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Category: Campus life

  • Staying Healthy at Uni – it’s possible

    14 August 2018 by Tara
    3 minute read

    The likely temptation If you’re a food lover like me, you’ll find the countless takeaway offers and free Domino’s at Freshers’ Fair hard to resist. It’s far too easy to…

  • Hidden Gems of Campus

    Hidden Gems of Campus

    10 August 2018 by Tara
    3 minute read

    Starting any uni is a daunting prospect but York being a campus university definitely eases the transition. Being familiar with aspects of it that many students aren’t aware of until…

  • One Last Celebration: Graduation Dinner and Summer Ball 2018

    One Last Celebration: Graduation Dinner and Summer Ball 2018

    4 July 2018 by Sarah
    2 minute read

    The big day had finally arrived: the Summer Ball. Getting ready My housemate Rosie and I woke up early to head to Bang hair salon on Bishopthorpe Road for a…

  • 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before my Masters’

    5 Things I Wish I Knew Before my Masters’

    4 July 2018 by Ben
    4 minute read

    Summer is here! This means the end of lectures, some (hopefully) consistent weather, and for me and my year-group; a long run-up to the final dissertation hand-in. With all my…

  • 5 things you didn’t know about York

    5 things you didn’t know about York

    24 April 2018 by Guest bloggers
    4 minute read

    University Radio York – the UK’s oldest legal independent radio station University Radio York (URY) is one of the oldest societies on campus, having first gone on air 1967, which also…

  • Living and learning in York as a Postgraduate Research Student

    Living and learning in York as a Postgraduate Research Student

    10 April 2018 by Alice
    2 minute read

    In March 2018 York was named the UK’s best place to live by The Sunday Times and, having lived here myself for a little under two years now, I can’t…

  • What’s in a Master’s?

    What’s in a Master’s?

    10 April 2018 by Ben
    3 minute read

    Hello! Seeing as it’s the reason I’m here in York, I thought I’d do this blog on my degree itself. I’m studying for an MSc in Forensic Speech Science as…

  • Live the best student life at the University of York

    23 February 2018 by Beth
    3 minute read

    Being at University isn’t always about studying to get a degree. It’s also about making the most of the ‘student experience’. I would say York offers the best student experience…

  • International student perspective on life at York

    23 February 2018 by Trina
    5 minute read

    As an international student, it’s sometimes hard to shake off the sense of being an outsider, of not belonging to the community as much as other people. However, I’ve found…

  • Undergrad to postgrad transition

    Undergrad to postgrad transition

    19 February 2018 by Ben
    3 minute read

    The transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study can be a little overwhelming.  Here’s what it’s been like for me. I’m currently a Masters student in the Department of Language and…

  • Why I Chose York for Postgraduate Research

    Why I Chose York for Postgraduate Research

    4 January 2018 by Alice
    3 minute read

    It’s no secret that starting a PhD is a big commitment and, for me, like many others, that meant that choosing where to carry out my doctoral research was a…

  • Wentworth College

    Wentworth College

    1 August 2017
    2 minute read

    I came to the University of York in 2016 as a postgraduate student. The College system was completely new to me but after doing some research, becoming a member of…