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Category: School for Business and Society

  • ‘I Don’t Just Want an Office Job’

    11 April 2016 by Matt
    3 minute read

    I’ve been at home recently for Easter, spending some time with my family, and generally just neglecting the copious amounts of work that I have to do for the next…

  • The life of a social work student

    7 April 2016 by Bethany
    3 minute read

    If you have just been accepted onto the Social work degree at York and are starting in September then you are probably wondering what life for you will be like…

  • Looking forward….

    Looking forward….

    5 April 2016 by Katherine
    3 minute read

    Next term is set to be a busy one! Here’s a few things that I’ll be up to… Assessments due! More of a case of looking forward to having them…

  • Freshers Week Survival Guide

    Freshers Week Survival Guide

    5 April 2016 by Becci
    3 minute read

    Although Fresher’s week can be one of the highlights of your first year at university, it can also be a pretty daunting prospect! Here are a few pearls of wisdom…

  • It’s not just about the degree!

    It’s not just about the degree!

    16 March 2016 by Becci
    3 minute read

    The main reason many of you will be choosing to attend York is to study for a degree from a top class university (which of course is a very valid…

  • Choices

    16 March 2016 by Matt
    3 minute read

    At the end of this month, some of you should all have all of your offers made from all of the universities you applied to, and others of you may…

  • Culture and Coffee

    15 March 2016 by Bethany
    2 minute read

    The one thing I wasn’t prepared for at university was the amount of “free time” that I was about to gain. I had been on a two year long gap…

  • Colleges at York

    Colleges at York

    15 March 2016 by Katherine
    3 minute read

      In the past few weeks I’ve been involved in an Open Day and an online chat room event with prospective students. One of the questions I’ve been asked most…

  • Life outside of lectures

    23 February 2016 by Katherine
    2 minute read

    There’s so much more to being a student at York than lectures and studying, here’s just a few things I’ve been up to recently to give you a taste of…

  • Prepare for pasta

    23 February 2016 by Bethany
    2 minute read

    Before moving to York to come to university I lived at home and was used to having my meals cooked for me at home by my mum. Cooking has never…

  • The Wonderful World of Joint Honours

    The Wonderful World of Joint Honours

    22 February 2016 by Matt
    3 minute read

    Although I’m an SPS student now, back in the heady days of UCAS applications, that wasn’t what I had put down to try and study. I was originally going to…

  • Getting to Grips with 3rd Year

    Getting to Grips with 3rd Year

    16 February 2016 by Becci
    4 minute read

    Hello! So your time to start university is getting closer, and although for you the 3rd year might seem a long way off, it will almost certainly come around much…