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  • Five Things to Look Forward to about Law at York

    26 February 2019 by Eloise
    4 minute read

    Academic Variety Lecturers uses lots of different teaching methods. Some days are mainly plenaries (our name for interactive lectures). Plenaries can be fast-paced and full of information. They’re always recorded…

  • What even is Social Policy?

    1 March 2017 by Hazel
    3 minute read

    A question thrown around a lot during Freshers’ week is “What do you study?”. It’s a nice, easy question to initiate a conversation as you get to know more people.…

  • 5 things I wish I knew before starting my degree

    28 February 2017 by Alice
    3 minute read

    University is the next step in your life and can be a very contrasting environment to school life. To follow are some things that I wish I had a better…

  • The things I’ve learnt…..

    The things I’ve learnt…..

    6 May 2016 by Eleni
    4 minute read

    Hello, Welcome to my spring blog. It’s a new term, a new season, a new organised me. Ok, maybe not, but in terms of being an organised mummy fitting in…

  • Here’s why studying economics is your ticket to success

    Here’s why studying economics is your ticket to success

    25 April 2016 by Elise
    3 minute read

    So you think you want to study economics? Contrary to popular belief, economics is not just looking at graphs and analysing statistics – it’s a actually a very rich and…

  • Finally approaching the end of third year- Some top tips

    11 April 2016 by Alex
    4 minute read

    So the end is finally in sight for all third year students here at the university. Numerous questions are flying around including, what are you doing after university? The answer…

  • The life of a social work student

    7 April 2016 by Bethany
    3 minute read

    If you have just been accepted onto the Social work degree at York and are starting in September then you are probably wondering what life for you will be like…

  • Natural Sciences: Streams and Socials

    5 April 2016 by Finn
    4 minute read

    As a little overview of what our fun interdisciplinary degree is like, I’ll go through a few of the streams you can choose and why we like them! Chemistry-Maths-Physics I am…

  • Second year shoots…

    5 April 2016 by Hope
    2 minute read

    One of the key reasons I chose to study at York was that in your second year, every student on the Film and Television Production course gets to write, direct…

  • Pester, Professor, Pete!

    29 March 2016 by Katie
    1 minute read

    Hello everyone! So, as promised, this week I have attached a link to an interview with Professor Peter Thompson from the Psychology department here at the University of York. Hope…

  • A Typical Week

    21 March 2016 by Cecilia
    5 minute read

    Hello from the other side…of term! Sorry, that was terrible, but I am happy enough to be done with Spring term that I’ll forgive myself a bad Adele intro. First…

  • How do I choose which University?

    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…