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Mimi and Sofi, two undergraduate students from the University of Essex, took on a paid Frontrunners internship with the University of Essex Library and Cultural Services teams. This is their summary of their experiences.
Sofia Landa Alvarez Del Castillo, Mimi Safira Binti Sabri
28 March 2024
We asked the teams from our Library and Cultural Services section to recommend their favourite books this World Book Day, and they did not disappoint!
Hanna Jones
06 March 2024
The Lakeside Theatre team reflect on a busy month of LGBTQ+ theatre, workshops and screenings which brought together and celebrated the LGBTQ+ community at Essex.
Jonathan White, Hanna Jones, Kanyinsola Olanrewaju
29 February 2024
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 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.
31 January 2024
Our Colchester campus's theatre launches it's Spring 2024 programme and it is packed full of homegrown student theatre, LGBTQ+ events and free student workshops!
Hanna Jones, Lakeside Theatre
15 January 2024
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
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
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
In July 2022, an unprecedented protest movement against corruption, immiseration, and impunity swept Sri Lanka and forced the President to flee the country. One year on, a new exhibition at the University of Essex and a parallel exhibition at Harrow Arts Centre commemorate and contextualize these different struggles at a time of renewed austerity and repression.
Dr Nilanjana Premaratna, Professor Lars Waldorf
04 July 2023