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Faculty of Arts and Humanities

As part of the Annual Meeting and Summer Reception, law graduate Sharon White, former Chief Executive of Stephenson Harwood LLP, spoke about why she donates to the University of Essex.

Philanthropy, Sharon White

02 October 2023

How I applied to and got an offer for East 15

The first time I applied for East 15 Acting School (part of University of Essex) back in 2019, I did not get an offer from any of the courses I was interested in (BA Acting and BA Acting International). That year, I sent auditions to some of the most prestigious acting schools in England and Scotland, but the reality was, I hadn’t done any previous training, so all my self-tapes were quite amateur.

Cristiana Catalina Clucencu

28 September 2023

Read about our latest efforts in our ongoing project to decolonise the library.

Library and Cultural Services

26 September 2023

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

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

Win a research grant worth £1,000 from Santander Universities

Postgraduate students of academic members of staff could be in with a chance of winning one of 50 grants.

Philanthropy

08 September 2023

“Do Not Burn Art”: Sri Lanka’s Artful Struggles

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

Dispatches from the Culture War: homosexuality, blasphemy, and obscenity in British media

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

A number of the Edge Hotel school students have been awarded different scholarships sponsored by some of our industry partenrs.

Edge Hotel School

26 May 2023

PhD student Noah Pantano chats about how CLICK crowdfunding helped bring his play to the Lakeside Theatre

Philanthropy

11 May 2023

Scholarship recipient Lin Wei talks about her Masters in Interpreting and Translation and how she hopes to inspire the next generation of children.

Alumni team, Philanthropy

11 May 2023

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Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Why I support Essex

How I applied to and got an offer for East 15

Decolonising the Library

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

Win a research grant worth £1,000 from Santander Universities

“Do Not Burn Art”: Sri Lanka’s Artful Struggles

Dispatches from the Culture War: homosexuality, blasphemy, and obscenity in British media

Edge Hotel School 2023 Scholarship recipients

Pioneering theatre project crowdfunds more than £1,300

Educating the next generation