
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School awarded the ESU Oracy Culture Award
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School has been awarded the ESU’s Oracy Culture Award for 2023

Registration for ESU Competitions 2023-24 is open!
Discover the ESU oracy competitions

A history of the book in seven works
Just what is a book? Academic, author and former ESU Chair Professor James Raven introduces us to seven different works revealing just some of the multitudinous forms in which books have appeared

The route to a happier you
Foresight and innovation specialist Eleanor Winton tells us how to focus on what matters in a time of uncertainty

10 things you didn’t know about… coffee
With World Coffee Day looming, we stir up some fascinating facts about this aromatic drink

‘Students need safe spaces to discuss and develop their ideas’
Meet Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign Minister and a judge at the International Public Speaking Competition 2023

Alastair Campbell on why confidence matters
Visit our new members’ hub to read an exclusive excerpt of Alastair Campbell’s new book

Oxford branch celebrates its centenary dinner
ESU Oxfordshire branch members gathered at Linacre College to mark 100 years since the first branch dinner

Labour’s oracy pledge
As an education charity, the ESU welcomes the recognition of oracy as a crucial part of children’s education and an essential skill to thrive in adulthood.
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