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  • Choosing houses and making food

    So far this term I have signed for a house, made some great food and played lots of squash! I also got exam results and chose my modules too, which I can’t imagine being an interesting topic to anybody but if you have a question then just leave a comment and I’ll happily answer it.…

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  • Housing dilemmas!

    I remember the second term of first year really well. Gone were the days of feeling like you were on a 10 week summer camp, and welcome to the days of exams, essay writing and the sorting of houses for second year. The days also seemed colder, darker and longer and for some people, the…

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  • Christmas as a Criminology Student

    Christmas is always the best time of the year to relax and unwind with family and friends. However when you are a student Christmas is still a time you feel you should be studying and continuing with your work. This Christmas has been a great one, with lots of fun activities happening throughout the festive…

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  • Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!

    Week one of Spring term is always crazy – it’s exam week, Christmas and New Year have only just gone by and moving back up to York after the break leaves everyone a little flustered! After exams, I spent a bit of time doing some retail therapy in Leeds. With Leeds only being 25 minutes away…

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  • Exams are over! Lets celebrate and appreciate the art history on campus and in York

    The first thing I have to mention is all of the flooding that happened in York over the Christmas holidays! The uni itself is completely fine, thanks to being on the right side of a hill, and most of the students were okay too. For the few that were affected the uni gave plenty of…

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  • Chocolates, Chemistry and Christmas

    I am still madly in love with Christmas. I get excited about the lights being put up from probably about August. Unfortunately, at Christmas, this year, like all my years at school and like many on other courses, I had exams looming over me. However, I still made time to spend with my family, friends and…

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  • My life as a nursing student!

    It’s a cold day in December, my alarm goes off at 05.30 and I rush to catch the bus ready for another day on placement. The sky is still dark and the cold hits my face. As I arrive, handover begins and I hear everything from bronchitic babies to overdosing teenagers – no two days are the…

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  • How to survive your first term as a History of Art student in York!

    Don’t worry, this won’t be boring – the life of a History of Art student at University of York is nothing of the sort! First week: the panic begins The first week of term is a big bundle of mixed emotions, it’s the happiest and scariest week (with the last week of term a close second). For…

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  • Studying History in York – History on your doorstep.

    One of the most important things about going to university is the town/city in which you study. For history students in particular, the choice of location is often one of most important factors in choosing where to study. So, for my first post, let’s have a look at York as a city to study history…

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  • First Impressions of a Second Year

    Well week 8 has come to a close, last year this term seemed like an age, now university life just seems to be going faster and faster. I blinked and two months had shot by. It’s almost like the summer break never happened, once I stepped foot back in the lecture hall it was straight…

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  • Music Maestro

    I am second year student on the BSc Film and Television Production course at the University of York. I’m a member of Langwith College and in my first year at York, I lived in halls on the Heslington East Campus. One of my favourite things about York and studying here is the music scene. York…

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  • Placement or No Placement?

    Hi, my name is Becci and I am in my final year at the university, studying Accounting, Business Finance and Management (ABFM for short, as it is a bit of a mouthful). As I have just returned to the university after spending a year on placement, I thought I would use this blog post to…

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