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Our Arts and Cultural Services team at Essex have pulled together a shortlist of unique dates on campus on and around Valentine’s Day that you can treat anyone to.
Hanna Jones
31 January 2024
There are thousands of online resources, apps and research tools available to assist your studies or research in STEM subjects, but where do you start, and which resources are reliable?
Greg Cadge, Danilo Petti
04 January 2024
Our opening hours will be reduced over the Christmas and New Year period, keep reading for campus specific information.
Library and Cultural Services
05 December 2023
ESCALA, the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America at the University of Essex, was founded by staff and students in 1993 and inaugurated in December of that year with an exhibition at the University Gallery, now Art Exchange, and this year we celebrate 30 years since that foundation.
Gisselle Giron, Dr Sarah Demelo
22 November 2023
Calling all University of Essex students! Looking to get your work published? Want to boost your writing or reviewing skills? Find out more in this blog post.
Kimia Aghasoleimani, Thomas O'Toole-Mills
26 October 2023
A visionary artist and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in British Art. This blog post discusses the recent exhibition in the Albert Sloman Library which focuses on the critical stance he took against the Age of the Enlightenment with its emphasis on science and reason.
Adhithi Ravikumar
11 October 2023
Read about our latest efforts in our ongoing project to decolonise the library.
26 September 2023
2023 marks the 100th anniversary since the publication of the first novel by Margery Allingham, and this presents an opportunity to celebrate the life, career, and legacy of a writer with a strong Essex connection.
Jordan Welsh
19 September 2023
Tilly Hawkins curates 'Dispatches from the Culture War', examining the NVALA archive of Mary Whitehouse through a queer lens on the Floor 1 landing of the Albert Sloman Library.
Tilly Hawkins
20 June 2023
On Track for your Master’s is a programme of free workshops which runs 12 to 23 June 2023 aimed specifically at Master’s students at Essex to help them find literature or data, manage references, and write their dissertation effectively.
Oona Ylinen
02 June 2023