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University of Essex Announces Largest Expansion of Staff in its History

Image Credit: University of Essex: The University of Essex has set out an ambitious plan for the future, creating 100 new academic and 50 new professional posts, the largest expansion of staff in its history.  The University’s new Strategic Plan sets out its ambition to grow the University to 20,000 students and 1,000 researchers by 2025.

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New £18m STEM Centre Opens at University of Essex in Colchester

Image Credit: University of Essex: The new centre creates a Science Square here at the heart of the Campus for the first time and also for the first time gives all six departments in the University’s Faculty of Science and Health a shared collaborative and social space.

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Colchester-based Above Surveying in KTP with University of Essex to Develop AI to Unlock New Markets

Image Credit: Above Surveying: The KTP’s combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision will help Above Surveying to maintain their position as a market leader in the solar sector by delivering technologically advanced and intuitive inspection and analysis services to the booming solar sector.

Above Surveying’s recent success is creating jobs in the region with the company planning to recruit a further ten members of staff in 2019 to meet demand.  The new partnership with Essex will also allow Above Surveying to expand its international reach even further.

 

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Award-winning Property Law Firm Merges with Colchester Planning Practice LSR

Attwells Solicitors are pleased to announce a merger with Colchester Planning Consultants and Solicitors, LSR which were based at 57 North Hill.  They moved on 1 March across the road to join the new Attwells Solicitors’ Colchester team in their new offices at 18 North Hill.

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University of Essex Leads Project which could Unlock £26m to Boost Regional Business Productivity

The University of Essex is leading a £50,000 project that a could bring further Government investment worth up to £26m to the Eastern region to help local industries increase productivity.  Essex is one of 24 ambitious projects that received early-stage funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s ‘Strength in Places’ grant to develop full-stage bids that could lead to significant economic growth in places across the country.

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