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Tag: exams

  • 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…

  • Easter Vacation Begins… Kind of…

    16 March 2016 by Ranjit
    2 minute read

    Now that term two is over, this is the time students normally go home, see friends and family and start the revision for final exams there, but I’ve decided this year…

  • Time flies when you are having fun…

    15 March 2016 by Kimberley
    2 minute read

    So it’s nearly the end of Term Two. I am half-way through my second year and about to finish my third placement. Where has the time gone? This term we have…

  • Results, Football and Something to think about…

    19 February 2016 by Ranjit
    3 minute read

    One of the things I like about the people on my course this year is our Facebook group we have, particularly when somebody notifies everyone the marks for a module…

  • Getting to Grips with 3rd Year

    Getting to Grips with 3rd Year

    16 February 2016 by Becci
    4 minute read

    Hello! So your time to start university is getting closer, and although for you the 3rd year might seem a long way off, it will almost certainly come around much…

  • Wading Through a Winter Waterland

    28 January 2016 by Nick
    2 minute read

    Well exams are finally over! I hope my time at university doesn’t give me a lasting association of Christmas with revision. But I have the weekend to relax now. I…

  • Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!

    Where to eat Vegan/Vegetarian in York!

    26 January 2016 by Chloe
    4 minute read

    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…

  • The Light at the End of the Tunnel (i.e. exams are over!)

    20 January 2016 by Cecilia
    3 minute read

    It can seem sometimes (and those times are usually early January) that life is a bit miserable. Spring term exams are scheduled months in advance, but they still seem to…

  • Chocolates, Chemistry and Christmas

    19 January 2016 by Elspeth
    3 minute read

    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…

  • Between My Two Homes

    15 January 2016 by Finn
    2 minute read

    Having had them very much present for the previous month, it was quite strange leaving friends from uni for the first time. This made it particularly nice to see them…

  • Welcome to the best years of your life!

    17 December 2015 by Bethany
    3 minute read

    Welcome to the first ever social work blog! Throughout this blog I hope to give you insight into what studying for a social work degree is like, what life on…