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Category: Campus life

  • Survival skills which work on your CV

    Survival skills which work on your CV

    11 January 2016 by Jacob
    3 minute read

    Looking back to when I first visited the University of York at the 2013 open day, I only focused on the basics. But amidst the excitement of taking in the…

  • How to survive your first term as a History of Art student in York!

    13 December 2015 by Poppie
    4 minute read

    Don’t worry, this won’t be boring – the life of a History of Art student at University of York is nothing of the sort! First week: the panic begins The first week…

  • A week in the life of a Music student

    A week in the life of a Music student

    9 December 2015 by Josh
    4 minute read

    ‘What are they up to in there, those musos?’, I’m sure many outside the department must wonder. You see, having a building all to ourselves, complete with practise rooms and concert halls,…

  • First Impressions of a Second Year

    8 December 2015 by Nick
    3 minute read

    Well week 8 has come to a close, last year this term seemed like an age, now university life just seems to be going faster and faster. I blinked and…

  • Creating a Better World!

    8 December 2015 by Joshua
    2 minute read

    One of the best things about the University of York is the opportunity to hear from some of the most intelligent people in the world. For example, Professor Amartya Sen…

  • Computer Science At York

    8 December 2015 by Ranjit
    3 minute read

    Going into a computer science degree, you always get the stereotypical view from others that you’re going into your first year expecting to stay in your room playing games like…

  • English Lit November 2015

    8 December 2015 by Lewis
    3 minute read

    Hello people-who-are-considering-studying-English-Literature-at-York!  It may seem far off now but before you know it A-levels will have been and gone, and you’ll suddenly have to start working out how many pairs…

  • The beginning of the end (but much less dramatic)

    The beginning of the end (but much less dramatic)

    7 December 2015 by Grace
    3 minute read

    This term is the first term of my final year, and so marks the beginning of the end. The end of my time at university is now in the not-so-distant…

  • 4/9 of a Biology Degree

    3 December 2015 by Cecilia
    5 minute read

    Hello, readers! I hope you’re all having a good week. It’s an exciting time, when you’re looking forward to the next year and finishing school as well. You might be considering York, but…

  • Welcome to Social Policy and Applied Social Science at York!

    Welcome to Social Policy and Applied Social Science at York!

    2 December 2015 by Katherine
    2 minute read

    Hi there, Thought for my first post I’d just give an introduction to what studying at York is like and why I chose it. I fell in love with York…

  • 5 Student Recipes That Beat A Pot Noodle

    5 Student Recipes That Beat A Pot Noodle

    2 December 2015
    4 minute read

    If anything, University has made me impossibly unashamed to photograph my food in public, with the sole purpose of uploading it to Instagram and Tumblr and Facebook with the most relevant…

  • Follow me around campus: A day in the life of an Economics student!

    Follow me around campus: A day in the life of an Economics student!

    30 November 2015 by Elise
    4 minute read

    Hi there, thanks for stopping by! If you’re a prospective student in desperate need of a true insight into what Economics at York is like, you have landed on the…