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  • What’s the York college system actually about?

    5 April 2016 by Jacob
    3 minute read

    York is one of only a handful of universities in the UK with a collegiate system, so when you come to study here you will be a part of one of the nine colleges. Six of which are on Campus West whilst three are over on Campus East. When I first discovered that there was a collegiate…

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  • Coming Up Next at York…

    3 April 2016 by Adam
    5 minute read

    Hello! How have your studies been going?! I hope you’re well and have been having a great Easter! It’s almost the start of a new term for me, so I thought I’d share with you what I’ve got coming up in the next term, how I’ve prepared for it, and what else will be coming…

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  • How do I choose which University?

    21 March 2016 by Chloe
    2 minute read

    So, you’ve got your offers from various universities and now comes the task of choosing which one you will be spending the next three or four (or more) years of your life at. It’s a big decision, a life changing one in fact. But that doesn’t mean it has to be difficult. Just make sure…

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  • 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 still be in that process of looking around different places for the next year. Thinking back to all that time ago when I was awaiting…

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  • Confessions of a York Law Student

    15 March 2016 by Katie
    4 minute read

    First Year In first year things are a little different, you only have to do normal Problem Based Learning (PBL) because you don’t have option modules. Bearing in mind that second year involves an increase in work, my week still isn’t too bad. It varies along with how much I have going on, but this…

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  • How and why I chose York!

    15 March 2016 by Adam
    4 minute read

    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 blog, since I’ve been doing a lot more Student Ambassador work in the Department, I thought it might be nice to theme it more broadly…

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  • 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 frequently during those events has been about colleges and what being part of a college means so I thought it would make a good subject…

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  • My time choosing York for my degree

    6 March 2016 by Alex
    4 minute read

    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!! Those mixed feelings of excitement and apprehension when exploring the open days and meeting students and lecturers. But what I do remember is why I…

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  • 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 what else student life offers here 🙂 Dance Show! My housemate is a member of the University of York Dance Society and on Saturday night…

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  • 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 do History, still at York, until a bad grade in my History exams at A-Level put pay to those ideas. After heading into clearing (something…

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  • Skipping Ahead

    18 February 2016 by Cecilia
    3 minute read

    Happy February, everyone! By now, you will have offers in hand and are probably trying to decide where you should live and study for the next three years. For a minute, though, I’d like to skip ahead to a year from now, and let’s pretend you’ve chosen York. You’re in the second term of your first year and thinking about where…

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  • 5 reasons why you should choose York for Modern Languages

    17 February 2016 by Jacob
    3 minute read

    Ciao, Hola, Bonjour, Hallo! Read on to take a look at a student’s view of Modern Languages at York. 1. The size of the department The languages section of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science is one of the smaller departments in the UK for Modern Languages, so your classes will be smaller than…

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