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Edge Summer Internships - A Summer of Experience

Edge Summer Internships - A Summer of Experience

Edge Hotel students Aurora, Breeze and Lucy embark on their summer internships to gain essential work experience in different hotels.

Edge Hotel School

04 October 2022

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Human Rights Centre celebrates 40th anniversary

Human Rights Centre celebrates 40th anniversary

Human Rights Centre celebrates 40th anniversary

Dr Andrew Fagan

03 October 2022

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Essex Economics Research Newsletter Autumn 2022

Essex Economics Research Newsletter Autumn 2022

Professor Abhimanyu Gupta

03 October 2022

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‘The Great Reset’ … or Business as Usual?

‘The Great Reset’ … or Business as Usual?

. Has the pandemic been a trigger for real change in where and how we work, or a temporary intermission from traditional work practices?

Dr Louise Nash, Danielle A Tucker

29 September 2022

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McCartney Aldous: My start-up journey

McCartney Aldous: My start-up journey

Class of 2022 graduate McCartney Aldous recently left Essex with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science.

Essex Startups

20 September 2022

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Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing your working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination

Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing your working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination

Dr Amanda Cole

15 September 2022

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Who should be our new Chancellor?

Who should be our new Chancellor?

We have begun the search for the next ceremonial head of the University.

Professor Anthony Forster

07 September 2022

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Tory leadership race: will Liz Truss’s tax cut proposals win her votes? Here’s what voter data says

Professor Paul Whiteley

05 September 2022

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Tory leadership race: will Liz Truss’s tax cut proposals win her votes? Here’s what voter data says

Tory leadership race: will Liz Truss’s tax cut proposals win her votes? Here’s what voter data says

Professor Paul Whiteley looks at polling and data around tax cut policies.

Professor Paul Whiteley

01 September 2022

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Who speaks “chavvy”? Comparing accent and class prejudice in England and The Netherlands

Who speaks “chavvy”? Comparing accent and class prejudice in England and The Netherlands

Dr Amanda Cole of the University of Essex and Emeritus Professor Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics compare chavs, who personify contemptuous commentary on the working class in England, with a similar figure in The Netherlands: Haagse Harry (Harry from The Hague). It is remarkable how many of the associated characteristics and behaviours of chavs fit Harry like a glove, such as wearing bling and tracksuits, and supposed antisocial behaviour and laziness.

Dr Amanda Cole, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

25 August 2022

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