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To help you settle into our Essex community and make friends, there will be a range of activities planned for you. From department induction events to get you settled into your new academic home, to Welcome Villages across Colchester, Southend and Loughton, there will be many opportunities to help you find new interests, learn more about the services designed to support you, and to meet and connect with other students.

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We are hosting Open Days in September and October and they are your chance to see where you might be calling home. Tour our Colchester and Southend campuses and accommodation options, meet your department and get a taster of what student life at Essex is like.

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