A TIMELINE SPANNING TWO MARVELLOUS CENTURIES

1950s

The public fundraising campaign for the University of East Anglia began in 1950.

1960s

UEA welcomes its first student cohort in 1963.

Do Different: a motto that members of the UEA family still remember, quote and practise. The Ziggurat halls of residence, 1968.

All image captions clockwise from top left.

1970s

CHIPS, a famous UEA student publication.

Hubert Lamb from the UK Meteorological Office establishes and becomes Director of our new Climatic Research Unit (CRU).

In May 1975, the Student Union TV station, Nexus, teams up with UEA’s Rag Society to cordon off the village of Horning, pretending to be government scientists investigating diseased coypu.

Waveney Terrace, the biggest accommodation block on campus in the 70s.

1980s

Earlham Hall becomes the home of Law at UEA in 1983.

UEA turns 25!

King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales) visits UEA in 1988.

Open Day 1989, Signing of the Student Union Petition.