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As last academic year came to a close, the EPAS group at USP agreed on a new way to run the EPAS at USP website. It was agreed that from...

The European Parliament has produced its end-of-year report for the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme at USP College, granting the college official accreditation as a European Parliament Ambassador School for the fifth year in a row, praising the "truly commendable" and "remarkable" work of the college's European Parliament Ambassadors!

On Saturday, 30 August 2025, European Parliament ambassadors Erdem Gultekin, Jayden O'Brien and Sebastian Rapley Mende paid a visit to Southend-on-Sea to attend the 2025 installation of Southend City Jam, the largest street art festival in the UK.

From July 1st until December 31st, 2025, Denmark takes on its 8th turn of presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Lead European Parliament Junior Ambassador for USP College Jayden O'Brien reflects on the Forts to Thoughts River Thames charity walk, organised by himself and members of Thurrock Youth Cabinet with the support of Southend Youth Council.

On the 16th and 17th of June, EPAS and politics students held a mock-election across USP College, in the Palmer's and Seevic campuses. Both staff and students participated in this election, which consisted of two ballots: the first was the main mock-election ballot and the second a referendum ballot on the UK rejoining or staying out of the European Union.

Deputy Lead Junior Ambassador for Seevic, Sebastian Rapley Mende, reflects on EPAS Election Day at USP College Seevic Campus.

On the 10th of June, Deputy Lead Junior Ambassador for Seevic Campus Sebastian Rapley Mende organised, alongside USP College librarian Mel Ballard, a Q&A session at USP College with Estates Manager James McInroy, that was open to all students, on the topic of sustainability within the college. After the highly successful EPAS Earth Day Climate Survey, Sebastian decided to bring the conclusions from this survey to the attention of the senior management team at USP College.

To mark Earth Day on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 and Europe Day in May, a climate survey was conducted by students in the EPAS (European Parliamentary Ambassador School) Programme at USP College and members of the USP College Student Union, to collect data on what students and staff felt about the environment, climate change and sustainability both inside the college and in the wider world.

On the 14th of May, Sebastian Rapley Mende, deputy lead European Parliament junior ambassador for USP College Seevic Campus, attended an event hosted by the European Parliament Liaison Office in London at Europe House, called "Mapping the City – European writers in London". This event was also supported by University College London (UCL) to promote their new European Literary Map of London, as well as their public exhibition "Lost & Found".