Essex Prospectus 2020
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ESSEX UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR Undergraduate Prospectus 2020 CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE Whether you've ordered this prospectus from our website and know all about Essex, or picked it up at an event and don't know much about us at all, the parts that will interest you will depend on the things you like. It goes without saying that the main thing to check out is your ideal area of study, which can be found by browsing our subject pages on page 74. But after you've spent some time finding out all that your subject has to offer, then what? Essex has lots of amazing opportunities for everyone so why not take a look at the below and follow the path of the one that speaks to you. At one with nature Night owl Wanderlust Busy bee Well Essex is the perfect setting Whether it’s watching a film in There’s plenty of ways to satisfy Having hobbies and joining sports for an outdoors explorer like you! Cine10 or singing at the top of your adventurous streak at Essex! teams is a great way to keep a busy With some glorious countryside your lungs to Mr Brightside in You can study abroad for a schedule and meet new friends. surroundings and some lovely Sub-Zero, our Students' Union term, a year or have an overseas At Essex we have over 100 coastal spots, you’ll be in your has lots of opportunities for a great experience during the summer. societies and 40 sports clubs to element. See page 62 to find out night out. Take a look at page 32 to See page 42 to find out about the choose from. Go to page 34 to more about Essex life. see what our SU have to offer. opportunities to see the world. find out more about what's on offer. None of the above? Not to worry, everyone's Essex experience is unique and there is something for everyone! Bonfire night on our Colchester Campus. 2 3 Photo credit: Andrew Watkinson, @ajrwphotographer. Essex student. YOUR ESSEX, YOUR WAY WELCOME HOME Your new home 52 Essex living 62 Animal kingdom 10 Read all about it 14 Liam Knapp-Bates explains how our Jordan Milne found her ideal career as a Accommodation 54 volunteering programme (VTeam) shaped producer for Sky News. She explains how his future career as a Zookeeper Essex shaped who she is today Healthy business 12 We are Essex 16 Philip Kasumu, founder of health app Our students, staff and alumni come from Lyle, tells us how Essex Business School all over the world, each with their own APPLYING TO ESSEX changed his outlook unique story to tell. Here are some stories from our inspirational students Open Days 66 Fees and funding 72 How to apply 68 IT’S ALL HERE FOR YOU SUBJECTS Facilities 20 Research 40 All our subjects Essex Pathways 172 Discover our brand new labs, sports and courses 74 Our Year 0 (foundation year) courses facilities and more... Study abroad and learn a language 42 Colchester Campus 24 Travel and learn new languages the Essex way Southend Campus 28 Careers 44 EXTRA INFO Students' Union 32 Employability at Essex; earn money, build your CV and kickstart your career Keep in touch 178 Travel information 184 Sport 34 Be the best or just get off the sofa – there’s Support services 46 UK partner institutions 180 Important information 186 something sporty for everyone at Essex How we can help Index 188 Outside the classroom 38 International students 48 We are the world in one place Our towers by day. 4 5 Photo credit: Andrew Watkinson, @ajrwphotographer. Essex student. UNIVERSITY OF Rated THE Gold YEAR Teaching Excellence Framework 2017 Our top rankings Top 15 demonstrate we for overall student put equal emphasis satisfaction on teaching and research NSS 2018, English mainstream universities* Our academics Top 20 inspire a new for the most generation of international experts – which student community includes you Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 6 7 *Non-specialist higher education institutions with a survey population of at least 500 YOUR ESSEX, YOUR WAY Read our students' stories about life at Essex and meet the alumni At Essex you’re more we think are inspirational. These are the people who defy convention, stop to ask why and never give up. Read on and perhaps you’ll start than a student, you’re to see how you can make our Essex, your Essex. Our students make us what we are. When we say Essex dares to be different, we can only make this claim because our students a member. Someone consistently choose to live life their own way. Choose Essex for an education that’s focused on you. Study here for with genuine licence more than a great degree. Learn to value opinions that differ and to shape what we do. develop the confidence to make your own decisions. Studying at Essex. Dreaming of making a difference. 8 9 Photo credit: Michael Tsangaris, @michael_ts_. Essex student. ANIMAL Liam Knapp-Bates explains how our KINGDOM volunteering programme (VTeam) shaped his future career as a Zookeeper. Get stuck in From the day he came to an Open Day, His favourite part of the course was the Liam felt like Essex was home, “I was really lab work, “I conducted so many different impressed with the wide variety of facilities experiments and learnt so much about the provided on campus and how beautiful the vocation of science research through them”. lake area was”, making his decision to study Another memorable part of his studies was at Essex a pretty easy one. After joining the the field trips he attended as part of his University as a student, Liam was sure to degree. “The trip to Indonesia in my second get involved with all of the opportunities year to participate in coral reef surveys Essex had to offer and advises all future was definitely a highlight and provided a students to “sign up to a hundred clubs or good balance to the lab work back at the societies (you’ll probably only attend one, university”. “When it comes to the field trips, two if you’re optimistic) and get involved make sure you go on as many as you can with everything going on on campus as as they’re invaluable and it’s nice to get out I guarantee you’ll find something happening of the lab sometimes!” pretty much every day.” Monkey Business It was through his go-getter attitude that Since graduating from Essex, Liam has he landed his role at Colchester Zoo, been participating in an internship scheme “I actually secured the position through at Colchester Zoo as a full time Zookeeper, Essex's volunteering program (VTeam) in “I’m now in month 11 and essentially have my final year of study so I could volunteer been training to become a fully-qualified at the Zoo at least one day a week”. zookeeper, with the aim to gain full time employment upon completion of the Studying science at Essex, scheme”. He claims studying at Essex and beyond proved invaluable for him whilst trying to Liam was a keen scientist from a young gain a job through providing a variety of age “I always liked science growing up skills. “It was only through the university and didn’t really know what I wanted to do programme that I had the chance to with it…in particular biology was always my participate in the zookeeper internship and favourite”. The diverse modules available so far I have had the best time…I still can’t in the BSc Biological Sciences course quite believe I get to look after so many captured his attention and allowed him to amazing animals as my job!” explore so many different aspects of biology, “I was really interested in gaining a wider breadth of knowledge in biology with the hope of focusing on specific areas in the coming years”. 10 11 HEALTHY BUSINESS You don’t have to wear a suit to be big in business. Philip Kasumu, founder of health app Lyle, tells us how Essex Business School changed his outlook. New perspective Before he started his BA Accounting and Working with an engineer, a dietician and Management Philip believed a career in a designer, Philip launched Lyle, an iPhone business meant one thing. “I thought I'd end app that helps men lose weight. Lyle is an up in a suit working in London.” However, AI assistant that acts like a personal trainer, his entrepreneurial spark was kindled by advising users on goals, devising tailored the Essex Business School. “It's where meal plans – and even shopping for the right I discovered who I am. The modules I ingredients to save users time! studied challenged me and made me look at business – and the world – a lot differently.” Made in Manhattan – via Essex Philip’s work on Lyle has taken him across Another source of inspiration was the the Atlantic and now he’s based in New York. Students' Union Entrepreneurial Society. But he has fond memories of university life. Philip recalls an event with the CEO of coffee “Essex is where I met some of my closest shop chain Paddy and Scott’s. “He shared friends. It's where I made the transition from with us how he struggled in school and had an overly excited teenager to ‘grown-up’. It's many failed businesses until this coffee idea. where I developed discipline through my The moral of his story was to never give up.