulton (Social Sciences, 1970) who was formerly Commandant General Royal Marines ; Kiribati Vice President Teima Onorio (Education, 1990); Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Murat Karayalçın (Development Economics, 1977) who also served as Foreign Minister; Finance Ministers of Australia ( Mathias Cormann ), South Africa ( Tito Mboweni ), Rwanda ( Donald Kaberuka , later President of
8092-435: The current MPs Rachael Maskell (Physiotherapy, 1994), Brian Mathew (Development Studies, 1983), Manuela Perteghella , Adrian Ramsay , Connor Rand (History, 2014), Sam Rushworth , and Karin Smyth (Politics, 1988); former Leaders of the House of Lords Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (Applied Research in Education, 1978) and Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde (Modern Languages and European Studies, 1982); and
8211-445: The degrees awarded by English universities , with the University of East Anglia awarding 35.7% First Class degrees, 52.1% Upper Seconds (2:1), 11.2% Lower Seconds (2:2) and 1% Third Class degrees in 2016/17. The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework , published on 12 May 2022, showed that over 91% of the university's research activity was deemed to be "world leading" or "internationally excellent" with more than 47% having
8330-428: The design of the wing around the next corner. These varying "improvements", often criticised at the time, today are the qualities that make English country houses unique. Wealthy and influential people, often bored with their formal duties, go to the country in order to get out of London, the ugliest and most uncomfortable city in the world; they invented the long week-end to stay away as long as possible. Their métier
8449-427: The early 1970s, hundreds of country houses were demolished . Houses that survived destruction are now mostly Grade I or II listed as buildings of historic interest with restrictions on restoration and re-creation work. However such work is usually very expensive. Several houses have been restored, some over many years. For example at Copped Hall where the restoration started in 1995 continues to this day. Although
8568-400: The family - and Susannah Taylor , all three being Bluestockings . George Borrow (1803-1881), author and traveller, used as a boy to fish the River Yare near Earlham Hall. On one occasion he was caught by Joseph John Gurney, who later invited the boy to his home to see his books. In his autobiographical novel Lavengro Borrow recalls Earlham Hall; On the right side is a green level,
8687-402: The financial year 2023/24 and had predicted that there would be £45m yearly losses by 2026/27. The university's teaching block, also known as the Lasdun Wall, urgently required major repairs; its condition was described as "deteriorating fast" and it was said that if repairs were not done it might have "to be closed permanently" and would be "unusable by 2025". The financial turmoil alongside
8806-541: The first buildings did not open until late-1966. Lasdun moved the teaching and research functions into a single 460-metre (1,510-foot) long concrete block following the contour of the site, with facilities for resident tutors. Alongside this teaching wall a walkway was built, giving access to the various entrances of the wall, with frontage roads beneath. Attached to the southern side of the walkway, six linked blocks of terraced accommodation residences were constructed to appear as one structure. The residences became known as
8925-600: The highest category of 4* of World Leading Research, significantly higher than the national average of 41%. UEA was ranked thirteenth in the UK for the quality of its research outputs and twentieth overall amongst all mainstream British institutions – a rise of nine places since the last assessment in 2014. The university ranks in the Top 1% worldwide according to the Times Higher Education world rankings, and within
9044-479: The home counties and Bletchley Park (rebuilt in several styles, and famous for its code-breaking role in World War II). The slow decline of the English country house coincided with the rise not just of taxation, but also of modern industry, along with the agricultural depression of the 1870s. By 1880, this had led some owners into financial shortfalls as they tried to balance maintenance of their estates with
9163-435: The household. These houses were always an alternative residence to a London house. During the 18th and 19th centuries, for the highest echelons of English society, the country house served as a place for relaxing, hunting and running the country with one's equals at the end of the week, with some houses having their own theatre where performances were staged. The country house, however, was not just an oasis of pleasure for
9282-556: The immediately preceding war then in World War I, were now paying far higher rates of tax, and agricultural incomes had dropped. Thus, the solution for many was to hold contents auctions and then demolish the house and sell its stone, fireplaces , and panelling . This is what happened to many of Britain's finest houses. Despite this slow decline, so necessary was the country house for entertaining and prestige that in 1917 Viscount Lee of Fareham donated his country house Chequers to
9401-438: The income they provided. Some relied on funds from secondary sources such as banking and trade while others, like the severely impoverished Duke of Marlborough , sought to marry American heiresses to save their country houses and lifestyles. The ultimate demise began immediately following World War I . The members of the huge staff required to maintain large houses had either left to fight and never returned, departed to work in
9520-584: The institution being in a "death spiral". Professor David Maguire , formerly vice-chancellor at the University of Greenwich , was appointed as the new vice-chancellor on 22 May 2023. According to a UEA press release, Maguire "will lead UEA through a significant period of transformation and change as it works to secure its future financial stability, and continue its success as a world-leading teaching and research University for future generations of students and staff". In practice this meant job cuts and threats of compulsory redundancy (113 staff posts were lost over
9639-491: The landscape, while some of the great houses such as Kedleston Hall and Holkham Hall were built as "power houses" to dominate the landscape, and were most certainly intended to be "stately" and impressive. In his book Historic Houses: Conversations in Stately Homes , the author and journalist Robert Harling documents nineteen "stately homes"; these range in size from the vast Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard to
9758-415: The late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swansong of the traditional English country house lifestyle. Increased taxation and the effects of World War I led to the demolition of hundreds of houses ; those that remained had to adapt to survive. While a château or a Schloss can be a fortified or unfortified building, a country house, similar to an Ansitz , is usually unfortified. If fortified, it
9877-544: The latter two are ducal palaces, Montacute, although built by a Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth I, was occupied for the next 400 years by his descendants, who were gentry without a London townhouse , rather than aristocracy. They finally ran out of funds in the early 20th century. However, the vast majority of English country houses, often owned at different times by gentlemen and peers , are an evolution of one or more styles with facades and wings in different styles in
9996-648: The library also worked on a project entitled "Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry in the Archive", which has included hosting four Poets in Residence: Joelle Taylor , Jay Bernard , Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Gail McConnell. The German émigré novelist W. G. Sebald taught at the School of Literature and Creative Writing and founded the British Centre for Literary Translation. The Climatic Research Unit, founded in 1972 by Hubert Lamb in
10115-655: The minuscule Ebberston Hall , and in architecture from the Jacobean Renaissance of Hatfield House to the eccentricities of Sezincote . The book's collection of stately homes also includes George IV's Brighton town palace, the Royal Pavilion . The country houses of England have evolved over the last five hundred years. Before this time, larger houses were usually fortified, reflecting the position of their owners as feudal lords , de facto overlords of their manors . The Tudor period of stability in
10234-416: The most eminent guests, the entertainment of whom was of paramount importance in establishing and maintaining the power of the owner. The common denominator of this category of English country houses is that they were designed to be lived in with a certain degree of ceremony and pomp. It was not unusual for the family to have a small suite of rooms for withdrawing in privacy away from the multitude that lived in
10353-399: The munitions factories, or filled the void left by the fighting men in other workplaces. Of those who returned after the war, many left the countryside for better-paid jobs in towns. The final blow for many country houses came following World War II ; having been requisitioned during the war, they were returned to the owners in poor repair. Many estate owners, having lost their heirs, if not in
10472-468: The names of houses to describe their origin or importance include palace , castle , court , hall , mansion , park , house , manor , and place . It was during the second half of the reign of Elizabeth I , and under her successor, James I , that the first architect-designed mansions, thought of today as epitomising the English country house, began to make their appearance. Burghley House , Longleat House , and Hatfield House are among
10591-454: The nation for the use of a prime minister who might not possess one of his or her own. Chequers still fulfills that need today as do both Chevening House and Dorneywood , donated for sole use of high-ranking ministers of the Crown. Today, many country houses have become hotels, schools, hospitals and museums, while others have survived as conserved ruins, but from the early 20th century until
10710-468: The owner of a "power house" or a small manor, the inhabitants of the English country house have become collectively referred to as the ruling class, because this is exactly what they did in varying degrees, whether by having high political influence and power in national government, or in the day-to-day running of their own localities or "county" in such offices as lord/deputy lieutenant , magistrates , or occasionally even clergy. The Country house mystery
10829-529: The owner's twelve children. Canons Ashby , home to poet John Dryden 's family, is another example of architectural evolution: a medieval farmhouse enlarged in the Tudor era around a courtyard, given grandiose plaster ceilings in the Stuart period , and then having Georgian façades added in the 18th century. The whole is a glorious mismatch of styles and fashions that seamlessly blend together. These could be called
10948-512: The ownership or management of some houses has been transferred to a private trust , most notably at Chatsworth , other houses have transferred art works and furnishings under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme to ownership by various national or local museums, but retained for display in the building. This enables the former owners to offset tax, the payment of which would otherwise have necessitated
11067-402: The permanent campus. The site chosen was on the western edge of the city, on the south side of Earlham Road. The land, formerly part of the Earlham Hall estate was at that time occupied by a golf course. Lasdun presented a model and an outline plan at a press conference in April 1963, but it took another year to produce more detailed plans, which diverged considerably from the model. As a result,
11186-462: The private sale of the art works. For example, tapestries and furniture at Houghton Hall are now owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum . In addition, increasing numbers of country houses hold licences for weddings and civil ceremonies . Another source of income is to use the house as a venue for parties, a film location or a corporate entertainment venue. While many country houses are open to
11305-557: The provision of foundation courses for international students , including English language for academic purposes. Nationally, UEA is also involved in a number of partnerships including the Nexus Network (with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the University of Sussex ) which fosters research and practical collaborations across the domains of energy and the environment. Additionally, UEA
11424-472: The public and derive income through that means, they remain homes, in some cases inhabited by the descendants of their original owners. The lifestyles of those living and working in a country house in the early 20th century were recreated in a BBC television programme, The Edwardian Country House , filmed at Manderston House in Scotland. Another television programme which features life in country houses
11543-519: The season: Grouse shooting in Scotland , pheasant shooting and fox hunting in England. The Earl of Rosebery , for instance, had Dalmeny House in Scotland, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, and another house near Epsom just for the racing season. For many, this way of life, which began a steady decline in 1914, continued well into the 20th century, and for a few continues to this day. In
11662-444: The second category of Britain's country houses are those that belonged to the squirearchy or landed gentry . These tend either to have evolved from medieval hall houses, with rooms added as required, or were purpose-built by relatively unknown local architects. Smaller, and far greater in number than the "power houses", these were still the epicentre of their own estate, but were often the only residence of their owner. However, whether
11781-729: The summer). In September 2023, it was announced that some of the university's student accommodation would be temporarily closed, due to government guidance on the unsafe nature of the building material RAAC . The dwellings affected were the Ziggurats (including both Norfolk and Suffolk Terrace), visiting person accommodation at Broadview Lodge and the top floor levels of both Constable Terrace and Nelson Court. Students were moved to alternative accommodation either on campus or off-campus. Vice-chancellor Professor Maguire noted that they would be closed "until we can be certain that they are safe" and that there would be "no additional costs to students as
11900-540: The temporary "University Village", which was officially opened by the chairman of the University Grants Committee , Keith Murray , on 29 September 1963. Sited on the opposite side of the Earlham Road to the present campus, this was a collection of prefabricated structures designed for 1,200 students, laid out by the local architectural firm Feilden and Mawson . There were no residences with
12019-493: The true English country house. Wilton House , one of England's grandest houses, is in a remarkably similar vein; although, while the Drydens, mere squires, at Canons Ashby employed a local architect, at Wilton the mighty Earls of Pembroke employed the finest architects of the day: first Holbein , 150 years later Inigo Jones, and then Wyatt followed by Chambers. Each employed a different style of architecture, seemingly unaware of
12138-401: The university and INTO UEA automatically become members of the union but do have the right to opt out of membership. Membership confers the ability to take part in the union's activities such as clubs and societies and being involved in the democratic processes of the union. The union is a democratic organisation run by its members via an elected student officer committee and student council. It
12257-510: The university celebrated its 50th-anniversary, ranking No. 1 in the Times Higher Education Magazine Student Experience league table. UEA also launched its first free Massive open online course (MOOC) in partnership with Future Learn . In 2014, UEA opened an environmentally friendly accommodation block (Crome Court) which has won a number of awards for sustainability. In the mid-2010s,
12376-447: The university to win a Civic Trust Award for the design of the main campus social area (The Square). In the mid-1970s, the School of Computing Sciences first opened at UEA and the university started offering postgraduate and undergraduate education degrees from Keswick Hall , a manor and country house that previously served as a residence of the Gurney family and housed the former Norwich Teacher Training College. The property
12495-503: The university's 25th-anniversary celebrations, King Charles III visited the CRU building. It has become one of the leading institutions worldwide concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change . Also in 1988, ten years after the Sainsbury Centre opened, all of the cladding had to be replaced with the aluminium panels having deteriorated beyond repair. In 1989, the British Centre for Literary Translation
12614-463: The vice-chancellor and administration being based in nearby Earlham Hall . UEA was one of the " plate glass universities " that were constructed during the decade to meet the demand for the expansion of higher education. In 1961, the first vice-chancellor, Frank Thistlethwaite , had approached architect Denys Lasdun , an adherent of the " New Brutalist " trend in architecture, who was at that time building Fitzwilliam College , to produce designs for
12733-497: The world Top 100 for research excellence in the Leiden Ranking , with UEA "often out-performing Russell Group universities". In 2022, UEA was ranked within the Top 50 globally for research citations by the Times Higher Education world rankings. In 2012, UEA was named the tenth best university in the world under 50-years-old and third best within the United Kingdom. In national league tables, UEA has been ranked within
12852-520: Was a popular genre of English detective fiction in the 1920s and 1930s; set in the residence of the gentry and often involving a murder in a country house temporarily isolated by a snowstorm or similar with the suspects all at a weekend house party. Following the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, a third category of country houses was built as newly rich industrialists and bankers were eager to display their wealth and taste. By
12971-475: Was an annual fundraising event for the Big C Cancer Charity and ran from 2006 to 2019. Students acquired a wheelbarrow and decorated it in accordance with their team's theme. They were then paraded around the local area, via a selection of local pubs and with a wheelbarrow race through Eaton Park . The annual Derby Day sports event involves UEA taking on the University of Essex in approximately 40 sports. UEA won
13090-844: Was appointed music adviser for UEA and in 1967, he conducted the UEA Choir in a performance of his composition War Requiem . In the early-1970s, UEA:TV (under the name of Nexus UTV ) was formed and created student-made television with it operating for two hours a day over lunchtime. The monthly student newspaper Concrete officially launched in 1973, replacing Mandate from 1965; issues have included interviews with Tony Blair , Nick Clegg , Paul McCartney , Coldplay , Stephen Fry , Michael Palin , Harrison Ford , Greg James , Charles Clarke and Max Mosley . Additional university publications included Phoenix , Can Opener , Mustard Magazine and Kett before Concrete re-launched in 1992. Authors Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson both founded
13209-603: Was associated with Earlham Hall. He was the son of the merchant banker Frederic Lubbock and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Gurney (1809–1856). Lubbock spent his childhood summer holidays at his mother's family home; his memoir Earlham (1922) won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize . The Hall was used as council and nurses accommodation before the war, and provided maternity beds when bombs smashed Norwich's maternity home in June 1942. It also housed
13328-529: Was founded in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing by W. G. Sebald , who taught European Literature. In 1987, the Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies was set up to facilitate the study of the United States. Miller later spent his 85th-birthday at UEA when he was made an honorary graduate in 2000. In 1990, the student radio station Livewire1350AM launched, completing UEA's Media Collective of print, television and radio. It
13447-615: Was founded; it currently has 60 members and rows year-round on the Yare River from September to July. The club has a boathouse and also has use of the UEA Sportspark on campus. In 1964, Arthur Miller 's The Crucible became the first drama production to be staged at UEA with John Rhys Davies , the drama society's first president and one of the first 105 students admitted to the university. In 1965, composer Benjamin Britten
13566-520: Was in the ownership of the Bacon family; Edward Bacon M.P. built a "handsome, long, and lofty" dining room. He died in 1786 and ownership descended to a Mr Bacon Frank of Campsall in Yorkshire . At this juncture the house was rented to the Gurney family , an arrangement which persisted for well over a century, "perhaps one of the oldest tenancies known for a mansion of the size, though very frequent In
13685-706: Was opened by Radio 1 DJ John Peel (who was awarded an honorary MA degree from UEA) and is now one of the longest running student radio stations in the country. In 1993, the Union of UEA Students took over the management of the Waterfront , a music venue and nightclub located on the bank of the River Wensum which has hosted bands and artists including Pulp , Radiohead , Nirvana , The Verve , Arctic Monkeys , The Prodigy , Amy Winehouse , Stereophonics , Paul Weller , Buzzcocks , MGMT , Travis , Moby , Ellie Goulding and Foals . In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II opened
13804-456: Was shot on location at the university and aired in October 2021. In 2023, the university entered a financial crisis when it made a £74m loss in the financial year ending on 31 July 2022. The university's income was £295m, but it spent £370m: 48% staff costs, 16% pension scheme provision, 26% other costs, 8% depreciation and 2% interest on loans. The university expected to make a £34m loss in
13923-432: Was sold off in 1981 after the college's amalgamation with the university due to an enforced closure. The UEA Broad was developed by Atlas Aggregates in conjunction with the university between August 1973 and June 1978. The project involved excavating an 18-acre (7.3-hectare) area of gravel and was arranged as part of a "no money" deal where the aggregate company took the material leaving a landscaped body of water fed by
14042-492: Was the home of John Gurney (1749-1809) and his wife Catherine Bell (1755–1794). They had 13 children, including the bankers Samuel Gurney and Daniel Gurney , the social reformers Elizabeth Fry and Joseph John Gurney , and Louisa Hoare , the writer on education. Another sister, Hannah, married Sir Fowell Buxton , MP, brewer, and abolitionist. The Gurneys welcomed visitors and friends at Earlham Hall including Anna Laetitia Barbauld , Amelia Opie - an intimate friend of
14161-422: Was to predominate until the second half of the 18th century when, influenced by ancient Greek styles, it gradually evolved into the neoclassicism championed by such architects as Robert Adam . Some of the best known of England's country houses were the work of only one architect/designer, built in a relatively short, particular time: Montacute House , Chatsworth House , and Blenheim Palace are examples. While
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