Information

 

Email Address:

challenger2012@uea.ac.uk

 

Registration

The Registration Desk will be located in the Large Common Room (LCR) of Union House (marked #17 on the campus map) and will be open on Sunday 2 September between 1700-1930, Monday 3 September from 0800 and Tuesday 3 to Thursday 6 September at 0830 each morning. Please come along to register, collect your delegate pack and pick up your accommodation key if you are staying on campus. The desk will be open at all refreshment and lunch breaks for any queries you may have.

 

Accommodation

Colman House AccommodationEnsuite rooms will be available on a first-come/first-served basis on campus at the cost of £46.00 per person per night for a single room and breakfast. Please book UEA rooms via the online booking system.

Campus rooms are available after 1400 to allow time for cleaning and must be vacated by 1000 the day you are leaving. Unfortunately failure to check out on time will probably result in you being charged for an extra day by our Conference Services. Please remember also to leave your key either at the Registration Desk or the UEA Conference Office otherwise you could be charged for a replacement.

Your key can be collected as follows:

Sunday 2 September
1700-1930 - Conference Registration Desk in the Large Common Room, Union House
1930-2100 - Broadview Lodge Reception
after 2100 - UEA Security Lodge
Monday 3 to Thursday 6 September
Conference Registration Desk in the Large Common Room, Union House

If you wish to stay off campus there are numerous bed and breakfasts, guest houses and hotels nearby and in the city centre - please click here for a list. Please note that unfortunately we cannot make bookings for off-campus accommodation on your behalf.

 

Discounted Accommodation Off Campus

Holiday Inn Norwich City, Carrow Road, Norwich, NR1 1HU. Phone: 0870 890 1000 www.holidayinn-norwichcity.co.uk (Next door to Norwich City Football Club and the 'Top of the Terrace' Conference Dinner venue Thurs 6th Sept. Approx 2.9 miles from UEA, #25 or #35 bus from railway station or #30 from Morrisons supermarket/Riverside). Preferential rate for Challenger meeting participants: £80.00 per room per night for a standard bedroom or £105.00 per room per night for an executive bedroom. These rates include breakfast and VAT. To book at these rates contact in house reservations 0870 890 1000 and quote ‘UEA’.

 

Wi-Fi

Details about Wi-fi will be added here later.

 

Campus Car Parking

Car parking is available on campus in the main car park; there is normally a charge for this but those attending conferences are entitled to free parking.

Nearer to the time of the conference, you will be able to click here to download a car parking permit which you must display in your windscreen.

On arrival, please take a ticket from the machine at the entrance to the car park and bring this to the Registration Desk to get it validated. If you are a day delegate and are staying off campus you will need to do this for each day.

 

Campus Facilities 

The campus at UEA has several shops including a newsagent, Post Office, supermarket, Waterstones bookshop, Student Union travel plus Barclays and Nat West banks together with several cash points. There is also a health/dental centre and two launderettes. Catering outlets include several cafes and restaurants across the campus plus a bistro at the Sportspark which is open until 2200 weekday evenings. Please note, however, that campus catering is limited on Sundays so you may want to eat before you arrive. Otherwise, you can travel into Norwich city centre - we will be adding details of various city restaurants later.

 

Public Transport Around Norwich

The local bus company is First National and buses operate between UEA campus, city centre, bus station and railway station – Nos 25 and 35. Click here to download bus routes and timetables.

 

Getting to Norwich

London Stansted is the nearest major airport (65 miles) and there is a regular bus service from Stansted to Norwich city centre which takes a couple of hours. Gatwick and Heathrow Airports are rather further away.The airport bus also operates between these most distant airports, the University of East Anglia and Norwich city centre, but it can be a long and tedious journey! The alternatives in both cases are to hire a car or take the train to central London (115 miles from Norwich), the underground train to Liverpool Street Station and a train to Norwich. The London to Norwich journey time is approx. 2 hours. It can be slower on Sundays and parts of the journey could be by bus if engineering works are taking place. Norwich Airport is by far the most convenient option because it is just a short taxi ride away from the University. It can be an expensive destination, but for international flights please do consider flying with KLM (and KLM partners e.g. Air France and North West) to Amsterdam and get a connecting flight to Norwich. There are some really good deals available with KLM where the cost of the Amsterdam-Norwich leg of the journey is very low. Trains from mainland Europe – with the Channel tunnel this can be convenient and cost-effective (.............and less polluting!!).  Ferriesalso operate between Harwich and the Hook of Holland, Hamburg and Esbjerg.

 

Travel Awards

Travel awards may be available from the Challenger Society to assist graduate students to attend scientific conferences or participate in cruises and field work. Priority is given to graduate students who have had a paper or poster accepted for a recognised conference. Click herefor more details. http://www.challenger-society.org.uk/funding_awards/travel.

 

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