[8] Writtle University College was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP) by the Privy Council in March 2015.

'Writtle College, The First Hundred Years' by Clive Beale and Geoff Owen, states that some staff left to join the armed forces while others were seconded to the War Agricultural Committee, which had taken over the institute.

[12] During the Second World War, the Institute supported the Dig For Victory Campaign with advice on crop production, gardening, plant protection and livestock.

The campus was also central to work carried out by the Women's Land Army in Essex and taught short, three week training courses.

[14] In 2021, members of the student-run Gaia Club launched a campaign to plant over 700 new trees on Writtle University College's countryside estate.