The University of East Anglia( UEA) is an internationally renowned university based in Norwich that provides excellent academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students. UEA is a research-intensive institution, internationally renowned for research excellence-placed in the world top 60 for research impact through citations of its research by the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2012 and recently ranked in the world ' s top 100 universities for research excellence by the Leiden Ranking.
Nearly 90 per cent of UEA’ s research was rated of international excellence in the latest( 2008) Research Assessment Exercise, with over 50 per cent‘ world leading’. The Faculty of Social Sciences forms one of UEA’ s four Faculties and comprises seven Schools. The Schools work at the forefront of academic and professional development and have a strong reputation in the social science fields of education, law, business, international development, economics and social work and psychology. Further information on the organisational structure and regular activities is available on the UEA internet homepage: http:// www. uea. ac. uk.
Norwich Business School is UEA’ s largest school and is one of the fastest growing business schools in the UK with a reputation for providing pioneering courses, dedicated to providing an outstanding student learning experience, and producing excellent research that informs and influences business and public policy thinking. The School has based its Growth on the principle that research excellence combined with research-led teaching, alongside close collaborative partnerships with the industry, provide the foundations of our competencies to produce and disseminate useful knowledge. The personal approach we employ in our teaching sets us apart from our rivals in the teaching and learning experience we provide. Our research informs our teaching and ensures that our students receive leading edge thinking, skills to serve and advance their professional careers, and an education that it is an investment for life. Responsible business is the defining aspect of the Norwich Business School( NBS) at University of East Anglia. NBS is ranked 17th out of 101 UK institutions and 9th for the quality of its research publications in the Research Excellence Framework( REF).
NBS works closely with the business community, public and voluntary sectors to act as a 12