Benefit from our world-leading postgraduate research

A number of businesses and organisations have achieved success by getting involved in the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) postgraduate research programmes. Find out more through this special edition of our newsletter.

UEA’s postgraduate research - your questions answered

What areas does UEA’s postgraduate research cover?

Our postgraduate research programmes cover a wide range of areas in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science and Social Sciences. Ninety-one per cent of our research is officially rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” and our research has an impact that goes way beyond academia.

How do external organisations get involved in UEA’s postgraduate research?

There are many ways of doing this, including:

• Collaborating with us on a research project – so that your organisation benefits directly from cutting-edge research into an area that’s important to you
• Hosting a postgraduate research student – benefitting from their expertise and skills
• Contributing to training to ensure postgraduates develop the right skill set for your organisation and your sector
• Being part of the supervisory team (mentoring) – benefitting from being part of a network of experts
• Financially supporting scholarships or internships in research areas that matter to you.

What does this mean in practice? What are the benefits?

You can read a number of testimonials from different organisations on our website:

• Steve Kilham from waste management company Greenworld tells us how involvement in UEA’s research has benefitted the company commercially.
• Howard Shapland from medical devices company UroPharma says that a partnership with UEA has saved hundreds of thousands of pounds in product development costs.
• Julian Harrison from the British Library tells us how UEA’s postgraduate research is helping to bring the library’s collection to life.
• Alistair Moir from the History of Advertising Trust says that free support from UEA’s postgraduates led to a new app that’s enriching lives.
• John Pinnegar from CEFAS tells us how their partnership with UEA is helping to tackle the problems of climate change, pollution and over-fishing.
• Paul Hinds from Natural England says that UEA’s expertise is helping the government agency to form more meaningful partnerships to help nature’s recovery, while also helping him to develop his expertise.

These are just a few of the ways that external organisations have collaborated with us and benefitted from doing so.

Is it expensive to get involved in UEA’s postgraduate programmes?

Not at all - it can be the most cost-effective way to access world-leading expertise. And as you can see from the case studies, we are experts in accessing external funding to reduce the costs where this is possible. Of course, it all depends on your needs, do drop us a line for a chat about how we can help you and look at ways of working in partnership.

How do I get in touch?

Drop us a line on business@uea.ac.uk. We’d be happy to speak to you and explore ways of working together.