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Friends in high places: Getting to know department heads

Friends in high places: Getting to know department heads

Posted by Emily Robinson on 13 November 2019

During our series of offer holder communications last year, we saw some of our best engagement with an email containing a written message from the Head of Department. This year, we decided to take it one step further and record video messages.

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Six reasons why the choice is (the) York (Marketing team)

Six reasons why the choice is (the) York (Marketing team)

Posted by Emily Robinson on 8 November 2019

Stuff in my life means that I’m moving away from York and so I’m coming to the end of my time with the Marketing team. I don’t know how many people can say that they’re genuinely sad to leave a team, so I feel lucky to be able to say that I do. 

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360 captures: Seeing things from all sides

360 captures: Seeing things from all sides

Posted by Emily Robinson on 4 November 2019

We’ve been using 360 capture to showcase our accommodation for a couple of years now, but it was only this year that we realised that they could be a great way of letting students into our academic facilities too.

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