Student Voices

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  • 5 tips on how to pick the best accommodation for you

    5 tips on how to pick the best accommodation for you

    Choosing your accommodation for first year can be quite stressful. Like me, you may not have a great memory and struggle to remember which accommodation you visited on the Open…

  • College Life: In Conversation with the Goodricke Committee

    College Life: In Conversation with the Goodricke Committee

    One of the unique aspects of the University of York is the collegiate system, yet for many applicants it is something that you know little about prior to actually arriving…

  • Why I love Music at York

    Why I love Music at York

    This being my first blog post here, I’d better start basic… I love being at York. Corny as it might sound, I really have been so grateful for my time…

  • Keeping up with deadlines

    Keeping up with deadlines

     Hello all, I’m Freddy. I’m a second year Social and Political Sciences student, and I’m going to be blogging about all things York this year. For my first post, I…

  • Top reasons to love York

    Top reasons to love York

    So I’ve come home for a while over the Easter break. I’ve spent quality time with my family, caught up with friends and eaten loads of home cooked food and…

  • What do you actually need to bring to halls?

    You don’t want to be the person that brings a trailer or a minibus (cough Alice, my housemate) of things to halls. There is a difference in what you want…

  • My five favourite beauty spots on campus!

    My five favourite beauty spots on campus!

    So this is my final blog and I thought I would end on a spring note! The university, as you may know, is set on wonderful parkland around Europe’s largest…

  • Work experience on campus

    Overall, this past term has been yet another success for the IM students at York. We have learnt many new skills through both personal and group projects. Nevertheless, with the…

  • Is there a life outside a nursing degree?

    As you may have seen the undergraduate nursing degree course is very full-on, with an equal divide between placement and theory hours. However it is important to have a work-life…

  • 10 reasons why I chose York, and why you should too

    To be perfectly honest, choosing where to study was a really tough call, and it was only after I started exploring the city and everything the University had to offer…

  • A day in the life of an Education student

    University life can be challenging, but at the University of York, there is plenty of support on hand, and the hard work is worthwhile! I usually wake up at eight…

  • What’s so good about the city of York?

    Hello again! Welcome back to York after the holiday season! By now, you’re probably trying to make the decision about which one of your chosen universities you would like to…