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1 July 2022
LIFE AT ESSEX
Professor Anthony Forster and Vanessa Potter at the Annual Meeting and Summer reception.
Annual Meeting and Summer Reception
Take a look at the Vice-Chancellor's speech from the Annual Meeting and Summer Reception to 
find out how we’re leading the way in education and research, business engagement, alumni and student volunteering, and achieving great things. You can also see all the photos from the day
Some of our technicians.
Our talented technicians are our 'unsung heroes'
T
he University's commitment to our incredible technicians has been recognised and we're honoured to have been presented with a special Impact award at a national event in York.
An Essex Futures graphic featuring a person working in a lab
We're raising £1m to support the next generation
Our new Essex Futures appeal is raising £1m to provide scholarships and bursaries to those with the ambition to make the world a better place. Essex Futures is our promise to support the next generation.
Learn more.
A group of students covered in colourful paint.
SU Clubs and Societies Ranked 19th in the UK
Our clubs and societies have ranked in the top 20 in the UK at the StudentCrowd University Awards 2022. The ranking is decided by online reviews written by our students over a 24 month period. It is the latest in a
series of recognitions for the Students' Union.
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Joining the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion
We're now a member of the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion.
All staff members can register to access member benefits including research materials and best practice case studies, as well as discounted training on topics related to diversity, equality, and inclusion.
The Validium logo
Take a look at the latest wellbeing resources from validium
This month Validium are celebrating the importance of relationships with guides on
easy to cook summer sharing recipes, what to do if you have social anxiety but still want to socialise, the seven pillars of inclusion and what they mean, and what to say to someone dealing with isolation
NEWS AND RESEARCH
First female Dean appointed to lead Essex Business School
Congratulations to Claudia Girardone, Professor of Finance and Banking, who has become t
he first female Dean of Essex Business School.
A hand holding a data cloud. Next to it are written the letters AI.
AI: butler, slave or nanny?  
Two articles by Sociology academics analyse the impact and fallibility of AI in
The Washington Post and British Sociological Association.
Danielle Tucker
British Academy Fellowship awarded to EBS
Dr Danielle Tucker, from Essex Business School, has won an
Innovation Fellowship from the British Academy to work with global Oracle partner Inoapps to develop a new change agent digital toolkit.
An aerial view of lots of people using their laptop.
YUFERING and Full Open Science
As a part of the YUFERING (YUFE Transforming Research and Innovation through Europe-wide Knowledge Transfer), we're launching a call for Research Teams at Essex to become Full Open Science Research Teams.
Read more about the call and how to apply.
Summer Science exhibition logo
Flagship Royal Society event featuring Essex research 
Our research is playing a key role in next week's prestigious
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London with three out of the sixteen exhibits showcasing Essex research.
TRAINING AND EVENTS
Two images of Dora Love sit side by side. One shows her as a young woman and the other in older age.
Ten years of the Dora Love prize
The Dora Love prize, founded in memory of the Holocaust survivor Dora Love, is awarded to school pupils who use creative projects to connect the victims of Nazism to discrimination today. This year’s awards ceremony is taking place on 4 July. Contact our Events team for more information.
People watching a TV screen on an interesting shaped pillow.  What is it? Who knows, but why not go to the exhibition and find out?
Mysteries of ASMR explored at unique exhibition talk
Psychologist Dr Giulia Poerio will
delve into the mysteries of ASMR at a ground-breaking exhibition on the globe-sweeping phenomenon.
The talk takes place on July 5th at The Design Museum, London.
A woman stands with a child on either side of her.
Join UN Special Rapporteur at virtual launch
Alice Cruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family, will give the keynote speech at the virtual launch of the partnership between Essex and international charity Lepra on Wednesday 13 July.
Register now on Zoom.
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Upcoming development opportunities
Upcoming workshops include our
CADENZA Drop in Q&A, our TEL Drop-In and our regular Wellbeing Wednesday yoga sessions. You can book onto all of these courses and more on HR Organiser.
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