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Welcome
CUE East is the Eastern region Beacon for Public Engagement – one of six nationwide.
CUE East is led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and is a four year funded project to highlight awareness, understanding and promotion of public engagement.
CUE East for the Public
Hilgay Junior School 
In July, Cue East facilitated a meet up between SCVA's Culture in the Countryside project and BBC Voices. The project culminated in a half day media training session at the Primary school in Downham Market. Long time residents of the village were questioned and interviewed by Year 5 pupils, who during the half day session learnt all they needed to know about interviewing and fiming ! High school pupils from Downham Market also contributed to the project by undertaking some outdoor filming to go on the green screen. A fantastic day was had by all and many thanks to all those who contributed not least the pupils from Downham Market. This collaboration is now a firmly established feature of the project.
From literary festivals to mobile laboratories, via ‘Carbon Reduction Communities’, University of East Anglia Volunteers, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and the Teacher Scientist Network – public engagement in Norwich is thriving.
The local beacon – Community University Engagement East (CUE East) – is led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and will make a clear distinction between knowledge transfer – which promotes and deploys academic know-how to specific users – and genuine engagement activity that promotes questioning from the public, and listening and involvement from staff and students themselves.
A key feature of CUE East is a one-stop-shop located off campus at the Forum in Norwich, a millennium building that welcomes 2.5 million visitors a year (see picture).
The one-stop-shop will provide a city contact point for the public and digital facilities for university staff and students to use in their public engagement activities.
CUE East funds new activities under the broad theme of Sustainable Living, to embrace issues such as ethical consumerism, the GM debate and climate change.
CUE East has 22 partners, including BBC East, the East of England Development Agency and Business in the Community.
Also see: CUE East for UEA Staff and Students