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Activate Essex is all about being an active learner. This is a great way to understand your subject and succeed in your studies. Active learners don’t just memorise and repeat – but instead absorb, understand, apply, and succeed.

Professor Madeline Eacott

13 October 2023

5 Essential things to do before moving in

Here are five things to do before you move in that will help you feel more comfortable and confident when you move into your new room on campus.

Accommodation Essex

15 June 2023

International student Cristiana shares her journey at East 15 Acting School, where she studied BA World Performance.

Cristiana Catalina Clucencu

25 April 2023

My marketing placement with Greater Anglia

BA Marketing and Management student Karolina Szpigiel explains how taking a placement year with Greater Anglia will boost her future career in Marketing.

Karolina Szpigiel, Essex Business School

31 January 2023

Top tips on revision so that you can learn to work smarter, not harder.

Phoebe Ng

04 November 2021

Franklin

27 September 2021

First in your family to go to university

Megan

27 September 2021

Megan has learned how to study effectively at home during her first year of university while studying online and will be sharing some top tips to study at your best!

Megan Brown

10 August 2021

Phoebe is a second-year Economics student who is passionate about making a change in the world – and if she gets to make someone’s day better by one small act then she’ll be satisfied!

Phoebe Ng

10 August 2021

One of the best and worst things about growing up is that we go from every meal being provided for us to a point where we eventually have to sort out our own munch.

Franklin

10 August 2021

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Activate Essex

5 Essential things to do before moving in

My Experience at East 15 Acting School

My marketing placement with Greater Anglia

How to ace your revision technique

Keeping my faith at university

First in your family to go to university

How to study smarter, not harder

Preparing for college/sixth form: a quick guide on how to expect the unexpected

The 1.5 Life Hack: How to cook, save and eat well!