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Strong links between business, innovation and talent drive economic growth.
We created the Knowledge Gateway to do just that, and after ten years, this thriving hub of innovation is home to more than 50 businesses and organisations.
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From Students' Union leaders to co-founders...
The Essex Startups team sat down with Joe and Lily-May to discuss their business, balancing clients with SU leadership roles, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Watch what they have to say: brnw.ch/21wSC2p
ALT Lily-May and Joe sit on a wooden bench among palms in the Essex Business School winter garden.
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Great day for #ThamesEstuary - and for UK! Lower Thames Crossing will add £bns to UK economy, create '000s of jobs & open new trade opportunities. Amazing news! Super support @lowerthames @Jim4Dartford @Kent_cc @Essex_CC @dartfordbc @TransportfSE @transporteast @transportgovuk
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We're excited to announce Professor Frances Bowen is our new Vice-Chancellor and will take on the role from August 2025.
She said: "My priority will be to cultivate Essex’s proud heritage, bold spirit, and passion for our students’ success".
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Delighted to launch the new Greater Essex Business Board today, led by chairwoman, Julia Gregory.
The Board brings together leading Essex companies & gives a strong, strategic voice to the private sector, on issues & decisions that impact business, investment & the economy
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Essex has ranked 23rd in the UK in the @guardian University Guide 2025. We've climbed seven places thanks to our vibrant student experience and fantastic academic support.
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Essex is one of the first universities to sign the voluntary environmental sustainability concordat co-developed by more than 25 organisations across the UK research and innovation sector.
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Applications are open for six interdisciplinary PhD research scholarships, funded by the @LeverhulmeTrust.
Students will be able to participate in one of our exciting Sustainable Transitions DTP projects.
Find out more and how to apply: brnw.ch/21wIE4l
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The big day finally came- the launch of our Health, Wellbeing & Care Hub @Uni_of_Essex @EssexUni_HWCH - what an inspiring day. Thanks to everyone who joined us today, so looking forward to working together with our partners @MSEssex_ICS @SNEE_ICS & meeting needs of the community
great to see the annoucement of £3m @EPSRC award to develop new business colloboration through work of technicians with our @TheEasternARC partners essex.ac.uk/news/2024/03/18/… @cochranekirstie @frootle @chrisrhgreer
Great opportunity for someone with experience of REF to play a key role in delivery of our research strategy and development of our REF2029 submission. Working closely with PVC Research @chrisrhgreer . DM for informal discussion. vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_…
Good this was brought to a conclusion and hopefully it didn’t delay the important UKRI work on people, culture and environment too much – at Messing, England
Science secretary pays damages to professor over extremism claims
Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’, writes Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE bit.ly/48Gpxoq
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Today is Campus cat day!
University of Essex campus cat honoured with statue bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-es… – at Colchester, England
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I’ll be there. Please join us 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Great news that we have expanded our Eastern Arc to include University of Sussex
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so pleased that we can continue this important work with the support of @ESRC
High quality data is vital to social science research. We're investing a further £100M in longitudinal study @usociety and £37.5M in @UKDataService.
Boosting the UK's social science data infrastructure supports research to improve people's lives. More: orlo.uk/FPbma
ALT ESRC Executive Chair, Stian Westlake, said: ESRC invests in world-class social science data infrastructure on behalf of the UK. The substantial, long-term investment we are making today will provide researchers and policymakers with high-quality data to inform research that improves people’s lives across the country.
Great to be @IUK_KTN KTP awards celebrating amazing outcomes. Very proud of the work of colleagues, with Essex projects picking up future leader and best managementKTP awards and @UoE_Business nominated for best team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽@business_walker @cochranekirstie – at Cardiff, Wales
Incredibly proud to see the amazing work that the Essex start-ups team do recognised with an Excellence in Education Award @es59003 @AndyMew13 @cochranekirstie – at Rowhedge, England
Really pleased to see the KEF3 results. It’s a great way to highlight what we do as a university to benefit businesses and communities and also to shine a light on what the university sector does as a whole #kef @ResEngland – at East, England
We’re once again one of the very best for working with businesses, charities and public services according to the Knowledge Exchange Framework - the Government’s national review of the impact of universities.
Read more: okt.to/nJt6hs
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Today, we're releasing the third iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework. It enables the first year-on-year comparison between higher education providers across a range of knowledge exchange activities. Find out more here: ukri.org/news/kef3-gives-ins…
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ALT Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair of Research England, says: "Higher education institutions make rich and diverse contributions to the economy and society through their knowledge exchange activities. The KEF continues to be a powerful tool to describe the breadth of scope of knowledge exchange. It also provides important evidence of different university strengths through peer group comparisons.”