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How can we emphasise employability in higher education?

How can we emphasise employability in higher education?

Katherine Emms of The Edge Foundation presents three innovative case studies, featured at an Edge symposium, which demonstrate how work-based learning with integrated industry support can make new graduates more work-ready and employable.

Katherine Emms

07 January 2021

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Why students need to learn academic words

Why students need to learn academic words

Sophia Skoufaki, Associate Supervisor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Essex, explains how knowing academic words like 'method' and 'analyse' can predict performance at primary school, secondary school and university.

Sophia Skoufaki

06 January 2021

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What we can learn from last year to make 2021 a bit brighter

What we can learn from last year to make 2021 a bit brighter

Sustainability Team

04 January 2021

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Hardship Fund grants emergency bursaries to over 500 students

Hardship Fund grants emergency bursaries to over 500 students

Together, we reached our initial target of £250,000, enough to grant over 500 bursaries to students hit hardest by the pandemic.

William Millar, Philanthropy

22 December 2020

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Our historians need you to tell your health story

Our historians need you to tell your health story

The Body, Self and Family Project team in the University of Essex Department of History are interviewing women aged between 50 and 80 about their everyday health experiences, to paint a picture of how women in postwar Britain tried to stay healthy, coped with pain, and looked after their health.

Professor Tracey Loughran

18 December 2020

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Desty scholarship supports future scientists

Desty scholarship supports future scientists

In 2019, six new Masters scholars were enrolled in our School of Life Sciences as a result of a £120,000 bequest from Doreen Desty, the wife of the late scientist and inventor Denis Desty.

Philanthropy

18 December 2020

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University of Essex Hong Kong Giving Club launches

University of Essex Hong Kong Giving Club launches

The aim of the University of Essex Hong Kong Alumni Giving Club is to bring together philanthropically-minded graduates that wish to support Essex in a tax-efficient way.

Philanthropy

16 December 2020

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Volunteering with Essex

Volunteering with Essex

Volunteering may look a little different over the next year, but we’re really looking forward to continuing our work with alumni to support Essex

Alumni team

11 December 2020

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Carbon dioxide feeds plants, but are earth’s plants getting full?

Carbon dioxide feeds plants, but are earth’s plants getting full?

When it comes to removing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we may have been overestimating the ability of plants

Dr Amanda Cavanagh, Dr Caitlin Moore

11 December 2020

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Play it by tier: Hoteliers come together to share their experiences navigating the coronavirus pandemic

Play it by tier: Hoteliers come together to share their experiences navigating the coronavirus pandemic

Edge Hotel School

10 December 2020

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