How Can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?

What’s on offer? This workshop is to answer the question, “How can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?” from the perspective of young people. The goal is to work with young people in York to find out about their communities, what they think are the key barriers and assets towards reaching net zero, … Continue reading How Can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?

Graduate Teaching Assistant Vacancies

The Academic Skills Community are advertising for GTAs for the Maths Skills Centre with no fixed deadline.  If we have applications and no vacancy we will hold them on file until a position becomes available. We will let them know this at time of application. For more information and to apply, go to the Current teaching … Continue reading Graduate Teaching Assistant Vacancies

York Open Research Skills Framework & Open Access Fund

As part of Open Access Week, the Open Research Team are pleased to share the York Open Research Skills Framework, launched to coincide with International Open Access Week 2022. This framework provides an accessible guide to help University of York researchers navigate the values, benefits and practicalities of embedding open research in their work. It … Continue reading York Open Research Skills Framework & Open Access Fund

Academic Skills Community – Autumn Term Update

Please find below an update of the Academic Skills provision in Autumn term: Useful online Practical Guides Academic writing provides advice and guidance on all aspects of academic writing. Referencing Style Guide contains advice and examples of referencing styles. Maths Skills Centre has resources on statistical analysis, maths topics, guidance on choosing statistical tests and numerical reasoning. Workshops … Continue reading Academic Skills Community – Autumn Term Update

Festival of Social Science Student Youth Co-Facilitator

University of York’s School for Business and Society (SBS) is recruiting for 3 student co-facilitators for the Festival of Social Science event “How Can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero? Workshop for youth and young people”. For this event on Wednesday 2nd November, we’re running a workshop event for young people ages 16 … Continue reading Festival of Social Science Student Youth Co-Facilitator

PGR Induction – Resources

Thank you to everyone who came to our recent Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Induction. It was wonderful to meet so many of you and welcome you to the university! We’d really appreciate it if you could spare a couple of minutes to fill out our Induction Feedback Form – your thoughts on this year’s event will … Continue reading PGR Induction – Resources

The York Researcher Festival 2022

The York Researcher Festival is back! Join us from 17th-21st October 2022 for an opportunity to collectively celebrate the contribution that early career researchers (both postgraduate researchers and postdocs) make to research, culture and community at York. The Festival provides opportunities for researchers to come together across disciplines to share experiences, learn, network and develop new skills. … Continue reading The York Researcher Festival 2022

Thriving and Surviving your PhD Journey

Calling all PhDs! Whether you’re brand new to the university, or rejoining us for the start of a new academic year, don’t miss out on our upcoming workshop: Thriving and Surviving your PhD Journey 27th September, 13:00-15:00, AEW/104 Book here This session offers PhD students a chance to meet fellow PGRs and ask questions about … Continue reading Thriving and Surviving your PhD Journey

Survey – Impact of Covid on PGRs

Since Spring 2020, many educational programmes have had to be offered on-line or with hybrid delivery, due to COVID-19. This change has affected the way we undertake our activities and deliver our services. New learning structures and support were designed and offered to enable the learning process of PhD students. Also, education and services offered … Continue reading Survey – Impact of Covid on PGRs

5 Reasons To Become a PGR Buddy

Each year, hundreds of new PhD students become part of our PGR community at York, and we need your help to make them feel welcome! Here’s 5 reasons why you should sign up to become a PGR Buddy today: Fresh starts can be awesome, but scary! ~ Everyone remembers the excitement of getting started on … Continue reading 5 Reasons To Become a PGR Buddy