The
University of Essex is a British
public research university in
Colchester,
Essex. It was established in 1963 and received its
Royal Charter in 1965. The university's largest
campus is located within
Wivenhoe Park in the English county of
Essex, less than a mile (1.6 km) from the town of
Wivenhoe & from the town of
Colchester. Apart from the Wivenhoe Park campus, there is a rapidly developing campus in
Southend-on-Sea (Essex's largest town), and the
East 15 Acting School is based in
Loughton. The University's
motto,
Thought the harder, heart the keener, is adapted from the Anglo-Saxon poem
The Battle of Maldon. The university enjoys
collaborative partnerships with a number of institutions across the eastern region. These are
University Campus Suffolk,
Colchester Institute, Kaplan Open Learning (KOL),
South Essex College and
Writtle College.