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Unified Seevic Palmer's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in the entirety of Great Britain, having been founded in 1706 as a tiny charity school for ten poor children in Grays. It has evolved through the centuries, becoming an esteemed grammar school and two nationally prestigious public schools, before finally transforming into the large college of over 4,000 students that it is today.

Yesterday (17 April 2025), two of our EPAS junior ambassadors, Jayden O'Brien and Erdem Gultekin, attended a trip to the Thameside Complex in Grays to see an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, which entailed the Nazi German surrender to Allied forces on 8 May 1945 and signalled the end of the European theatre of the Second World War later that month.

For USP College's first CPD day of the academic year on 24th October 2024, students from our Palmer's and Seevic campuses joined our ambassadors on an educational trip to Europe House in Westminster, hosted by EPAS UK co-ordinator Asher Jacobsberg, where students took part in fun, educational activities about the European Union, European Parliament and European democracy.

On 2 April 2025, USP College EPAS junior ambassadors and Fashion, Business & Retail students headed to the Vogue: Inventing the Runway immersive exhibition in Lightroom, King’s Cross, London, to learn about European fashion and its history.

Local elections are being held in Kent and some parts of Essex and London on the 1st of May this year. Don't know how to vote? We've got you sorted. This article will tell you all about how to vote this year.

From 1973 to 2020, the United Kingdom was a member of the European Union. So, how did the UK join the bloc? And why did it leave?

Last night, two junior ambassadors attended a screening of the Ukrainian film Editorial Office and a Q&A with director Roman Bondarchuk.

The 1st May 2004 was the day that Czechia, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia joined the EU.

Students in the EPAS programme become European Parliament Junior Ambassadors. So, what are they? And what do they do?

Yesterday, local Labour MP Jen Craft visited our Palmer's Campus in Grays after being invited by our junior ambassadors for a Q&A.