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Category: Jobs and careers

  • Studying Linguistics at York

    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…

  • Survival skills which work on your CV

    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…

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

    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

    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

    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?

    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.

    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…

  • Finding the Fun in Formatives

    Finding the Fun in Formatives

    With November rolling around, many students will be recovering from their post Hallowe’en hangovers, enjoying one of the many firework displays in York, and getting in a frenzied panic about…

  • Deadlines. Deadlines. Deadlines.

    Deadlines. Deadlines. Deadlines.

    Week 9 of autumn term. It’s cold, it’s wet and with deadlines approaching, there is a tense atmosphere about campus. As you turn a corner you see masses of students…