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Industrial action in February and March
UCU has now confirmed that there will be a further 10 days of strike action in February and March 2022. The days of strike action are allocated to the USS pensions dispute, or the pay dispute, or both. Find out more in the latest update from Alix Langley, our Director of People and Culture.
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Update your password reset details
It’s important that we have your external email address and passphrase up-to-date so you can retrieve your Essex account easily if you need to. Update it now by visiting our external email address and passphrase management page and logging into the first box on the page.
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Educate yourself on our award winners
We're celebrating the incredible staff who are making a difference to our students by innovating, trying new ideas and going the extra mile to support them. Read all about our Excellence in Education Award winners.
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Louder Than Words Podcast immerses itself in drama
The Louder Than Words Podcast catches up with Professor Liz Kuti and Annecy Lax to find out how drama and theatre can help understand and investigate difficult issues and even transform lives.
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Why some words are so easy to mispronounce
After a slip up by Ian Blackford MP, academics from Language and Linguistics have written an article in The Conversation explaining slips of the tongue, when they happen, and what the cause is.
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Book explores performance, identity and digital culture
In his latest book, Dr Liam Jarvis explores how avatars, performance capture and deep-fakes raise questions about how identity can be created, hijacked and manipulated.
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The impact of the pandemic on pregnant women revealed
Research led by the Department of Psychology's Babylab revealed expectant mum's depression and anxiety rates spiked in lockdown.
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Celebrating excellent Essex research and impact
The nominations process for our annual Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards is currently open. We have ten award categories, including two brand new awards: Research Visibility Champion and Outstanding Research Support by a Technician or Technical Team.
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Deputy High Commissioner welcomes delegates to event
Watch the introduction by Peter Cook, the Deputy High Commissioner to India, as he joins Professor Sheri Markose (pictured above) to bring together researchers in the UK and India for the UKIERI-DST Conference on AI, Cyber Risks and Data Science for FinTech and Digital Economy.
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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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Our dedicated health and wellbeing services
Our health and wellbeing clinics, including the Human Performance Unit and Essex BabyLab, offer expert advice, support and opportunities to get involved in ground-breaking research. And thanks to our new Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing we’ll be opening up more.
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Reducing carbon emissions and our environmental impact
Reducing our carbon emissions is a key aspect of our work to lower the University’s impact on the environment and you showed how much this matters to you through the Sustainability Sub-Strategy consultation. Find out what you had to say in the latest blog from our Sustainability team.
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Educating young people about climate change
Join Dr Katy Wheeler and our Sustainability team for a webinar at 12noon on Wednesday 9 February, as they trace the history of environmental and sustainability education, and present the findings from a content analysis of UK sustainability resources aimed at children aged between 7 and 11.
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Making our buildings more sustainable
As part of our priorities for tackling the climate and ecological emergency, we will minimise the environmental impact of our physical estate, by enhancing the sustainability credentials of our buildings and promoting behavioural change amongst our whole community.
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Have you had a COVID-19 vaccine outside of the UK?
We're hosting a Vaccine Verification clinic at our Southend Campus on Friday 25 February. If you've had a COVID-19 vaccine outside of the UK, this clinic will allow NHS staff to securely update your vaccination record and give you access to an NHS COVID pass.
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Changing perceptions schools challenge
The UK Data Service has launched a competition, asking sixth form students to compare public and media attitudes to immigration and design a campaign to improve public understanding of the economic impacts of immigration.
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