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| The University of Essex is a campus ] based at ], ], and received its ] in 1965. The University has 17 departments spanning the ], ] and ] and ]. It is a living, breathing example of the 60s love of ] and, according to campus rumour, the design is based on an Italian hill village. | The University of Essex is a campus ] based at ], ], and received its ] in 1965. The University has 17 departments spanning the ], ] and ] and ]. It is a living, breathing example of the 60s love of ] and, according to campus rumour, the design is based on an Italian hill village. | ||
| When it was founded the University quickly acquired a world-wide reputation as a hotbed of ] and student unrest, attracting newspaper commentary as far away as ] and ]. Protests in the sixties, seventies, and even into the eighties gave the university a reputation as a place of radical thought and direct action, of confrontation between students, staff and the administration, and, if you believe the media of the time, a place where the wearing of a beard and ] was compulsory, and the ] was sung every morning by students and staff. | When it was founded the University quickly acquired a world-wide reputation as a hotbed of ] and student unrest, attracting newspaper commentary as far away as ] and ]. Protests in the sixties, seventies, and even into the eighties gave the university a reputation as a place of radical thought and direct action, of confrontation between students, staff and the administration, and, if you believe the media of the time, a place where the wearing of a beard and ] hat was compulsory, and the ] was sung every morning by students and staff. | ||
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The University of Essex is a campus University based at Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, and received its Royal Charter in 1965. The University has 17 departments spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. It is a living, breathing example of the 60s love of concrete and, according to campus rumour, the design is based on an Italian hill village.
When it was founded the University quickly acquired a world-wide reputation as a hotbed of socialism and student unrest, attracting newspaper commentary as far away as India and New Zealand. Protests in the sixties, seventies, and even into the eighties gave the university a reputation as a place of radical thought and direct action, of confrontation between students, staff and the administration, and, if you believe the media of the time, a place where the wearing of a beard and Mao hat was compulsory, and the Internationale was sung every morning by students and staff.