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20 May 2022
 
 
LIFE AT ESSEX
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Come to our REF2021 Celebration
Our REF2021 results are the culmination of all your hard work and the exceptional talent of colleagues across our University.
Join us at our celebration event from 4.30pm on 9 June to celebrate your success.
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Getting ready for Summer Graduation
This July, we'll be running two consecutive weeks of Graduation to make sure that all our students whose ceremonies were postponed due to the pandemic can celebrate their achievements. And we need your help to do it.
Find out more from our Senior Assessment Manager, Jodie Field. 
Professor Lorna Fox O'Mahony
Celebrating city status for Colchester
It’s incredible news that
Colchester has been granted city status as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and recognised for its cultural and historic significance. See what Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Lorna Fox O'Mahony said about this exciting news in our video.
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Make sure you're using email safely
We regularly receive reports of emails being misdirected, resulting in personal information being accidentally shared and whilst it's good that these are reported, it would be even better if we could drive the numbers down through the careful use of email.
Take a look at our top tips.
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Ukraine: what you can do to help
As the situation in Ukraine continues, find out what you can do to support those who have been forced to flee their homes with this advice from
GOV.UK and Essex County Council.
NEWS AND RESEARCH
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Essex plays role in report on violence and mental health
Clinical Psychologist Dr Danny Taggart, from our School of Health and Social Care, has been involved in a
major new report highlighting the links between victims of violence and mental health problems.
Dr Angela Meadows.
Psychologist speaks to MPs — and Good Morning Britain
Dr Angela Meadows this week
gave evidence to Parliament on the impact of body image on mental and physical health — then spoke to the nation on ITV's Good Morning Britain.
Somdip Dey.
Somdip selected as leading innovator under 35
Computer scientist Somdip Dey was selected to showcase his machine learning expertise linked to his food management app Nosh at this week’s prestigious
MIT Innovators Under 35 Europe Festival.
Professor Gavin Sandercock.
Everyone eats an extra three burgers a day than they realise
Everyone eats the equivalent of three extra McDonald’s cheeseburgers a day than they admit — regardless of their waistline, 
researchers led by Professor Gavin Sandercock have found.
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What Leninfall tells us about Ukraine 
MA Curating student Pauline Tristani explains the significance of
the treatment of fallen statues of Lenin in Ukraine and why photographer Niels Ackermann went on a quest to document their fate. 
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Trauma support for professionals in Ukraine
Professor Renos Papadopoulos is
supporting mental health professionals and teachers still in Ukraine, as well as those who had to flee the country, to deal with the psychological impact of the Russian invasion.
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The Essex Serpent: the county's real myths, and heroines 
Elelia Ferro, a PhD researcher in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies,
shines a light on Essex as the backdrop of the new Apple TV adaptation of The Essex Serpent.
TRAINING AND EVENTS
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Something for everyone at literary festival 
There’s something for everyone at the
2022 Essex Book Festival in the coming weeks including events featuring Essex researchers as well as a headline lecture about WG Sebald at our Colchester Campus.
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Book now for our Human Rights Summer School
Delivered online in a live, interactive format split over two weeks from 27 June to 8 July, our summer school will help you get to grips with a range of research methods and skills for successful human rights practice and professional development.
Early bird discounts are available until 31 May.
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