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Category: Jobs and careers

  • Careers Help

    16 February 2016 by Katie
    3 minute read

    I know it’s a little early to start thinking about careers, but let it comfort you that at York, you have a lot of guidance and support along the way.…

  • Pomegranate Jam, Housing and Deadpool

    16 February 2016 by Elspeth
    4 minute read

    This term has gone by really quickly – I can’t believe we’re already over half way through! My favourite thing, academically, this term has been the MChem Mini-Project, which is…

  • Let’s go to the movies…

    2 February 2016 by Hope
    2 minute read

    As I write this, I have just got back from photographing designer jewellery, clothes, and a shirt signed by tennis champion, Novak Djokovic, in a girl’s Goodricke bedroom. The items…

  • Societies and Careers, time to explore!

    26 January 2016 by Arun
    3 minute read

    Societies play a huge part of university life here at York. They’re central to the student-organised activities at university and provide the best way of finding other people that are…

  • Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!

    Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!

    26 January 2016 by Chloe
    4 minute read

    Week one of Spring term is always crazy – it’s exam week, Christmas and New Year have only just gone by and moving back up to York after the break…

  • Developing support for the gypsy and traveller community alongside York Travellers Trust

    23 January 2016
    2 minute read

    I discovered the Centre for Applied Human Rights while researching schools. What caught my eye in particular was the opportunity that CAHR offers to pursue a two-week placement with its…

  • Working with Survive in York to support survivors of sexual abuse

    23 January 2016
    2 minute read

    The opportunity to work on a “real” project with an active charity was a major influence on my decision to study at York. I chose a local charity, Survive, mainly…

  • A placement with the York Human Rights City Network

    23 January 2016
    2 minute read

    This course has a strong emphasis on making students experience some of the real-life challenges human rights professionals encounter. A great component to this objective are the placement opportunities that…

  • One year on

    One year on

    22 January 2016 by Matt
    3 minute read

    Happy Christmas, and welcome to 2016! As we approach the new term, and I approach the halfway point of my university life, (not quite sure how we got here so…

  • Exams, Coursework and Internships…term 2 of a computer scientist

    22 January 2016 by Ranjit
    3 minute read

    As I take my seat in the Ron Cooke Hub lecture hall, I sink into my chair and feel relieved that January exams are over. This term we are starting…

  • The Light at the End of the Tunnel (i.e. exams are over!)

    20 January 2016 by Cecilia
    3 minute read

    It can seem sometimes (and those times are usually early January) that life is a bit miserable. Spring term exams are scheduled months in advance, but they still seem to…

  • Chocolates, Chemistry and Christmas

    19 January 2016 by Elspeth
    3 minute read

    I am still madly in love with Christmas. I get excited about the lights being put up from probably about August. Unfortunately, at Christmas, this year, like all my years…