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.

Featured Articles

Claire Alley

Social Stratification: Economic Class and Education

Sandra DiNatale

Punishment and Profit: Assessing the Impact of Private Prisons on U.S. Incarceration Rates

Nadine Elghool

Justice Deferred: Examining Procedural Fairness in the UK Hospitality Sector in Disciplinary and Grievance Proceedings

Elena A Botts, Jane Emma CoomberSewell

The Ever-Present Past: A Redux

Antonina Savka

What shapes the meaning of fairness in the Criminal Justice System?

Rebecca Louise Collins

The Past, Present, and Future of Social Work and Charities in the UK

Georgia Marie True

Understanding the Night Stalker: An Integrated Psychological and Investigative Analysis

Sabrina Pölle

The Regulation of AI – a Brief Overview of the EU’s AI Act with a Particular Focus on Human Rights and Innovation

Tapu Biswas, Razowana Khan Mim, Farhan Sadik Ferdous

Machine Learning-Based Detection of Student Stress Levels Through Socioeconomic Status

Latest News Posts

The Essex Student Journal is currently closed for submissions

Posted by Hannah Crago on 2026-08-27

As of Tuesday 1 September, the Essex Student Journal is closed for submissions to Volume 17. Our Editors will continue to work on the papers that have already been submitted, but new submissions will need to be held for now. We anticipate reopening for submissions in Spring 2027. Keep an eye out via the Essex Student Journal news page and via the Library's LinkedIn for further updates. In the [...]

Welcome to our new Editors!

Posted by Hannah Crago on 2026-03-04

We are excited to announce that we have three new Essex PGRs working with us as Editors for the Essex Student Journal. Please join us in welcoming Emma, Samson, and Wen! Emma Jiao-Knuckey My name is Emma Jiao-Knuckey, and I am an MSD Social Work student in the School of Health and Social Care. My journey with the University of Essex began through the Service User Research Group, where I [...]