About the Essex Student Journal

The Essex Student Journal is an online multi-disciplinary academic journal, run by and for University of Essex students, with the administration funded and supported by the University of Essex.

The journal is dedicated to the publication of high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate writing, and is committed to creating accessible and engaging content for a non-specialist readership. The Essex Student Journal encourages and celebrates student research by offering valuable early experience of academic publishing and the peer review process.

More information about the Essex Student Journal is available on the About pages and University of Essex Library website.

Latest News Posts

Introducing the new editor - Philip Mong'are Achoki

Posted by Philip Mong'are Achoki on 2024-11-27

Hi there, my name is Philip Achoki, and I am the new Essex Student Journal Editor for 2024/2025. I am a PhD (Management) student at the Business School. My research explores AI skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa using decolonial lens. I originally hail from Kenya although I have recently spent a few years in the Philippines, where I acquired my master’s degree. This multi-cultural exposure [...]

Our first Creative Writing publications!

Posted by Thomas William O'Toole-Mills on 2024-03-07

We are pleased to announce the publication of our first creative writing publications since launching our pilot scheme last term!The Place of the Setting Sun, a short story by Moonie Ammar, and Letter to Myself, a poem by Nasima Rahman, are great examples of our students' creative expression. The Place of the Setting Sun is a story inspired by Middle Eastern mythology, and follows an elder [...]