Postgraduate Virtual Week

In the opening session of our Postgraduate Virtual Week, we'll introduce you to the University of Essex and explain our programme of talks and sessions for the week. Join us online to learn more about us and our university.

Time: 17.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend the talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/91689853433

Throughout the day we are hosting talks on Zoom which will introduce you to our subject areas and Departments. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions after each session. There will be mostly different sessions on Tuesday, so please check both days for your subject area.

Throughout the day we are hosting talks on Zoom which will introduce you to our subject areas and Departments. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions after each session.

Our regional teams will be hosting drop-in sessions throughout the day, so come and meet us and ask all your Essex questions.

Times:

• Asia: 6.00-12.00 (GMT)
• Middle East and Pakistan: 13.00-15.00 (GMT)
• Europe and Africa: 15.00-17.00 (GMT)
• Americas: 19.00-21.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to join any of these sessions on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/91610184933

If you're a current Essex student or you recently studied with us and have since graduated, this session is dedicated to you. Find out about our generous Alumni Loyalty Discount and bursary, and for current students, how you can apply using our fast-track application form!

Time: 15.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/95764083916

Applying to a University can be a little daunting, but it doesn't have to be! In this talk, hosted by our admissions experts, we'll unpick the process around applying to Essex, to hopefully help make this as easy for you as possible. There will be a Q&A after this session where you can ask questions.

Time: 16.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99680249486

Get answers to your questions that relate to our postgraduate tuition fees and how you can fund your studies. We have a wide range of funding sources available for all students to consider, including loans, scholarships, bursaries and discounts. Join us in our sessions for either UK applicants or EU and international applicants to learn more. There will be a Q&A after both sessions where you can ask questions.

• Funding for UK applicants - 17.00 (GMT)
• Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99665913542

• Funding for EU and international applicants - 17.00 (GMT)
• Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/98910107254

If you are an international student and will require a visa to study in the UK, join us in this session to learn about what you will need to do to secure a visa for your period of study at Essex.

Time: 18.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/s/93771448284

Today we are turning our attention to our ground-breaking research and studying a PhD at Essex. We'll have a talk from our Dean of Postgraduate Research and Education, Professor Sanja Bahun.

Time: 16.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/98813920210

We will also have two separate research panels, one in the morning and another in the afternoon, featuring some of our leading academics who will talk about their fascinating research projects that are underway at Essex.

First panel

• Time: 10.30-11.30 (GMT)
• Zoom link to join the first panel on the day https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/97257476804

Academics on our first panel will be:

• Felix Schnell, whose research focuses on soldiers’ letters, diaries and patterns of capturing violence in language.
• Noam Lubell, who will be discussing use of artificial intelligence in the military and whether we should legally ban ‘killer robots’.
• Koldo Casla, who is a human rights expert and focuses on social rights and inequalities in England.

Second panel

• Time: 15.30-16.30 (GMT)
• Zoom link to join the second panel on the day https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/98785128908

Academics on our second panel will be:

• Dan O’Brien, whose research is on post-phenomenology in screen and digital media which considers audience engagement in film, interactive media art and computer gaming.
• Sarah Smyth, who will be discussing issues in women’s authorship and representation in film and television.
• Tracy Lawson, whose research is on plant physiology and in particular how stomatal kinetics influence photosynthesis and water use efficiency.

Today we'll be hosting two drop-in Q&A sessions, followed by two talks.

The first of our two Q&A sessions will help you understand how to apply to Essex. As this is a Q&A session, please come prepared with questions that you would to get answers to.

Time: 9.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this session on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99416911790

If you're a UK applicant, the second of our two drop-in Q&A sessions will help you to understand what your options are when it comes to finding and securing one or more sources of funding for your postgradate degree at Essex. We'll be discussing loans, discounts, bursaries and scholarships. As this is a Q&A session, please come prepared with questions that you would like to get answers to.

Time: 10.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this session on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99873375151

In the first of our two talks today we will discuss what sources of funding are available for EU and international students who are planning to study a postgraduate degree at with us in the academic year 2021-22.

Time: 10.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/98910107254

In this talk we will cover what a student visa is, whether you need one to study in the UK and how you would go about getting one. This talk is aimed at international students.

Time: 11.00 (GMT)

Zoom link to attend this talk on the day: https://essex-university.zoom.us/s/99985949312

Throughout the day if you have any other questions that haven't been covered by our talks and sessions this week, jump onto Live Chat to chat with a member of staff, who will be available from 11.00-17.00 (GMT).

You can also use Unibuddy to chat with some of our postgraduate student ambassadors about their experience of being an Essex student from 12.00-14.00 (GMT).