Welcome new students!

As postgraduate welcome week kicks off, we look forward to meeting new students and catching up with existing ones. Find out about the postgraduate community on our postgraduate welcome pages, including the college, sport and student networks you can get involved with. Events Find out what’s happening this week on the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) … Continue reading Welcome new students!

More food and drink options open on campus

Check the Eat At York opening times for details of where you can now get catering on campus. Cookies, the Library Cafe, Piazza Starbucks and Park Central are all now open, though with reduced hours and menus. Eat At York opening times

Library Cafe now open for takeaway

From today, the Library Cafe is now open for takeaway drinks and food – though with a reduced menu and reduced opening times. It’s currently open 10am-4pm. Find out more

BOOK NOW: Graduate Research School welcome event

Whether starting or continuing your research, everyone should attend this year’s online welcome event. The York Graduate Research School welcome event is an important introduction to (or reminder of) all the professional support that is available to you. Find out how services like the Library, IT Services, Careers and Placements (and more) can help you … Continue reading BOOK NOW: Graduate Research School welcome event

What’s open on campus?

Library Following on from the launch of the Book Takeaway Service, you can now book socially distanced study spaces in the Library. Initially, the number of bookable spaces across library buildings has been limited but from Monday 10 August all library study spaces in the Fairhurst, Morrell and Burton will be made available through the booking system. Food and … Continue reading What’s open on campus?

Extended: Covid-19 contingency measures for progression

Progression contingency measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic will now be in place until 31 December 2020. Earlier this year we put in place contingency procedures around review of progress. Students with a progression deadline between 23 March and 31 October 2020 could be automatically progressed, unless there were existing and significant concerns about progress. … Continue reading Extended: Covid-19 contingency measures for progression

WATCH: Latest PGR ‘Question Time’ Q&A

WATCH: PGR Question Time Q&A from Friday 19 June 2020. We covered updates on how the University is further responding to the coronavirus outbreak. There were questions from students on campus reopening, the role of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), and issues affecting international students. University Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for postgraduate researchers