Welcome Week

Essex Pathways Departmental Induction 2025

Find a course

Welcome to our department

Welcome to the Essex Pathways Department and to this new stage in your life!

Here are the details relating to our Welcome Week where you'll meet your Head of Department and your lecturers and will get to know your fellow students.  

You and every other person who joins Essex Pathways Department this year is a unique part of this community and we are so looking forward to seeing you claim your place in it.

This is the beginning of exciting, life-enhancing things to come. We can't wait to meet you at our Welcome Week events.

Find your event

  • Law (For foundation year students who study Law)
  • Humanities (For foundation year students who study English Literature, Film Studies, Art History, History, Philosophy, Liberal Arts.)
  • Social Sciences (For foundation year students who study Politics, Language and Linguistics, Criminology, Sociology, Childhood Studies, Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Studies.)
  • Psychology and SRES (For foundation year students who study Psychology, Sports and Exercise Science.)
  • CSEE and Maths (For foundation year students who study Computer Games, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics.)
  • Life Sciences (For foundation year students who study Biological Sciences, Biomedical Science, Marine Biology.)
  • EBS and Economics (For foundation year students who study Economics, Accounting and Finance, Marketing Management, Business Management.)

Law

These events are for foundation year students who study Law.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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Humanities

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • English Literature
  • Film Studies
  • Art History
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Liberal Arts.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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Social Sciences

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • Politics
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Criminology
  • Sociology
  • Childhood Studies
  • Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Studies.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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Psychology and SRES

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • Psychology
  • Sports and Exercise Science.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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CSEE and Maths

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • Computer Games
  • Computer Science
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Mathematics.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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Life Sciences

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Science
  • Marine Biology.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

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Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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EBS and Economics

These events are for foundation year students who study:

  • Economics
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Marketing Management
  • Business Management.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Take your first steps into university life by meeting the key people who’ll shape your experience — lecturers, support staff, and fellow students. This dynamic welcome session offers insight into your course and helps you building student network. Start your journey with people who believe in your potential and are committed to helping you thrive.

NTC.3.07

Thursday 2 October 2025

Time Event Location
10:00 - 13:00 Starting your student journey

This event is designed to spark your creativity, support you to become independent thinkers, and kickstart your journey as changemakers. Discover our supportive student advising approach and meet your advisers and collaborate on your first mini-project, and explore how deep, purposeful teamwork may lead to powerful solutions. Focusing on building a strong sense of belonging, this is your chance to connect with fellow students, exchange fresh perspectives, and co-create impactful ideas within the inspiring and broad theme of sustainability.

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Register from 2 September

Online Pre-registration opens from 2 September. This is an essential part of your Essex journey for both new and returning students. Just follow the simple steps and you'll be ready for the new academic year.

Find out more about how to register
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