Communications team
Essex is where change happens and our Communications team keeps our community informed about our impact and promotes the difference we make within our communities and across the world.
If you have a story to tell, or if you want support making an impact, get in touch.
We can also provide advice for using social media including BlueSky, Facebook, LinkedIn and X.
Our team provides support to all academic departments and other sections of the University. If you are unsure who to contact you can just email: comms@essex.ac.uk and one of the team will come back to you.
Our Communications team
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
- School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies
- Edge Hotel School
- East 15 Acting School
- Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing
- Training
- Faculty of Science and Health
- School of Life Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
- School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
- Sport
- Outreach
- Technicians
- Essex Law School including Human Rights Centre
- School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
- School of Health and Social Care
- Business Engagement
- Institute for Analytics and Data Science
- Essex Spirit
- Essex Weekly
- Staff communications
- Student communications
- Internal communications campaigns
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Government
- Department of Language and Linguistics
- Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
- Department of Sociology
- Essex Business School
- European partnerships
Social media lead
- X
- Social media training
- Social media stakeholders group
Deputy Director of Communications
- International partnerships
- Corporate publications including Financial Statements and UN Sustainable Development Goals report
- Centre for Coastal Communities
- Centre for Healthcare Science
- Eastern Arc
- Freeport East
- Knowledge Gateway
- University of Sanctuary
Internal communications
Students
We keep students up-to-date with our monthly e-newsletter Essex Spirit, and you can also read the latest student news on our blog. You can also follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram.
How to submit content to Essex Weekly
Essex Weekly is our weekly newsletter for staff at Colchester Southend and Loughton. If you have content you’d like us to include, please contact us. So we can plan ahead, we like to receive content ideas by Monday, but we will try to be flexible for urgent content. If you’re looking for old issues of Essex Weekly, you can find issues from the last six months in our archive.
How to submit content to Essex Spirit
Essex Spirit is our regular student newsletter. If you have content you’d like us to include, please contact us. So we can plan ahead, we like to receive content ideas by Monday, but we will try to be flexible for urgent content.
How to book an Enormoboard
We have two Enormoboards at our Colchester Campus and one at Southend. Demand for posters is very high, so please contact us to see if a space is available. Once you have booked a slot with us you will need to manage the design and installation of your poster with CDS, our digital and print communications agency. We can also help guide you through this process and we will need to ensure all designs are in line with our brand toolkits and guidance before any poster is signed off and installed.
How to add content to our digital screens
We have digital screens available on all three of our campuses. We recommend having your screens designed by CDS, our digital and print communications agency, to make sure they are in line with our brand toolkits and guidance, but we can help guide you through this process. Screens can also be designed using our PowerPoint templates.
External communications
Support for media
If you’re a journalist with a question or interview request, please contact us and we’ll respond promptly or visit our information for the media.
Support for staff
Contact us if you have an idea or story, if you need media advice or training, or if you’d like us to arrange photography.
Our team provides support to all academic departments and other sections of the university. If you are unsure who to contact you can just email comms@essex.ac.uk and someone will come back to you.
Partners
The University works with partners at a regional, national and international level.
We’re always happy to discuss communications plans with partners and keen to promote our partnerships through our channels.
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