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

Join the Essex Student Journal Conference 2025!

Posted by Philip Mong'are Achoki on 2025-04-22

The Essex Student Journal (ESJ) is proud to announce the return of its annual conference, taking place on Wednesday 30 April, from 2pm to 4.30pm in the Ivor Crewe Seminar Room. The conference will also run online, ensuring that as many people as possible can join us to celebrate student writing and publishing at Essex. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, this conference [...]

📣 Submissions Now Open!

Posted by Philip Mong'are Achoki on 2025-04-01

We’re excited to announce that the Essex Student Journal (ESJ) is now accepting submissions for publication in our current Issue. The ESJ is a peer-reviewed, open access academic journal dedicated to publishing the work written by current Essex undergraduate and postgraduate taught students within the past year. Submissions will also be accepted from undergraduate or postgraduate taught students [...]