THE Prince of Wales will visit Colchester today.

Prince Charles will attend Essex University’s Big Bang Fair and an engineering workshop.

The event, which is at the Wivenhoe campus, will be attended by 1,000 students from 38 schools.

The fair and workshop aim to raise the profile of Stem subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – designed to address the need for more engineers and scientists.

See the Gazette’s website for updates throughout the day.