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International Women’s Day to be celebrated with blockbuster sport weekend

International Women’s Day will be celebrated with a high-energy weekend of elite sport, community celebration and female ...
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Double success for Essex graduates at Study UK Alumni Awards

Priscilla Tshibemba-Petit, a graduate of Essex’s dual degree in English and French Law, has won the Business and Innovation Award, while Dr Sofie Qwarnström has been named winner of the Creativity, ...
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£10,000 donation empowers the next generation

A social value donation from Verian Group UK helps fund project to introduce local young people to higher education.
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East 15 graduate lands role at Royal Court Theatre

Mayaan, who graduated in July 2025, applied for the Royal Court position opportunity shortly after completing his MFA, when he was “fresh off East 15.” He learned he’d secured the role after returning ...
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Domestic violence prevention strengthened by charity partnership

There they will take an active role supporting the charity’s work and developing a deeper understanding of the links between ...
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Essex professor honoured as ‘Founding Fellow’

Professor Chris Saker from the University of Essex has been named a Founding Fellow of the new Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, joining an elite group of UK leaders recognised for advancing ...
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Scientists help develop chair that creates altered states in minutes

“Several of our studies have revealed patterns of brain activity similar to those reported in long-term Buddhist meditators, and remarkably, in people with no prior meditation experience.
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Update on read and publish agreements: Elsevier, Sage, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley

Our Library & Cultural Services teams are based across all three campuses in Colchester, Loughton, and Southend and provide access to educational and research resources, high quality learning ...
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Essex climbs UK university sustainability rankings

Essex’s Director of Sustainability, Rob Davey, said: “While the improvements we are making are not always obvious, this ranking offers an insight into the steps we are taking to make the University ...
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Steps Towards a Sustainable Future

We expect around 800 additional students to choose to transfer to Colchester from Southend from September, enhancing the student experience at our Colchester Campus, with current and future Essex ...
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1 in 5 women lose out on professional careers due to motherhood

Although women in higher professional roles - such as lawyers, doctors and senior managers - experienced a smaller penalty of around five percentage points, motherhood still interrupted their ...
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Tribute to Professor Steve Long

Amanda is an expert in plant biology and improving plant productivity to improve agricultural yields.