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Literature, Literature

BA Film and Literature student Koushiki Chowdhury talks about her first week as an intern at Disney.

Koushiki Chowdhury

23 July 2024

Looking/Seeing: On Daniel & Clara, The Watcher and the Bird

Dr Matthew Bowman reflects on artists Daniel & Clara's work, The Watcher and the Bird. Daniel & Clara engage with the various ways in which we have looked at and studied birds through history and the role images play.

Dr Matthew Bowman

05 July 2024

What careers can I go into with a literature degree? [The ultimate 2024 careers guide]

Read our 2024 literature careers guide. We're talking jobs as a drama graduate, careers in the performing arts industry, and how your skills in drama could launch you into various career paths within the theatre industry.

Alexandra Stephens

22 March 2024

What can you do with a journalism degree?

Read our 2024 journalism careers guide. Covering the roles of a journalist, how to get into journalism, why a degree in journalism is beneficial, journalism salaries, and different industries graduate journalists can work in.

Alexandra Stephens

29 February 2024

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Feminist activist, actor, playwright, Art Exchange Experience Assistant and University of Essex alumna, Marina Cusi Sanchez reflects on her time of being a feminist activist at Essex.

Marina Cusi Sanchez

21 February 2024

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

2023 marks the 100th anniversary since the publication of the first novel by Margery Allingham, and this presents an opportunity to celebrate the life, career, and legacy of a writer with a strong Essex connection.

Jordan Welsh

19 September 2023

Leaving home is never an easy transition, let alone leaving one’s country and travelling more than 24 hours away. Being an MA student at the University of Essex was my first time leaving India and I went into it not exactly knowing what to expect. But I took a chance, and it would go on to be the best plunge I’d ever take.

Ananya Endow

22 May 2023

'The ''S'' Is Silent', a production by University of Essex BA Drama and Literature 2022 graduate, Marina Cusi Sanchez, premiered to raving reviews at the Off-West-End this April 2023. Marina tells us more about debut London experience with her fledgling theatre company and original play.

Alumni team, Marina Cusi Sanchez

09 May 2023

Graduate Elaine Ewart talks about the creative and personal journeys from her time at Essex.

Alumni team, Elaine Ewart

07 February 2023

The Essex Serpent: the real myths, folklore and heroines inspired by the county

Elelia Ferro

19 May 2022

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Literature, Literature

Navigating Your First Week on Placement: Insider Tips from a Disney Intern

Looking/Seeing: On Daniel & Clara, The Watcher and the Bird

What careers can I go into with a literature degree? [The ultimate 2024 careers guide]

What can you do with a journalism degree?

Reflections on being a feminist activist at Essex

Celebrating one hundred years of Margery Allingham

The first time venturing out of my country: an MA student at University of Essex

An Alumni production: 'The S is Silent' premieres at the Pleasance Theatre in an Off West End run

A story of two Essex journeys

The Essex Serpent: the real myths, folklore and heroines inspired by the county