{"id":34088,"date":"2026-01-09T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=34088"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:20:33","slug":"clearing-courses-and-colleges-at-the-university-of-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2026\/01\/09\/clearing-courses-and-colleges-at-the-university-of-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing, Courses and Colleges: Student Support at York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unexpected changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey! I&#8217;m Jack, a first-year undergraduate studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/courses\/ba-criminology\/\">BA (Hons) Criminology<\/a> who has had a unique experience at York. I came through Clearing, I switched my course&#8230; and then I changed my accommodation. I&#8217;d like to mention now before anything else &#8211; the support the University gave me was outstanding. I received superfast responses and answers to all my problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>My results day and Clearing experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearing, for those of you who do not know, is a way of applying to university for students who didn\u2019t receive any offers (or none they wanted to accept). It&#8217;s also open for students who didn\u2019t meet the conditions of their offers, or students who\u2019ve declined their firm place. Personally, I decided I did not like my original choices, so I pulled out of those and wanted to apply elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The months before results day I knew I wanted to study Law and Criminology in York, however my original choice was York St John University. I knew, though, that I had done better than I expected in my A-levels, and wanted to go to a Russell Group university that suited me, and that was the University of York. Unfortunately, on results day, I called the University of York and found out that my desired course was not available via Clearing. I was distraught and panicked about where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that day I called universities with places all over the UK: Nottingham, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Sheffield to name a few. I received some great offers that seemed fine, but I wasn&#8217;t ready to commit because I knew really wanted to go to York. So, I decided to give it a day or two to mull it all over. Eventually, I made the decision to accept an offer to study BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Social Policy at the University of York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Changing my course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I had arrived at York, for the first few weeks, I was still on my BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Social Policy course. The course itself was fun, great and interesting, however it just was not for me. I wanted to focus more on criminal justice than the course was offering. I spoke to many people, the student hub, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/colleges\/student-leaders\/stycs-and-styms\/\">Second\/Third-Year Contact (STYC)<\/a>, my personal supervisor and even my cousin who is in a higher year than me. They all offered multiple helpful ways of looking at my situation and helped me with my application for the transfer. I spoke with the Sociology department team, and they guided me through the steps of the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After I had filled the application out on a random Thursday, all I could do was wait for my application to be processed, reviewed and for the team to decide if I could be transferred. Then, on the following Tuesday morning, I got an email saying a change to my timetable had been made. Then more changes followed, and by the end of the day I had officially transferred to study BA (Hons) Criminology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Switching my accommodation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change, admittedly, was my hardest one yet. I originally lived in Halifax, Lindley Court. For those of you who don&#8217;t know where this is, Halifax College is the farthest south (of campus) College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/74ebd7e6-06ef-401d-8ffd-f606128c3c81.jpeg\" alt=\"A student room with a made up bed, a lamp lit up on a side table, a wardrobe and a desk with a computer and chair.\" class=\"wp-image-34086\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jack&#8217;s student room<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, my old room was great, bigger than my current one even, and my house mates were lovely. Due to my change in course, though, I was no longer studying on my neighbour Campus West but on Campus East which is around a 20\/25 minute walk, even longer if it\u2019s a 9am start and you\u2019re tired. So, I wondered about a change for a while, and I officially sent out my email and application for a room at David Kato College on Campus East. I did not think I would get a room, to be honest. My application went in at midday on a Friday, and I heard back on the following Monday morning. I accepted the new room offer on the afternoon of that Monday. Thanks to the fantastic communication from the accommodation team, I was able to move into that room the next Wednesday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final thoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, if you\u2019re worried about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/students\/support\/\">student suppor<\/a>t, getting help and the right teams to get advice, University of York has the most amazing staff. 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