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  • 3 things to look forward to about Chemistry at York

    3 March 2020 by Jenny
    2 minute read

    Hi there, I’m Jenny. Last time I told you about a day in my life. Today, I’ve got some of the highlights of being a Chemistry student. Demonstrators Demonstrators are…

  • My experience as a Laidlaw Scholar in the Department of Chemistry at York

    27 February 2020 by Alicia
    4 minute read

    Why do a departmental internship?Why the Laidlaw Scholarship? As a chemist, you will need many skills that stretch further from theoretical knowledge and expertise. You will always interact and collaborate…

  • A week in the life of a third year English Literature student

    30 January 2020 by Caitlin
    4 minute read

    The dreaded reading list: As a literature student there is a lot of reading (pretty obvious right?). But the key thing to remember is that the reading is not actually…

  • The F Word: Funding Postgraduate Research

    7 June 2018 by Alice
    4 minute read

    It’s not often something we like to talk about, but it’s an unavoidable fact that starting a PhD doesn’t just require time and effort, but can also be major a…

  • What’s in a Master’s?

    What’s in a Master’s?

    10 April 2018 by Ben
    3 minute read

    Hello! Seeing as it’s the reason I’m here in York, I thought I’d do this blog on my degree itself. I’m studying for an MSc in Forensic Speech Science as…

  • A Week in the Life of a Postgraduate Research Student

    19 March 2018 by Alice
    5 minute read

    My name is Alice and I’m a postgraduate research student studying for a PhD with the Department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies. There are…

  • Why I Chose York for Postgraduate Research

    Why I Chose York for Postgraduate Research

    4 January 2018 by Alice
    3 minute read

    It’s no secret that starting a PhD is a big commitment and, for me, like many others, that meant that choosing where to carry out my doctoral research was a…