Student Voices

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Category: Jobs and careers

  • Looking forward and looking backwards!

    Looking forward and looking backwards!

    The title of this post may seem a little bizarre but I thought I’d cover what I have ahead of me this term, looking forward into the next two years…

  • “What do you want to do after uni?”

    “What do you want to do after uni?”

    To be honest, you probably read the title of this and thought ‘oh god, not that question again’. We’ve all been there, especially when your degree is not a mainstream…

  • Having Erasmus Flatmates

    While typically the purpose of Erasmus is to discover and experience a culture different from yours, in my case it has been even more than that. Obviously there is a…

  • Getting Involved and running in Student Elections

    Hello again! Today I wanted to talk about something that has been taking up a considerable amount of my time at the moment, and that is me running in the…

  • Psychology and The Future!

    Hi all! After being a student ambassador for some Open Days at the University of York this week, I have realised that a particular worry people have when choosing a…

  • New and Improved History of Art Bucket List

    New and Improved History of Art Bucket List

    One thing that I can promise studying at York will do is encourage you to rewrite your bucket list. Being a lover of the canonical arts, before I started doing…

  • Dissertation, Dissertation, Dissertation

    Dissertation, Dissertation, Dissertation

    Hello again! In my blog post last month I told you about some of the things I get up to in my spare time at York – spare time which…

  • Give It a Go: student societies and how to get involved

    Give It a Go: student societies and how to get involved

    Hi everyone! As I promised in my previous blog post, I am going to talk about the societies York has to offer to its students. Like that you can all…

  • 5 Ways To Gain Employable Skills at University

    5 Ways To Gain Employable Skills at University

    The end goal of university for most people is a good job and career. Employers are not only looking for graduates with good grades, but work experience and transferable skills…

  • HELP! I’M HALFWAY INTO MY DEGREE…

    If I’m halfway that means that… I only have half of my three years left! As Donald Trump would say, ‘SAD’! No, I’m not using it in the same way…

  • Club of PEP Study Trips

    Club of PEP Study Trips

    What is the best thing about studying PPE at York? Hands down, I would say that it is the people I study with. I don’t know of a course, at any…

  • 6 things I overcame on my first semester of Study Abroad

    6 things I overcame on my first semester of Study Abroad

    My first semester of study abroad in South Africa, Rhodes University, was filled with challenges and cherished memories. Living and studying in another country was bound to be filled with…