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Category: City life

  • Easter Break and the Summer Term

    Easter Break and the Summer Term

    Hello all! I hope that you’ve all had an enjoyable Easter break. Well, ‘hope’ is rather wishful thinking for this time of the year. As someone said to me recently,…

  • Top reasons to love York

    Top reasons to love York

    So I’ve come home for a while over the Easter break. I’ve spent quality time with my family, caught up with friends and eaten loads of home cooked food and…

  • Living in York!

    Living in York!

    OK, so I hope I’ve shown you why I love the Language and Linguistics Department at York but don’t just take my word for it. We’re ranked 2nd in the UK for world-leading linguistics…

  • English Lit March 2016

    Right so you know how great the English Department at York is by now; you’ve probably been on a visit day and all the statistics will have been tattooed onto…

  • What people ask me on open days

    As I write this I have just finished confirming my module choices for my final year. Yep, time goes that fast. It doesn’t feel like a year and a half…

  • Get volunteering experience alongside your degree!

    Volunteering! As a Criminology third year student, like most York students, it has come to that time of my university journey, where I have been looking online for potential jobs…

  • My time choosing York for my degree

    As the new academic year is approaching fast, prospective students will be considering studying at York. I remember this feeling well, even though it is over three years ago now!!…

  • Life outside of lectures

    There’s so much more to being a student at York than lectures and studying, here’s just a few things I’ve been up to recently to give you a taste of…

  • What do your fees get you?

    Have you ever thought about what is actually available to you when you go to university? Here are 10 insights on what you can get for your fees. Before I go…

  • Freshers, socials, cocktails and York

    Freshers, socials, cocktails and York

    Socialising – easier for some than others. Club lover, pub person, cocktail chick or curl up on the sofa with a film kinda peep, whatever your thing is, it’s fine!!…

  • Results, Football and Something to think about…

    One of the things I like about the people on my course this year is our Facebook group we have, particularly when somebody notifies everyone the marks for a module…

  • 5 Reasons I Chose York

    1. The Course The main reason I chose to study at the University of York was, by far, the course. The BSc in Film and Television Production offers both the chance to…