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29 July 2022
 
LIFE AT ESSEX
The water feature in the Lake at our Colchester Campus.
Wivenhoe Park is one of the nation's best green spaces
We're celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for Wivenhoe Park. The award is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces and it's the sixth year our Colchester Campus has received the honour, once again 
securing our home as one of Britain’s best green spaces.
YUFE logo
YUFE Alliance secures funding for further 4 years
We are delighted to announce that our YUFE Alliance – Young Universities for the Future of Europe – has been
awarded a European Commission grant worth €14.4million which will help the vision to create one of the first true European Universities. 
Well, that was a whopper of a Graduation!
Week two of Summer Graduation has been just as great as week one. See all the highlights on 
FacebookTwitter and Instagram, and see our news pages to find out more about all of our honorary graduates. Thank you to everyone who made Summer Graduation such a success.
Claire Paxton holding aloft the Saltire.
Essex Rebel going for glory at Commonwealth Games
Team Scotland has
selected Essex Rebel player and Masters student Claire Paxton for its 3x3 basketball team at the Commonwealth Games. Claire is finishing her MSc in Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security after playing a pivotal part in our Essex Rebels and BUCS teams.
Professor Anthony Forster
Top Lines
Top Lines is a regular briefing for all staff from the Vice-Chancellor summarising the key issues, debates and decisions of USG, Senate, Policy and Resources Committee, and Council.
Read the latest briefing.
Our three campuses
Update on the review of two events
The May 2021 Reindorf Review of two events, the cancellation of a Centre for Criminology seminar and arrangements for speaker invitations to a Holocaust Memorial Week event, makes clear that the University of Essex has made serious mistakes and we need to do our very best to learn from these and to ensure they are not repeated.
See the latest update.
A person riding the E-cargo bike at our Colchester Campus
Staff are going DITS for our E-cargo bike
We’re aiming to minimise the carbon and environmental impact of our travel and transport activities with our new E-cargo bike. Find out how Digital Innovation and Technology Services (DITS) have been
using the bike to help them move equipment on and off campus
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How to create accessible web content
We're committed to continuously improving web accessibility and making our online content as inclusive and consistent as possible. If you're responsible for creating content that may be published online, there are a number of steps you can take to help ensure it is accessible. 
Learn more.
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The new Library Search is live
Our
new Library Search is live. Find out more in the latest blog from our Library team and make sure you let us know what you think.
Two of the TEL team.
Let us help you get ready for the start of term
Book your summer training courses now. We can help you
get your Moodle pages ready for the start of term, and answer your questions at our regular TEL drop-in sessions, where you can get informal support from members of the Technology-Enhanced Learning team.
NEWS AND RESEARCH
Professor Wayne Martin giving evidence in a committee room in Westminster
Key care rights report cites Essex research 
Professor Wayne Martin and the Autonomy Project have been
cited by a Parliamentary human rights committee in its report on how COVID-19 affected the rights of people in care settings. 
Professor Nicolas Forsans outside Essex Business School
Latin America in a post-COVID world
In
the first of a series of articles for The Prisma, a UK-based publication targeted at Latin American immigrants, Professor Nicolas Forsans from Essex Business School assesses why Latin America was the most impacted continent in the world.
A photo of crowd with hands in the air, focused on one arm
Award-winning module brings real change to the community
The interdisciplinary
Democracy In Action module, delivered in partnership with Citizens UK, sees final-year students from across the University working with local organisations to impact on the life of our community.
Dr Brian Phillips
Article explores proscription of white-supremacist groups
New Zealand's designation of white-supremacist groups Base and Proud Boys as terrorist organizations will have global consequences argues Dr Brian Phillips in an
article for The Washington Post's Monkey Cage.
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BBC search for radio programme ideas  
The UKRI-BBC New Generation Thinkers competition is looking for early career researchers with a story to tell. If you're interested in public engagement and want to reach new audiences,
apply today or contact the Communications Team to find out how we can support your application.
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