Highlights of Graduation 2024

Thousands of joyful students and their families gathered at the University of Essex’s Colchester campus to take part in summer graduation.

Among those celebrating was Hannah Eadie, from West Bergholt, who graduated with a BA Events Management from the Edge Hotel School.

Hannah will now be working full-time at Ipswich Town Football Club, planning and coordinating a range of events hosted at Portman Road.

• Read about our Class of 2024

Speaking about her experience at Edge Hotel School, she said: “It gave me knowledge in all aspects of the events industry, which I am able to demonstrate within the workplace, in areas such as financial and operational planning.”

Joshua Mullett secured a BSc Computer Science after a memorable few years at Essex. Alongside his studies, he was part of the volunteering team at Essex and led the Coding Club, which teaches children the basics of computer programming.

Joshua said: “The thing I will always remember is seeing the kids we taught actually enjoying programming. I'm honoured to have had the opportunity to teach and lead the sessions.”

Georgina Keller moved from New Zealand to study at Essex. She graduated with a BSc Computer Science and will begin a job in software engineering later this year.

She said: “There are some amazing lecturers and wonderful societies at Essex. I think one of the best things about the University is the student-led societies.”

See all the photos

We've created an album on Flickr of all our favourite photos from this year's Graduation. See our highlights album

If you are interested in a particular day check out our albums through the week: Day One, Day Two, Day Three and Day Four

Discover our Honorary Graduates and other award winners

Read our round-up of honorary graduates

You can find out more about individual honorary graduates in our news section:

• Dr Sima Sami Bahous
• Elsa James
• Christopher Newenham
• Houlin Zhao

We're sharing videos of our Honorary Graduates on our social channels, but you can also see them on our Vimeo channel.

We also recognised Jeremiah Gogo as our Alumnus of the Year and Professor Joan Busfield received an honorary fellowship.

Read more about our amazing Class of 2024

We've caught up with some of the amazing graduates who form our Class of  2024. Visit our Class of 2024 pages