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3 things to look forward to about Computer Science
As we all know, York is a beautiful place. What you might not know, though, is that the University of York is even more gorgeous, especially the Computer Science buildings. As someone who is waiting to come over here and join the fun, there are many things you can look forward to about studying Computer…
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My year down under – future plans
Hi everyone. I’ve been down under now for nearly seven months. Though currently, I’m travelling around New Zealand with my brother and cousin who came over for a holiday (and maybe to see me). In this blog, I’m going to be talking about some of the skills I’ve learnt and plans I’ve been making due…
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My Favourite Places to Eat on Campus
York’s campus has loads of places to eat, all with different vibes. A lot of them run a ‘Not for Profit Just for Students’ ethos, which means all the profit goes straight back into our campus. Here are some of my favourite places: Courtyard Courtyard in Derwent College is my favourite bar on campus. It’s…
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Working in recruitment: my HR placement
My name’s Sarah and I am a third year BA Business and Management student. I am currently on placement at Reply Ltd who are a tech management consultancy. I am having a really good time and learning a lot about the industry! My father worked with some Reply employees and found out that they offer…
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My experience on Aldi’s industrial placement scheme
I’m Laura, a BA Business and Management student at the York Management School. For my year in industry I’m taking part in Aldi’s industrial placement scheme. I discovered Aldi’s scheme at one of the University’s careers events. I was impressed with the structured training plan for the placement year. It provides the opportunity to learn…
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A Week in the Life of a Psychology Undergraduate Student
Monday To begin the week, I head to the library to crack on with the core reading given for my seminar on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention. This is one of my 3rd Year advanced modules and, for me, is always timetabled on a Monday from 1-3pm. I print off a booklet of the lecture slides…
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Midwifery and me!
Hi! New to blogging so here goes! I’m so excited to get back to University, we have just had two lovely weeks off for Christmas. I was able to spend some well earnt time relaxing with my husband, children and our crazy dalmatian. We even had a little holiday to visit the ‘big man’ in…
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My Weekly Environment
As an Environmental Science student, some days are busier and start earlier than others. This depends on what is happening in each module and what deadlines are coming up. Any spare time I have during the day I spend in a computer room in the library. This is the only place I can really focus…
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What it’s like to study Computer Science at York
Modules and lectures As a Computer Science student, my typical week starts off with lectures. First year Computer Science students have about 16 hours of lectures & practicals sessions per week which is above the average and means we have less learning to do on our own. Our modules (uni word for ‘subject’) include ICAR…
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An insight into the life of a biology student
At the very beginning of your life, when you were just learning how to tie your shoes and how the sun is something the planet orbits around, life was like a puzzle which you were slowly piecing together. As you get older, the puzzle seems more complete and you figure that you know enough about…