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Revision as of 18:18, 7 October 2003 by Angela (talk | contribs) (Wivenhoe is not a village)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The University of Essex is a campus University based at Wivenhoe Park on the outskirts of Colchester, and less than a mile from the town of Wivenhoe. It 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 architectural style is inspired by a traditional Italian hill village.
History
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.