Category: Jobs and careers
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An Applied Human Rights placement with the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
If you decide that studying Applied Human Rights at York is the next step for you then I promise that I will just be the first in a very long…
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Working while Studying – Employment in York
For the majority of us, employment alongside study is an essential aspect of life at university. This might be because you need to fill that all-important CV. Or, it might…
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A little bit about me!
Hello there! I’ve been writing these blog posts for a little while now but realised I’ve never actually introduced myself. So for those of you new to the site here’s…
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My degree and confidence
By now, you’re probably eagerly awaiting your offers or even prepping for interviews. While some of you could not be more excited to start uni, a lot of you might…
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Assisting minority refugee and asylum-seeking communities in Malaysia
This course sets itself apart from others due to the emphasis on practice based learning, and the unique opportunity to complete a placement in Malaysia. Having never had experience of…
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Time flies!
Today, as people are wondering how they’ll manage the last, intense, week of classes, what the final exams will consist off, or even what will be on the dinner table at…
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Keeping up with deadlines
Hello all, I’m Freddy. I’m a second year Social and Political Sciences student, and I’m going to be blogging about all things York this year. For my first post, I…
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Why York? Why Law?
So this is my first blog post, and I thought it would be fitting to share with you all why I chose to study Law and why I picked York…
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How has university helped me with my future?
I believe all of you are like me, in that you want to get into a great career after university. However, how does university help you with getting your dream…
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Internships, work experience, student placements, etc, etc…
Internships, work experience, student placements, I’m sure you’ve probably had six million careers talks all about the merit of doing them. The ‘transferable’ skills you’ll gain and how great it’ll…
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Study Abroad – Settling in
My first six-week term at Rhodes University, South Africa, started with “Suicide Sunday” and ended with “Hell week”. These are names given by “Rhodents” for the first Sunday back of…
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Spinning Plates – it can be done!
As a mature Masters Student studying Global Marketing, I considered that doing an internship would be invaluable experience and I was eager to find one. I couldn’t believe how many opportunities there…