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Discovering England: My exchange experience at the University of Essex

Serhii is a third-year BSc Biochemistry student from Bishop’s University in Quebec, Canada, currently studying here at Essex on his year abroad.

Essex Abroad

07 June 2024

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Feminist activist, actor, playwright, Art Exchange Experience Assistant and University of Essex alumna, Marina Cusi Sanchez reflects on her time of being a feminist activist at Essex.

Marina Cusi Sanchez

21 February 2024

Our Vice-Chancellor and 2023-24 SU President talk through the Wall of Fame on our Colchester Campus.

Professor Anthony Forster, Kieran Phillips

25 September 2023

Volunteering for a more sustainable world

Volunteering can help you develop a range of life skills but for one student, it lead to a once in a lifetime experience of attending the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle

Anne Bernard

24 May 2023

There are lots of ways to combat homesickness and help make Essex feel like your second home!

Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity Service

14 October 2021

In this guest blog post, Chantel Le Carpentier, President of our Essex Students’ Union, tells us how passionately she believes in democracy and how important it is that we take the chance to vote on May 7.

Chantel Le Carpentier

29 April 2015

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Students Union, students' union

Discovering England: My exchange experience at the University of Essex

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Wall of Fame

Volunteering for a more sustainable world

Missing home?

“Women didn’t die for you to choose to vote. Women aren’t dying for you to sit and do nothing”