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Category: Postgraduate

  • Balancing PhD study and family life: what’s PG study really like?

    20 February 2020 by Laura
    3 minute read

    As a part-time PhD student in the Department of Education, I often get asked how I manage to find the time to fit everything in. In addition to studying for…

  • What is the GSA? What does it involve?

    18 February 2020 by Janet
    2 minute read

    The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) is an organisation for postgraduate students (Masters and PhD students) that arranges activities. It also provides support in students’ academic and well-being. As a postgraduate…

  • PhD student supervisions with a toddler: the campus environment

    10 February 2020 by Laura
    2 minute read

    Being a parent as well as a PhD student means that sometimes the two spheres of your life overlap. This happens for me when I need to attend supervision meetings…

  • Studying with a Specific Learning Difficulty: what you need to know

    10 February 2020 by Megan
    4 minute read

    Hi, I’m Megan, a Masters student diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and Specific Learning Difficulties. Studying with a specific learning difficulty can be daunting, so I wanted to share my experiences…

  • To Choose and Be Chosen by the University of York

    16 January 2020 by Selin
    3 minute read

    Having taken a gap year after my undergraduate degree, I had a lot of time to decide on which universities to apply to. I grew up in Greece, did my…

  • Rumours About Masters Degrees (and why they’re not true)

    13 January 2020 by Megan
    3 minute read

    Applying to study a Masters degree can be a stressful time. And it doesn’t help that there are always rumours flying about what postgraduate study is really like. I’ve just…

  • From a Bachelor of Arts to a Master of Science

    13 January 2020 by Rowan
    3 minute read

    Hey! My name is Rowan and am a Masters student studying MSc Audio and Music Technology. As an undergraduate, I studied BA Music at a different university. I’ve gone from…

  • What is postgraduate study really like?

    13 January 2020 by Sophie
    3 minute read

    Unlike some people in the final year of their undergraduate degree, I was sure I wanted to do a masters degree. As soon as I was able to, I applied…

  • Human Rights fieldwork to identify problems faced by women in York

    16 April 2019
    2 minute read

    Our group undertook a project to identify problems faced by women in York, in collaboration with York Women’s Forum (YWF) and York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN). Our aim was…

  • On placement with Rape Crisis in Cape Town

    16 April 2019 by Jennifer Jones
    2 minute read

    Being a member of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust team was a wonderful experience. As one of the most important NGOs in Cape Town working with survivors of sexual…

  • Returning to studying: financing a Masters

    12 April 2019 by Ed
    3 minute read

    I decided I was going to undertake a Masters course fulltime which meant leaving a job I really loved and a reliant income that I’d become attached to. Although I’d…

  • 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before my Masters’

    5 Things I Wish I Knew Before my Masters’

    4 July 2018 by Ben
    4 minute read

    Summer is here! This means the end of lectures, some (hopefully) consistent weather, and for me and my year-group; a long run-up to the final dissertation hand-in. With all my…