Category: Mature students
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From a Small Island to a Global Classroom: Finding My Voice at York
My name is Sara-Lou Morgan-Walker, a Jamaican Chevening Scholar, currently studying MA Social and Public Policy. I’m also the 2025 School for Business and Society Postgraduate School Rep.
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Three Minute Thesis: Trees vs tsunamis
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition doesn’t just celebrate great research. It sharpens the skills of our students, helping bring their research to life. Jenny, the 2025 third place winner,…
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Three Minute Thesis: Bone builders
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition doesn’t just celebrate great research. It sharpens the skills of our students, helping bring their research to life. Mahmoud, winner of the 2025 People’s…
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Three Minute Thesis: Why we trust misinformation
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition doesn’t just celebrate great research; it sharpens the skills of our students, helping bring their research to life. Lily, the 2025 winner, stepped up…
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Persistence Pays Off: My Journey from Paraguay to York as a Chevening Scholar
Starting right from the beginning, my name is Alfonso and I’m from the heart of South America: Paraguay. Bet you’ve never heard of that one before. Growing up in a small…
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Why York Was the Right Place to Begin Again: A Mature Student’s Story
A Mature Student’s Take on Community, Coffee, and Starting Over Coming to university a little later in life can feel a bit like joining a film halfway through. Everyone else…
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Studying at York, Saving in Leeds: My life as a Student Commuter
Hi, my name’s Lucas, and I’m a mature student at the University of York, living with my girlfriend in Leeds city centre. While this was originally intended to be a…
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You can make it as a mature student
I have always loved studying: it was the one area where I could easily succeed and earn heaps of attention and praise. The idea of being in school forever sounded…
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Finding my place at York
Initially I was nervous about moving to a new place and university. I previously struggled to fit in at my last university and I was bullied at school. I would…
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Life as a postgraduate student. What to expect and how to prepare?
What came before We all remember counting down the months, weeks, days and hours to completing A-Levels and leaving home for the first time. The mixture of excitement and pure…