The University of Essex's Business Engagement team has won the Best Knowledge Base Knowledge Transfer Partnership Support Team at the Innovate UK KTP Awards 2025.

About one in five working women have missed out on having a professional job because they became mothers, according to new research from the University of Essex.

A new national collaborative comprising ten leading research-focused universities - ResearchPlus - was formally launched today (Tuesday 28 October) at a special Parliamentary event in Westminster.

How multilingualism affects the risk of conflict as well as the potential path to conflict resolution was the focus of a special workshop in Uganda led by University of Essex academics.

Chimpanzees went ape for basketballs and sea lions showed fin-tastic ball control when the Essex Rebels visited Colchester Zoological Society. The University of Essex’s performance basketball and ...

The Human Rights Centre is internationally recognised for the breadth and depth of its research projects. The projects hosted by the centre operate at the interface between the theory and practice of ...

Parents in the UK are spending more time on childcare than ever before, but some children are still missing out more than others, according to new research from the University of Essex.

Writing for The Conversation Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries and Professor Peter Patrick explain how accent prejudice and linguicism is a reframing of prejudice towards low-status groups who, simply, ...

"It is generally believed that the boys' bones were found in the Tower of London in 1674 and were taken to Westminster Abbey where they remain. Those bones should be re-examined now." ...

Stories of those caught up in the 16th and 17th century witch trials that affected communities in Manningtree, St Osyth, Harwich and Walton-on-the-Naze have been brought to life for the first time ...

A new report by researchers from the Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, based at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre, identifies significant flaws with the way live facial ...

The University of Essex research discovered people feel watching online stars like Zoella, KSI and PewDiePie can cheer them up more than weak-tie acquaintances – like neighbours or co-workers. Dr ...