Dr Philip Berners

Help Shape Climate Education in Schools! Join our Teacher Associate Group and collaborate to design school programs for the redeveloped Natural History Museum. Be part of a network creating classroom-ready resources and connecting the national curriculum to our local environment.

From our castle to yours, Merry Christmas. Thanks to everyone who has visited, shared our posts and supported Colchester Museums this year. Planning a festive visit? Check opening times and details here: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit-us/

Our Open Days are the perfect way to get a feel for life at Essex. It’s your opportunity to our students, departments and societies, plus get your hands on some freebies! See where you might be calling home, book now for the next Open Day - 8 November: brnw.ch/21wX3GH

My commute to ⁦@EdgeHotelSchool⁩ ⁦@Uni_of_Essex⁩ this morning.

We’re hiring! Help redevelop Colchester’s Natural History Museum: research collections, create schools workshops, teacher CPD and a schools ‘roadshow’. Apply by 7 November 2025: buff.ly/Momny1q

Join us at Colchester Castle for Medieval Medicine + Curious Cures on 27 or 28 Oct and discover the weird, wonderful and occasionally gruesome world of medieval healing. A perfect Halloween antidote to the ordinary: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/medieva…

Amazing Grace in London yesterday.

Wild About Essex is the redevelopment of Colchester’s Natural History Museum. What stories should we tell? How should people access the collections and nature on their doorstep? Tell us in a short survey: buff.ly/uS4spfx

Take a look at why the Guardian University Guide named Essex the 12th best university, with 9 subjects in the UK top 10. Discover how the student experience we offer is helping us stay ahead of many Russell Group universities. brnw.ch/21wVSvY

My latest book is now available in paperback: routledge.com/An-Events-Indu…

My mushroom has mushrooms 😳

Preview of new exhibition at Colchester Castle ⁦@ColMuseums⁩ - Mythical Creatures. Well worth a visit.

Enjoyable evening in Wivenhoe on the fringes of campus ⁦@EdgeHotelSchool⁩ ⁦@Uni_of_Essex⁩

Clearing is now open at Essex! Missed the grades you needed? Changed your mind? Haven’t applied yet? No worries — Clearing is your chance to find your place at the University of Essex. Apply now, and start your next chapter with us: brnw.ch/21wTO1y

We are hosting a series of free online workshops to support students who are planning to enrol on a postgraduate taught course at Essex and have received an offer of study. Find out more and enrol: brnw.ch/21wTDzV

New job opportunity for a research associate with @EdgeHotelSchool @Uni_of_Essex. vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

I am searching for a research assistant for a 2-year project. Based in Twickenham. £44k. vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru… @EdgeHotelSchool @Uni_of_Essex

Lammie has waited a long time for laying in the garden and feeling the warmth of the sun 🌞

Always a pleasure ⁦@EdgeHotelSchool⁩ to be teaching at Essex Business School ⁦@Uni_of_Essex⁩