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2004
3 December 2004:
The inaugural Lipsey Lectures
Professor Debraj Ray delivered the inaugural
Lipsey Lectures on 2nd and
3rd December 2004.
2002
28 May 2002:
The Guardian: Essex Economics in the UK Top Ten
The Guardian's
league table
for Economics shows that Essex has one of the top ten departments
in the UK.
Professor Muthoo, Head of Department, comments:
"While we are delighted to be ranked at 7, between the LSE and Nottingham,
we are always striving to do better."
2001
14 December 2001:
Research Assessment Exercise
The Economics Department at the University of Essex has been awarded a 5-star grade in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Only
three other UK Economics departments share this grand success with Essex,
and they are University of Warwick, London School of Economics and
University College London. This means that the University of Essex is now
the top-ranked university in the UK for social science research, with only
Essex obtaining the maximum 5-star grade for its Sociology, Government and
Economics Departments.
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15 November 2001:
QAA Subject Review of Economics at Essex
The Head of Department is pleased to announce
that a mark of 24 (the highest possible score)
has been awarded for Economics at Essex:
- Curriculum Design, Content and Organisation = 4/4
- Teaching, Learning and Assessment = 4/4
- Student Progression and Achievement = 4/4
- Student Support and Guidance = 4/4
- Learning and Resources = 4/4
- Quality Management and Enhancement = 4/4
Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to make the
review a success, especially to the students of the department
for their participation and their high standards of
academic performance that impressed
the QAA review team.
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