SU Fireworks: starting the year off with a bang
Guy Fawkes Night was another hit event at the University of Essex, here’s our summary of the night.
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Women’s Week: This Is What You Need To Know
Cara Darroch recounts the events held by the Feminist Society during Women’s Week. Women’s Week is always a busy time for the Feminist Society here at Essex, and this year was no different. For those who missed it, or for anyone interested in the events of Women’s Week, here’s a recap of everything we did. …
‘Antisemitism has no place at our University’
Andreea Szasz talks about the Jewish society controversy and its aftermath. Hundreds of students, staff and members of the public gathered in Square 2 last week to show solidarity to the Jewish community after the anti-semitism row. The gathering was organised by the university as a series of measures to tackle the controversy. The row …
Climate change: the defining issue of our time
Dan Eboka addresses the issues on the perception of climate change in society. Over time we’ve let the subject of climate change morph into near myth. A dooms day tale told and retold over time so that people are unable to acknowledge its reality or understand its very imminence. The increase in greenhouse gases in …
Anything you can do, I can do bleeding!
ILMA ALI AND MANSHA VIRK talk about Period Pride week which was celebrated at the University of Essex The menstrual cycle is a monthly occurrence and happens so the ovary can produce eggs and the uterus can get ready for an egg becoming fertilized. We all know this, don’t we? But the period week was …
The Year of the Pig
Valentina Gomes dos Santos tells us about the Lunar New Year celebrations on campus On the 5thof February, Chinese culture and tradition celebrated the beginning of a new year. Chinese New Year celebrations, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, start on the 23rdday of the 12thlunar month of the Chinese calendar. This …
Fast Fashion: Making planet Earth it’s biggest fashion victim
Tomas Brennan raises awareness to the impact of fashion in the environment In a time where it’s never been easier to buy clothes, with trends and fashions changing more rapidly than ever, it is not hard to imagine the impact this would have on the environment. Fast fashion is the term used to express the …
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IT ENDS NOW
Ilma Ali gives us an insight on the “It Ends Now” campaign and how the SU is tackling the issue of sexual harassment on campus Recently, the University of Essex Student Union organized an It Ends Now Campaign to covertly address the incidents that have taken place on the Colchester campus. Their intention is to …
‘Every FED’ turned into a night out I tend to avoid
Arran Wylde Eccles talks about FED nights and the harassment others experienced during their night out. During my first year at Essex my flatmates and I had a somewhat unusual tradition. It was something we liked to call “Every FED!” And to my embarrassment you may be aware of this ritual, given the alcohol we …
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Sexual harassment meeting – ‘the first step in a long journey’
Andrea Szász shares the general feedback of the meeting and talks to the SU President who explains what the aims of this ‘town hall’ were. All society and sport clubs’ executives were invited on very short notice – less than 24 hours – for a general meeting “to discuss encouraging safe and respectful behaviour on …
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