About Us
We are an independent organisation, with charitable status, that represents the students at the University of East Anglia.
The Union is run by Student Officers, who are democratically elected by the students of UEA each year.
Student Officers are guided by the policies that students make through referendums and through a representative body called Union Council.
These elected Student Officers determine the strategic direction of the Union and employ 100 permanent staff and about 300 students to look after the day to day operations. They act as advocates to the University, to the city of Norwich and to the Government for the students at UEA. They represent students on a large and diverse set of issues, many of which change year on year. They lead campaigns to create positive change and allow students to shape their educational experience.
In addition to representation, we provide professional support and advice on academic and housing issues to individual students, as well as running our own housing bureau, Home Run.
Our commercial services, which are aimed at students, but open to anyone, include retail shops, bars and 2 entertainment venues.
The Union and its services have a combined annual turnover of around £10 million.
Although much of our operations are seasonal, based around the 30 weeks a year of undergraduate teaching at the University, the Student Officers and permanent members of staff are employed all year round.
See the Union's Constitution here
The University of East Anglia is a research-intensive campus university set in over 300 acres of parkland about two and a half miles from the centre of Norwich.
Further information about Norwich and Norfolk can be found here.
The campus is compact with all buildings within a few minutes walk of each other.
Sporting, cultural and social facilities, including one of the largest sports complexes in the UK and the world famous Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, are also located on campus.
There are around 15,000 students at the University, of whom 3,500 live in student residences on the campus.