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Student Voices

Get the inside view on student life at York.

Author: Bethany

  • The life of a social work student

    7 April 2016 by Bethany
    3 minute read

    If you have just been accepted onto the Social work degree at York and are starting in September then you are probably wondering what life for you will be like…

  • Culture and Coffee

    15 March 2016 by Bethany
    2 minute read

    The one thing I wasn’t prepared for at university was the amount of “free time” that I was about to gain. I had been on a two year long gap…

  • Prepare for pasta

    23 February 2016 by Bethany
    2 minute read

    Before moving to York to come to university I lived at home and was used to having my meals cooked for me at home by my mum. Cooking has never…

  • Housing dilemmas!

    Housing dilemmas!

    28 January 2016 by Bethany
    2 minute read

    I remember the second term of first year really well. Gone were the days of feeling like you were on a 10 week summer camp, and welcome to the days…

  • Welcome to the best years of your life!

    17 December 2015 by Bethany
    3 minute read

    Welcome to the first ever social work blog! Throughout this blog I hope to give you insight into what studying for a social work degree is like, what life on…