Category: Jobs and careers
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Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!
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…
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Developing support for the gypsy and traveller community alongside York Travellers Trust
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…
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Working with Survive in York to support survivors of sexual abuse
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…
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A placement with the York Human Rights City Network
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…
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One year on
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…
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel (i.e. exams are over!)
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…
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Chocolates, Chemistry and Christmas
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…
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Studying Linguistics at York
Now you know how to impress your flatmates with some homemade veggie burgers (see last blog post if you’re wondering what on earth I’m talking about), it’s probably time to…
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Survival skills which work on your CV
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…
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First Impressions of a Second Year
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…