The University of Essex Pictures

Here are some of my collections...hope this might give some basic idea to the prospective student:How The University of Essex looks like?

The University of Essex- comprises of 5 Squares.....
Photo taken in Square 1 at the University of Essex, during a particularly heavy thunderstorm (water droplets on lens). Not bad if I say so myself, obviously the water droplets could be edited out if required.(by:mindfieldz)


My current accomodation:Harwich Court(part of South Court) during winter....snow!!~
Houses:Swaynes, Isaac Rebow, Richard Wood, Thomas Hopper, Anne Knight, and Josephine Butler Houses.

North Towers-from left Rayleigh,Keynes,Tawney and William Morris Towers.




Beautiful scenary-for me la....heheheh
Smile!!!!~
The Wivenhoe Park Hotel near the lakes.Its behind the tree though.
On the left: The Albert Sloman Library.Next to it:The North Towers
The duckss......I likeeeee....=)
Wivenhoe Park Hotel-part of University property
Welcome to The University of Essex!!!~My friends from London and Manchester
Picnic with my beloved friends at Wivenhoe Park-near lakes...
Another posed at the University sign board??hehehhe...location nearSouth Tower.
One of the "arca".But I love the wonderful sky.....

The sunset near Towers.The roof of the University Nursery.




Essex Bosan???Oh, no no no......Essex best!!! location:Colchester Castle Park
Jommmm...jalan².....=)
In front of the Colchester Castle........oh HaPpY day....=)

Questions from Amelia

Hi guys,

Here's an email from Amelia. Answers anyone?

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To the Malaysian Society of the University of Essex,

Hi! It's nice to hear from someone i can identify with, and thanks for the warm welcome.

I'd like to take you up on your offer of bombarding you with questions about the university... so, here goes..

what dorm rooms are available? I'd like to get an insiders opinion on which rooms are better for university life or privacy...

when do I have to book accommodation by?

when do classes actually start?

will there be an orientation week prior to starting classes?

what about books and lecture materials?

i know in australia you have to sign up for tutorials and extra classes, is that standard procedure in the university of essec as well?

when are the holidays, and is it possible for a malaysian to travel around europe while being on holiday from university, do we need extra visas?

what is the community around the university like? is it possible to get a job in the surrounding areas?

thanks for your time!

Amelia

Welcome!

Welcome to the Malaysians in the University of Essex group blog!

The blog has been set up with the following objectives:

1. To inform prospective students in Malaysia and other interested parties about life in the uni/Colchester/UK

2. To provide a platform for interaction among Malaysian students and dear friends of the Malaysian student community here in the University of Essex.

So if you’re here visiting for information, go ahead and browse through our posts. At present we’ve only just set up, and have yet to develop the critical mass of articles needed to categorise information properly. We hope to be able to cover most of the basic information about uni and life here in Colchester soon.

If you have a question you would like to ask us, please Quiz Us! and we’ll try our level best to provide you an answer.

If you’re here as a student already at the University of Essex, feel free to start posting! Please drop us an email at “msoc [at] essex [dot] ac [dot] uk” if you haven’t already received an invitation for permission to post.

When posting please follow the (loosely defined) guidelines below:

1. Kindly refrain from baseless criticisms of the University, Colchester, UK or Malaysia. If you want to rant, try to stay reasonable la. Emo posts are not prohibited, but consider the (potentially) wide readership of this blog.

2. Bearing in mind that one of our objectives is to inform, posts providing relevant information, especially in response to Quiz Us! questions, are encouraged.

3. Posts about personal experiences encountered here in the UK are most welcome! Share with us your first impressions of the university/UK, your struggles in overcoming homesickness, learning how to survive on your own cooking, managing your finances, getting to grips with the different British accents, adjusting to the different prayer times, and other quirky incidents that have made your life here interesting.

4. Post lots of pictures too!

To everyone, please respect everyone’s entitlement to his/her opinion and the freedom to voice those opinions.

Whilst we will endeavour to provide the space for your voices, content that is found to racially, sexually, or religiously offensive will be edited/deleted. Other defamatory content will face similar consequences.

The posts published on this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of the Malaysian Students Society of the University of Essex but that of the individual author.

Reproduction of material (be it written or graphic) in posts (comments aside) on this blog is allowed provided:

1. prior consent is obtained from the author of the post, and

2. attribution is given to this blog and the author of the post.

You may contact us (the blog administrators) by dropping us an email at:

msoc [at] essex [dot] as [dot] uk

Quiz Us!

Just drop a comment below if you have a question which you would like to ask us Malaysian students in the University of Essex. If you're a student here, feel free to answer the questions below either as a comment or proper blog-post.

All kinds of questions are welcomed. It can range the from dead serious stuff like "How much money should I deposit into my son/daughter's bank account for living expensese?" and "Is Essex really Britain's top government department?", to the more casual questions like "Will Colchester United ever make it into the Premiership?" and "I'm Singaporean. Will I be able to survive in Essex?" :p

Faces of Essex Uni

What's the student body like at Essex Uni?

If I had to sum it up in just one word - amazing.

I don't know about most people, but I'm an absolute sucker for close-knit communities. Because the student population here is small compared to other institutions, this makes it relatively easier to get to know the people around you. Be it bumping into them in any of the Squares by chance, or while attending socials at Level 2/Mondo's/SubZero, there's always an opportunity to make random new friends.

And the best part about it, personally, is that they're from all over the world. We're impossibly diverse in makeup, yet at the same time we're also a very integrated bunch. I somehow believe that this is what makes Essex Uni unique. Being part of a student body like this sort of grants you a feeling of security, and more importantly, of belonging.

Yeah, I guess that's what makes our Uni amazing - it makes you feel like you belong.

Visuals

El Presidente (Markus) and his best mate (Joao)

Our Secretary (Bee Nee) with our VP (Wan).

More visuals of Uni and Uni life coming in the next few posts, and to the rest of the MSoc members, if you guys feel like adding to the list of snaps, please do! :)