York Learning and Teaching Award (YLTA) 2021/22 Applications now open

We are now accepting applications to the York Learning and Teaching Award (YLTA) for 2021/22 entry. YLTA is a taught-course designed to support York-based Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) to reflect on and develop your practice. It is also intended to help you plan for future employment. For this reason, YLTA challenges participants to look beyond … Continue reading York Learning and Teaching Award (YLTA) 2021/22 Applications now open

Online event: Software Sustainability in Practice

Software Sustainability in Practice brings together researchers from different disciplines with an interest in sustainable software development and its links with open and reproducible research practices.  Software Sustainability in Practice Tuesday 20 April 202110-11.30amOnline event Confirmed speakers include Prof Simon Hettrick (Software Sustainability Institute Deputy Director), Dr Jon Hill (SSI Fellow and Senior Lecturer in … Continue reading Online event: Software Sustainability in Practice

Attend the York Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Forum taster session

The York Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Forum shows you how to use the knowledge and skills from a dozen different disciplines to enrich your knowledge and in particular to introduce you to a whole range of intellectual tools for you to use in your research. The York Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Forum is hosting an online taster session from 2-3pm … Continue reading Attend the York Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Forum taster session

Making better policies for food systems

Join a webinar for doctoral students and early career researchers. Making better policies for food systemsThursday 29 April 20213-4pmOnline The new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report ‘Making better policies for food systems’ brings together decades of OECD research and policy recommendations into a coherent view on food systems to support policy makers … Continue reading Making better policies for food systems

Join an online writing retreat

Wentworth College are running free online writing retreats for postgraduate students and researchers. The aim of the retreat is to give dedicated writing time to those in need of progressing their projects, providing a supportive environment and an opportunity to share good writing practice with other writers. Example projects include book or thesis chapters, journal … Continue reading Join an online writing retreat

Work with the Centre for Lifelong Learning

The Centre for Lifelong Learning provides a dynamic programme of over 300 adult evening and day courses which attract almost 3000 applications each year. Students come from a range of backgrounds, whether they are looking to gain University accreditation or learn on a non-accredited basis. The Centre would welcome the opportunity to work with departments, … Continue reading Work with the Centre for Lifelong Learning

Library: extended opening hours from Monday

From Monday 15 March, the Library will be open from 8am until 12 midnight, seven days a week. Starting Monday 29 March, staff and students will be able to access the Rare Books collections and the Archives from Monday to Wednesday. The intention is to reopen King’s Manor Library from mid-April and the physical Help … Continue reading Library: extended opening hours from Monday

Emergency Student Support Fund – new round open

The Emergency Student Support Fund (ESSF) provides support for the unanticipated needs of students caused or exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Apply for a maximum of £500 of non-repayable funding to cover things like living costs, health-related costs, accommodation, travel expenses, and study-related costs. The Fund opens at midday today and the current round of … Continue reading Emergency Student Support Fund – new round open

Moving from three terms to two semesters – what do you think?

We’re planning to change the way we structure the academic year for taught students at York from three terms (Autumn, Spring and Summer) to two semesters, starting from the academic year 2023/24. We believe this will be better for our students – but we want to know what you think, especially if you are a … Continue reading Moving from three terms to two semesters – what do you think?

Skills training in March

Take a look at the schedule for March and sign up via Skillsforge. Wed 17 March – Careers Beyond Academia: Exploring Options Thu 18 March – Careers Beyond Academia: Interviews Tue 23 March – Preparing for Your Viva Wed 24 March – Getting Published in Peer-reviewed Journals Wed 31 March – Social Media for Researchers We hope to see you … Continue reading Skills training in March