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  • A Guide to Freshers’ Week

    A Guide to Freshers’ Week

    8 September 2018 by Kaity
    4 minute read

    For me, the most daunting part of heading up to university was Freshers’ Week. It was definitely one of the highlights of my first year at university, but also personally…

  • Freshers’ Tips 101

    Freshers’ Tips 101

    9 August 2018 by Maria
    4 minute read

    Welcome! Hello everyone! I am an international student from Brazil currently in my second year at the University of York studying Film and Television Production. Freshers’ Week was an incredible…

  • Preparing for uni and Freshers’ Week

    7 August 2018 by Georgia
    4 minute read

    I knew I wanted to study at York as soon as I first came on the Open Day. It was the first university I looked at, my family and I…

  • Living in Halls: Day 1

    Living in Halls: Day 1

    3 March 2017 by Oli
    2 minute read

    Ahh, university halls, that place where you’ll spend a significant part of your first year; where you’ll make your first friends and where you’ll make some of your favourite memories.…

  • University is about more than your degree…

    1 March 2017 by Mark
    3 minute read

    We all know that the reason we come to university is our degree. We want to study something we like and at the end of our time at uni we…

  • A short guide of how to survive your first month at the University of York

    A short guide of how to survive your first month at the University of York

    15 November 2016 by Roberta
    4 minute read

    Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog post! My name is Roberta and I am a second year Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance student at the University of York.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Is there a life outside a nursing degree?

    23 February 2016 by Kimberley
    3 minute read

    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…

  • A few Environment FAQs…

    A few Environment FAQs…

    22 February 2016 by Chloe
    3 minute read

    What is a typical week like? In my first year, I typically had between 10 and 15 contact hours, spread evenly across the week. These consisted of lectures, tutorials, field…

  • The PEP Identity at York

    The PEP Identity at York

    19 February 2016 by Laurie
    3 minute read

    Last time I was babbling on about how great the variety available in PEP degrees is. Although, it’s come to my attention that this flexibility can actually be a cause…