By Claudia Bradley
The Peter Pan Panto is about to burst onto the stage this week after Covid interrupted Christmas plans.
Peter Vetere (not Pan), a film studies student who plays a pirate in the panto, said: “I’m really excited to put on the show… We’re all really excited.
By Claudia Bradley
The Student’s Union’s new Greenhouse Café has enjoyed a week of success since opening at the start of term, 17th January.
SU’s “newest social space, created by and for Essex students” has seen many visitors flocking through its plant-decked doors in a race for much needed Starbucks’ coffee.
“It’s a really nice place to catch up with friends,” one student said on the @essexsu_greenhouse Instagram page. Another said: “There’s lots of cute plants, the lighting is really good. It’s great for Insta pics.”
Continue reading SU’s Greenhouse Café is an Immediate Success
By Anca Miron
Tesco is by no means “doing enough to cut off Amazon deforestation,” Human Rights student Molly Rennie said.
The UK’s biggest supermarket seller threatens to boycott Brazilian produce in response to Brazil’s proposed legislation to open up Amazon to more exploitation. Continue reading Tesco’s new pledge to protect Brazil Amazon under scrutiny by Essex University
By Teo Coroiu
The Vice Chancellor apologised to students and to Professor Jo Phoenix whose seminar was cancelled after people considered her a “transphobe”.
In December 2019, Prof Jo Phoenix was talking at the University of Essex about “trans rights, imprisonment, and the criminal justice system.” Continue reading University`s apology to professor over trans-rights cancellation
By Teo Coroiu
The Students’ Union created an official exam mode community group on Facebook to support all university students to get through exam season easily.
The summer term examinations take place between 17 May and 11 June this year. Continue reading Students’ Union’s Exam Mode Community Group
