Student Voices

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Category: Campus life

  • Best Moments in York

    Best Moments in York

    Time flies! I can’t believe how fast my final year is going. Half of my last semester is over! It’s time to review my three years as a York Management…

  • The secret coffee spots on and off campus! You’ll thank me later

    One of the things that people always warned me would happen when I went away to university was that I would end up drinking a lot of coffee! This coffee…

  • Dramasoc is reason enough to join York

    I am sweating buckets. Quite a few of us are. For this is our first play at a new university, in front of people we barely know. And I am about…

  • Back to education after gap year travels- HELP!

    Back to education after gap year travels- HELP!

    I know the feeling. You’ve left home, seen the world, and then all of a sudden, you’re back in school again. What’s the point? You go from this: To this: NOT.…

  • Life as a student in York

    Life as a student in York

    In this month’s blog post, I thought I’d tell you some more about the life of a student in the city of York. If you want to read my last…

  • A week in the life of an Environmental Scientist!

    A week in the life of an Environmental Scientist!

    University is a big change from sixth form in many ways. For me, one of the biggest changes was in the structure of the academic week/timetable. I thought I would…

  • It’s a balancing act!

    It’s a balancing act!

    University life is wonderful but as you might have been able to tell from my last blog, I’m a busy bee! Due to this, everyday things can even feel like…

  • My top 5 extracurricular experiences as a mature student!

    My top 5 extracurricular experiences as a mature student!

    In my first blog, I mentioned that it is possible for mature students to “join in” and actively participate in university life. Despite balancing my studies, family commitments and other…

  • One day in the life of a Theatre student

    One day in the life of a Theatre student

    Hi everyone! 😀 As I mentioned in my first blog post I am a second year Theatre student. To be precise my course is called Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance.…

  • Independence

    Independence

    Moving to university was the first occasion I had spent any extended time away from home, and I imagine this will be similar for many of you. Whilst moving into halls…

  • Great places to eat, drink and be merry in York

    Great places to eat, drink and be merry in York

    Being a student can be very stressful at times, so we all need to blow off steam every now and again. Myself, like a lot of other students, often turn…

  • Living on campus… again

    On realising I didn’t have anywhere to live in my final year during my year abroad, I decided I needed to find a solution quick. I was in the middle…