British Science Week 

Essex Science Exhibition: 12 March

We’re inviting students in years 10-13 to join us on campus for a day packed with activities! Explore our departments in psychology, life sciences, engineering, sport science, and maths as they deliver exciting workshops, tasters, demonstrations, and hands-on activities inspired by this year’s theme: 'change and adapt'. Students can choose 2 tasters to attend, such as our psychology taster, 'How do our brains change and adapt to each other during social interaction?'

We welcome bookings from school groups, individual teachers, and individual student bookers. 

We are excited to offer a Taster Day Bursary for school groups attending this event!* School groups bringing 10 or more post-16 students can claim up to £150 towards their travel expenses.

Event Programme:

*Please note, this offer is not available in conjunction with the Schools Membership travel bursary.

We’re finalising details for the event and will update this page as more information becomes available.  Please do get in touch with us if you have any questions about the event in the meantime, we'd love to hear from you.

Online pre-recorded videos

While you’re waiting for further details from us, check out our wide range of pre-recorded lectures and taster talks from across our Science and Health faculty. You can access these at your convenience during British Science Week and share with others in your classrooms, in your student bulletins and with parents. 

Smashing stereotypes in STEM workforce

We are joining the Smashing Stereotypes campaign that was launched by British Science Association to celebrate that diversity as part of British Science Week. It aims to encourage STEM workers to share their stories about what they do in their day-to-day work – to highlight the diversity of the STEM workforce, the broad range of jobs and careers available, and that scientists are just like other people.

Dr Alba Garcia, Dr Aline Villavicencio, Professor Maria Fasli, Research Student Anca Sticlaru and Research Officer Mays Al-Naday explain why they are proud to be part of the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at Essex.

Meet Philip, our previous Head of Department for the School of Life Sciences, as he chats to Ellie about how he came to get in to science from a working class background in Bolton, how he deals with anxiety, and going down to his local for a pint.

Read about our innovative research

• Bootcamps or five-a-side could save your liver and your life
• Fans of ASMR videos are more sensitive to their surroundings
• New AI- powered app could boost smartphone batteries by 30 per cent
• Check4Cancer launches skin cancer AI project with Essex researchers
• Cow tracking
• Ocean Travellers