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My goal to tackle homelessness in the USA

My goal to tackle homelessness in the USA

MA Sociology student, Rashay Reading, chats about her inspiration to study at Essex and how it was made possible thanks to her Vice-Chancellor's Global Talent Scholarship.

Alumni team, Philanthropy

23 February 2024

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Breaking boundaries and building bridges: Lubna's Story

Breaking boundaries and building bridges: Lubna's Story

Get to know Essex Futures Refugee Care scholarship recipient, Lubna.

Philanthropy

10 January 2024

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Widening participation in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Essex researcher examines the link between widening participation in higher education and social mobility

Pauline Canham, Christopher Cunningham

14 November 2023

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Let’s Talk About Genes and Society

Join Leo Schalkwyk and Meena Kumari in conversation with Jules Pretty on human genetics and epigenetics, how culture and society influences what goes on inside us, and all the latest on how this new understanding can improve human health. Leo Schalkwyk is Head of the School of Life Sciences and Meena Kumari is Deputy Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, both at the University of Essex

Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Leonard Schalkwyk, Professor Meena Kumari

30 March 2023

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Alexey and Madina: Our start-up journey

Alexey and Madina: Our start-up journey

Graduates Madina and Alexey are technology-driven entrepreneurs who connect the world of sports and gaming with their innovative VR game.

Essex Startups

14 March 2023

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Centre for Criminology ten year anniversary

Centre for Criminology ten year anniversary

Dr Anna Di Ronco

25 January 2023

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The Cat in the Bag - Louder Than Words Podcast

The Cat in the Bag - Louder Than Words Podcast

Join Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South in conversation about how criminology is helping to reveal the changing nature of policy practice, the definitions of uncivil people, and the growth of environmental and organised crime Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South are from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.

Professor Anna Sergi, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Anna Di Ronco, Nigel South

09 November 2022

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The First Straw Louder Than Words

Join Kat Hadjimatheou and Renee Luthra in conversation with Jules Pretty about how violence spirals in the home and community, and the impacts on women and migrants.

Dr Katerina Hadjimatheou, Professor Renee Luthra

20 October 2022

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Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

Jimmy Savile: how the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios as well as patients at NHS hospitals across Britain. That he was able to do so without being apprehended, even being knighted in 1990, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary series by Rowan Deacon.

Professor Chris Greer, Professor Eugene McLaughlin

06 May 2022

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Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Professor Sandya Hewamanne

26 April 2022

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