This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Angela (talk | contribs) at 22:46, 27 March 2004 (remove copyvio by 80.4.3.78 from www.essex.ac.uk/intro/university.htm, http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/universityguide/profile/story/0,,478386,00.html etc). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 22:46, 27 March 2004 by Angela (talk | contribs) (remove copyvio by 80.4.3.78 from www.essex.ac.uk/intro/university.htm, http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/universityguide/profile/story/0,,478386,00.html etc)(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 in the English county of Essex, less than a mile from the town of Wivenhoe. It is one of the New Universities and received its Royal Charter in 1965. The university has 17 departments spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, and Engineering. It is a living, breathing example of the '60s love of concrete.
Alumni
- BBC foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan;
- Mrs Virginia Bottomley; a Tory MP who bucked the trend in 1997, John Bercow;
- Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh; the former President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize *Winner, Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez; the Chief Constable of Warwickshire, Mr Peter Joslin;
- Mexico's first and only astronaut, Dr Rodolfo Neri Vela;
- Booker Prize Winner, Ben Okri.