Essex Business School Departmental Induction 2025
Welcome to our School
Essex Business School is running a range of events throughout Welcome Week 2025.
Your department induction is an essential part of Welcome Week. It is a great opportunity to meet key members of staff and gives you the chance to get to know your fellow students who will be studying on your course with you. We expect you to attend as you will receive important information to help you start your university experience.
More information about your induction will be sent to your Essex email nearer the time. Remember to check this regularly for dates, times and further details.
Joint-honours degrees
Studying more than one subject? If you're studying a joint degree, you should access key support through your home department. If you're not sure which is your home department, you can find out on MyEssex.
Your campus
Our Business School has courses across two campuses, please click below to jump to events on your campus:
Colchester campus
First year undergraduate students
Monday 29 September 2025
- Online Getting Started with IT - Self directed online training via Moodle
Do you know your LEAP from your FASER? Have you found your way around the various online systems we use at Essex?
This session will take you through the most commonly used systems and apps to get you started.
Wednesday 1 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Welcome to our School
Welcome talk from Dean of School - Professor Claudia Girardone |
EBS 2.2 |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Welcome presentations from other teams:
|
EBS 2.2 |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Buffet lunch | EBS 2.21 |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Drop-in Q&A and activities split by subject: | |
| Accounting |
EBS 2.66 | |
| Finance | EBS 2.68 | |
| Marketing & Management, and Human Resource Management | EBS 2.65 | |
| Direct Entry | EBS.2.45 |
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- Attendance and Engagement - Caroline Bose (UG & PGT) (Zoom)
- 13:00 – 14:00 ‘Welcome: Student Support & Academic Development’ online (UG & PGT).
Wednesday 8 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Getting started
Session for all students |
Bloomberg room |
Friday 10 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- How to navigate Moodle and Student Directory (Zoom)
Postgraduate Taught students
Monday 29 September 2025
- Online Getting Started with IT - Self directed online training via Moodle
Do you know your LEAP from your FASER? Have you found your way around the various online systems we use at Essex?
This session will take you through the most commonly used systems and apps to get you started.
Thursday 2 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Welcome to our School
Welcome talk from Dean of School - Professor Claudia Girardone |
EBS 2.2 |
| 11:15 - 13:00 | Introduction to course, split by subject: |
|
| Human Resource Management |
EBS 2.66 | |
| Finance |
EBS 2.50 | |
| Accounting | EBS 1.1 | |
| Marketing | EBS 2.1 | |
| Management | EBS 2.34 | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch | EBS 2.21 |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Getting started | Bloomberg Room |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Library tour | Meet at Lab L |
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- Attendance and Engagement - Caroline Bose (UG & PGT) (Zoom)
- 13:00 – 14:00 ‘Welcome: Student Support & Academic Development’ online (UG & PGT).
Wednesday 8 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Getting started
Session for all students |
Bloomberg room |
Friday 10 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- How to navigate Moodle and Student Directory (Zoom)
Integrated PhD
Thursday 2 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 11:15 - 13:00 | Integrated PhD welcome | EBS.2.41 |
Postgraduate Research
Wednesday 1 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 14:00 | Postgraduate Research Welcome Event
Run by central university team, details to be emailed. |
|
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Welcome to EBS
A welcome talk from the School. |
EBS.2.2 |
Friday 10 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- How to navigate Moodle and Student Directory (Zoom)
Essex MBA
Please note that registration is organised by the university, who will provide more information on times and location.
Monday 29 September 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 13:00 |
Arrival and registration Dean and MBA Director's Welcome |
EBS 2.1 |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Various outlets available around campus |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | MBA Alumni and Partnerships talk | EBS 2.1 |
| 15:00 | Registration |
Tuesday 30 September 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Knowledge Transfer Projects | TBC |
| 10:30 - 13:00 | Start-ups | EBS 2.1 |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Various outlets available around campus |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | The Part-Time MBA | EBS 2.1 |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Library introduction | EBS 2.1 |
Wednesday 1 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Group photograph | EBS front entrance |
| 10:30 - 13:00 | LinkedIn introductions | EBS 2.1 |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Various outlets available around campus |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Interviews | Academic offices (EBS 3.84/3.34) |
Thursday 2 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Interviews | Academic offices (EBS 3.84/3.34) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Various outlets available around campus |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Interviews | Academic offices (EBS 3.84/3.34) |
Friday 3 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Interviews | Academic offices (EBS 3.84/3.34) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Various outlets available around campus |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Interviews | Academic offices (EBS 3.84/3.34) |
Southend campus
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught
Monday 29 September 2025
- Online Getting Started with IT - Self directed online training via Moodle
Do you know your LEAP from your FASER? Have you found your way around the various online systems we use at Essex?
This session will take you through the most commonly used systems and apps to get you started.
Friday 3 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Welcome from Dean of School - Professor Claudia Girardone
Plus talks from the library team, Student's Union and others. |
TF.0.11 |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Introductory session in groups: | |
| Undergraduates | GB.3.48 | |
| Postgraduate Taught | TF.0.11 | |
| Direct Entry | GB.3.50 | |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Lunch | Foyer |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Meet the Student Engagement and Central teams: | |
| Student engagement | GB.3.52 | |
| Central teams | TF.0.34 and TF.0.35 | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Library session |
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- Attendance and Engagement - Caroline Bose (UG & PGT) (Zoom)
- 13:00 – 14:00 ‘Welcome: Student Support & Academic Development’ online (UG & PGT).
Wednesday 8 October 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Getting started
Session for all students |
Bloomberg room |
Friday 10 October 2025
Online info sessions delivered by EBS Student Engagement Team:
- How to navigate Moodle and Student Directory (Zoom)
