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Category: Social and Political Sciences

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • University interview day….your chance to shine!

    University interview day….your chance to shine!

    5 December 2016 by Renée
    5 minute read

      Interview day can be nerve-wracking for prospective students with feelings of excitement, fear and panic all rolled into one. I remember arriving 3 hours early for my interview day…

  • Keeping up with deadlines

    Keeping up with deadlines

    29 November 2016 by Freddy
    3 minute read

     Hello all, I’m Freddy. I’m a second year Social and Political Sciences student, and I’m going to be blogging about all things York this year. For my first post, I…

  • I’m so glad I took the plunge!….

    I’m so glad I took the plunge!….

    22 November 2016 by Renée
    4 minute read

    When I began my social work degree, I don’t think I really expected the epic journey of personal growth and development that lay ahead. Social work appealed to me as…

  • ‘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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • One year on

    One year on

    22 January 2016 by Matt
    3 minute read

    Happy Christmas, and welcome to 2016! As we approach the new term, and I approach the halfway point of my university life, (not quite sure how we got here so…

  • Finding the Fun in Formatives

    Finding the Fun in Formatives

    24 November 2015 by Matt
    3 minute read

    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…