Information for new students

Our Loughton East 15 students live and study in the local area and our Student Services Team are here to help with any questions you may have. Choose between a shared house, living with a landlord or letting a whole house.

If you have any questions, or want to be linked up with fellow students looking to share housing, contact our Student Services Team.

You can also meet further Loughton Campus 2021-22 new starters in the Student's Union Facebook Group.

View a list of all local letting agencies.

University Square is the on-site accommodation at our Southend Campus. Just a 2 minute walk to the main Gateway Building and Town Centre and a 5 minute walk to our Clifftown Theatre, University Square flats all have en suite bathrooms and shared kitchens. There is also a large common room, launderette and courtyard.

Find out more about applying for on-site accommodation.

You can start your University registration online. 

When you register, you become an official member of our Community and get full access to our facilities and services. 

Welcome Week (2021-22):

Monday 4 October - Friday 8 October 2021

Attendance during Welcome Week is compulsory for new students, including students progressing from Cert HE to undergraduate degree programmes, and undergraduate to postgraduate degrees.

The pandemic presents new challenges to the training of actors, directors and behind-the-scenes creatives, and while there are a number of unpredictable factors that may demand responses and adjustments to usual practices, we are confident that we have a robust and detailed plan to deliver safe and effective training in the upcoming academic year.

We intend to start your training with on-site delivery. We will continue to monitor the progress and effects of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 and react accordingly to any developments that make this plan impossible to deliver.

If we need to adjust our plans in light of changing circumstances, we will contact you with updated information.

You can read more about what learning and assessment will look like during the pandemic and see what plans we have in place on our COVID-19 page. 

Term dates for all students for 2021-22:

• Loughton and Southend Campuses: Undergraduate Courses - All Years and Cert HE (.pdf)
• Loughton Campus Postgraduate Courses: All Years (.pdf)

Download our equipment and required preparation lists. (updated for 2021 starters)