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Category: School for Business and Society

  • Unilever industrial placements: my experience

    Unilever industrial placements: my experience

    23 January 2019 by Charlie
    4 minute read

    Hi, I’m Charlie, a 3rd year BSc Accounting Business and Financial Management student. Currently I am working at Unilever on their industrial placement scheme as a customer account manager. Finding…

  • SPS Round Three! A week in the life of a 3rd Year SPS student

    16 January 2019 by Heidi
    5 minute read

    Hi! My name is Heidi and I am a third year SPS (Social and Political Sciences) student. I have a pretty packed timetable, despite having relatively few contact hours as…

  • A week in the life of a Social Work student

    A week in the life of a Social Work student

    16 January 2019 by Olivia
    5 minute read

    Monday This week started with a 9am lecture on social policy, discussing marketisation on our welfare state. This lecture was an hour long so making notes was quite easy and…

  • A week in the life of a Social Policy student

    16 January 2019 by Tiffany
    4 minute read

    I am now in my final year, however, I have tried to fit in an awful lot whilst here! Time has flown and apart from being proud I have made…

  • My Management placement experience so far…

    10 August 2018 by Katy
    3 minute read

    Hey again everyone, can you believe the last time you heard from me was a month ago? It feels like yesterday that I was sitting down to write about how…

  • Bring it On: embarking on a Management industrial placement

    9 July 2018 by Katy
    2 minute read

    Hey everyone, I’m Katy, and I’m an Accounting, Business Finance and Management (but we all call it ABFM) student. I’ve just finished my second year and I’m about to start…

  • What makes an SPS student!

    9 March 2018
    2 minute read

    Hello everyone! My name is Jessica and I am currently a 1st year student who is completing a degree in SPS (Social and Political Sciences). I will be using this…

  • What to pack for university

    7 March 2018
    3 minute read

    I don’t think a definitive list of what to pack for university exists but there are definitely a few essentials that won’t go amiss, unfortunately, none of it is very…

  • Let’s get down to Business

    Let’s get down to Business

    2 March 2018
    5 minute read

    My name is Josh and I’m a first year Business and Management undergraduate at York. This is my first time studying at university level, my first time having to make…

  • So much to look forward to

    8 June 2017 by Hazel
    3 minute read

    It is amazing how quickly time flies. Having just turned 21 and now well over half way through my time at university, I feel I really ought to be acting like…

  • Explore York on a budget…10 fun places to visit!

    Explore York on a budget…10 fun places to visit!

    13 March 2017 by Renée
    5 minute read

    One of the advantages of attending the University of York is that you will be in the heart of one of the UK’s most beautiful and historic cities. Believe it…

  • What even is Social Policy?

    1 March 2017 by Hazel
    3 minute read

    A question thrown around a lot during Freshers’ week is “What do you study?”. It’s a nice, easy question to initiate a conversation as you get to know more people.…