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Category: Jobs and careers

  • 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…

  • Studying Linguistics at York

    Studying Linguistics at York

    11 January 2016
    3 minute read

    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…

  • Survival skills which work on your CV

    Survival skills which work on your CV

    11 January 2016 by Jacob
    3 minute read

    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…

  • How to survive your first term as a History of Art student in York!

    13 December 2015 by Poppie
    4 minute read

    Don’t worry, this won’t be boring – the life of a History of Art student at University of York is nothing of the sort! First week: the panic begins The first week…

  • First Impressions of a Second Year

    8 December 2015 by Nick
    3 minute read

    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…

  • Politics Work Experience

    7 December 2015 by Laura
    2 minute read

    First term in third year for me has been about applying for graduate schemes. To keep with that theme, I thought I’d give you a quick whirlwind tour of what…

  • Placement or No Placement?

    Placement or No Placement?

    4 December 2015 by Becci
    4 minute read

    Hi, my name is Becci and I am in my final year at the university, studying Accounting, Business Finance and Management (ABFM for short, as it is a bit of…

  • A Lesson on Living.

    30 November 2015 by Jacob
    3 minute read

    What were you doing 365 days ago? Chances are you can’t remember, and with good reason, as a lot happens in a year. The length of the third year abroad…