FORMER students and staff returned home to their academic home to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Essex.
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The three days of celebrations to mark the beginning of the anniversary year included a nostalgia music night in the Sub Zero nightclub and a Blues Brothers tribute night at Wivenhoe House.
An exhibition entitled Something Fierce, Essex Essex: Vision and Reality explored the controversial Sixties, architecture on the Colchester campus and the academic vision of founding vice- chancellor Sir Albert Sloman.
There was also music, magic, zorb football, zumba, a climbing wall, interactive campus trails and tug of wars.
Campus tours gave graduates a chance to revisit their old haunts and there was a chance catch up with long lost friends at department reunions.
NEWSQUEST has produced a special 68-page publication to mark the university’s 50th anniversary.
The magazine features about 100 photographs, including rare archive images.
There are also interviews with the first student, the current vice- chancellor Anthony Forster and other key figures in the university’s success.
Copies, costing £4.99, are available from the campus shop, Red Lion Bookshop in Colchester High Street and Wivenhoe Bookshop or by going to www.essexcounty standard.co.uk/universityofessex
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