Current Students

Online Resources for Postgraduate Students

To access some of the documentation linked from this page, you will be prompted for your University login name and password. Remember to enter your username in the form: "CAMPUS\username".

Links:

• Assessment matters
• Timetable
• Postgraduate Research Discussion Board - Log in using your usual Essex login and password then search for EcPhD
• Postgraduate bulletin 
• Graduate economics handbook
• Graduate Teaching Assistants Information
• The Economics Society (students' society)
• Course Materials Details of modules. (Also see the module directory.)
• Registry - your main point of contact for the University's administrative services
• myEssex portal
• Careers, employment & skills for economics students
• Career Pathways for Researchers
• Coursework: assignments, tests and term papers
• Cover sheet for term papers and projects
• Staff-Student Liaison and election of student representatives
• Minutes of meetings in the Department of Economics
• Handy software
  • Stata - for econometrics and data management  
  • Gretl - Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library
  • The R Project for Statistical Computing, together with
  • Quick-R to help you use it.
  • LaTeX - for professional document preparation
• Programme specifications
• Library & bibliographical searches
• Student support
• Departmental Responsibilities for MSc and Diploma studies and for PhD studies