Student Voices

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Category: Biological Sciences

  • An insight into the life of a biology student

    At the very beginning of your life, when you were just learning how to tie your shoes and how the sun is something the planet orbits around, life was like…

  • Interview with a second year Biology student

    Hi I’m Fanni, and I’m part of the student content team. In this blog post, I’m going to interview my housemate Atalie who will walk us through one of her…

  • A look into the life of a Biosciences student

    I know that there are a huge number of decisions that have to be made in the build-up to going to university – which one to pick, choosing the course,…

  • I’ve never been happier with the subject I’ve been studying – here’s why!

    Just as Biosciences are at the heart of the study of life, the Department of Biology at York is at the heart of any student who is a part of…

  • 5 tips on how to pick the best accommodation for you

    5 tips on how to pick the best accommodation for you

    Choosing your accommodation for first year can be quite stressful. Like me, you may not have a great memory and struggle to remember which accommodation you visited on the Open…

  • Preparing for your exams…

    Preparing for your exams…

    Revising over the Christmas holidays is not always the most exciting thing to do. All you want to do is spend time with your family and your home friends, relax…

  • Christmas is a time to socialise!

    Christmas is a time to socialise!

    Living the uni life incorporates many things: studying, learning and becoming who you are, as well as consolidating what you want to do in the future. But one aspect of university…

  • Top 5 reasons why studying Biology at York is amazing!

    You may be asking yourselves: why should I study Biology at the University of York? What’s so great about living somewhere where you permanently have to dodge geese waddling around…

  • Your College and You

    Your College and You

    A Uni with colleges or a Uni without colleges? Does it make a difference? What are the purpose of colleges? Will it help me make friends? Am I going to…

  • Ba beh? From the Mallorca field course

    Ba beh? From the Mallorca field course

    If I wrote that I were trying to simultaneously finish an essay, reply to messages and plan my summer, it would sound like a normal Tuesday. If I added that…

  • A Typical Week

    Hello from the other side…of term! Sorry, that was terrible, but I am happy enough to be done with Spring term that I’ll forgive myself a bad Adele intro. First…

  • Skipping Ahead

    Happy February, everyone! By now, you will have offers in hand and are probably trying to decide where you should live and study for the next three years. For a minute, though, I’d like to skip…