Student Voices

Get the inside view on student life at York.

Category: Study

  • Coming to York: Things I wished I’d known…

    Okay, so in my last few blogs, I’ve talked about why I chose York, my course and the city of York itself. Now, in this blog, I’ll be telling you…

  • How and why I chose York!

    Hey everyone! Well, that’s another term at York done for me here. It’s certainly been busy and hectic, but incredibly rewarding. How have things been going for you? In this…

  • Culture and Coffee

    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…

  • What can you do with Archaeology?

    What can you do with Archaeology?

    So, you’ve received your offers to study archaeology, and you may have already decided on your firm choice. This is when you start asking yourself… but what can I do…

  • Colleges at York

    Colleges at York

      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…

  • “When I Grow Up, I Want To Be…”

    Hello once again! As a third year student, I have just finished my last ever lectures and seminars of university. From now until the end of  the year it’s just…

  • A virtual Open Day!

    A virtual Open Day!

      There’s a couple of months leading up to starting university that are a blur of car journeys, train stations, parking lots, pretty average campus shop meal deals and watery…

  • Get volunteering experience alongside your degree!

    Volunteering! As a Criminology third year student, like most York students, it has come to that time of my university journey, where I have been looking online for potential jobs…

  • Unexpected yacht expertise and other things you might gain from your degree.

    Unexpected yacht expertise and other things you might gain from your degree.

    Learning at university doesn’t necessarily mean learning things, although you’ll learn some of those as well. You’ll gain a bunch of other skills useful for later life (and some that…

  • My time choosing York for my degree

    As the new academic year is approaching fast, prospective students will be considering studying at York. I remember this feeling well, even though it is over three years ago now!!…

  • Life outside of lectures

    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

    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…