Many thanks to Mollie Field for getting in touch to let all of our students know about the following opportunity to write for Neutral Magazine.
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Many thanks to Mollie Field for getting in touch to let all of our students know about the following opportunity to write for Neutral Magazine.
Continue reading “student opportunity: write for neutral magazine 2018”
By Harriet Bartle
Current Literature and History student Harriet Bartle joins us for a ‘Monday Matters’ reflection on what it is like to study literature when you’re obsessed with Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
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In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner, Nicoletta Peddis speaks to current dissertation Elliott Walker.
Want to know a bit more about what your Literature lecturers are researching and publishing on? Come along to our very first Research Showcase to find out!
Book your ticket here.
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By Harriet Bartle
Our Harriet Bartle was offered exclusive behind the scenes access to a new dramatic production making its debut in York this week: ‘The Yorkshire Scandals.’ Below, Harriet reflects on her one-to-one conversation with the director of this exciting endeavour, Ben Pruiser.
Inspired by our second-year Literature at Work module, Charlotte Stevenson undertook a work placement at Manchester Central Library. In this exclusive post, Charlotte shares tips, tales, trials and tribulations from her time in the library.
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Current student Charlotte Stevenson reflects on her autumnal encounter with celebrated author Ali Smith at a recent event hosted by York Explore Library.
In the first Dissertation Corner of 2018, Jenna Houston speaks to current dissertation student Alice Stokell.
By Nicoletta Peddis and Ellie Anderson-Ingham
On Thursday 30th November, at Waterstones in York, Abi Curtis and Naomi Booth launched their novels Water and Glass and Sealed: two dystopian novels which in different ways deal with environmental issues and climate change.
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By Tom Young
The Building Healthy Relationships Project is a student led collaboration based at York St John University, working in partnership with Survive, IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) and York College, that aims to highlight the importance of healthy relationships, emphasise consent and respect, and to strengthen the prevention of sexual violence and harassment on campus.
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By Harriet Bartle
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sell books? I used to; I’d worked in retail for three years before I became a bookseller and as such I knew the ropes of customer service. I thought that it might be different, though; almost a romantic sort of job, where you spend your days surrounded by books of all genres, chatting to the quiet customers as they wander in out of the cold and expect to find fellow book lovers carefully shelving new stock and listening to peaceful, interesting music. As a literature student, it became the ideal prospect, the dream job; when I was lucky enough to be presented with the opportunity to enter the group of people that can call themselves booksellers, I jumped into this new world of pages head first. I was eager to see how this fascinating industry worked, particularly in the new era of internet shopping.
By Tia Byer
On Wednesday 29th November, York St John University held a social media awareness workshop exploring the dangers and benefits of social media. The workshop was run by Andi Keeling. With over 30 years of operational experience working in the corporate world, Andi’s expertise provided York St John students with vital information concerning how to trace our online footprint.
By Tia Byer
On 22nd November, Drs Adam Stock and Adam Smith accompanied third-year English Literature students taking the Twentieth-Century Literature module on a trip to Castle Howard. The trip functioned as a supplement to our week 7 text; Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.
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In this week’s Dissertation Corner, Nicoletta Peddis speaks to current dissertation student Fearn Britton.
By Rose Kirby, English Lit Society Publicity Officer
Following the winding down of this society in previous years, we’re here to restart the academic and diverse community that stood at York St John. A community that will encourage discussion and thorough engagement, as well as support, we are open to students studying Literature, or anyone that loves to emerge themselves in literature.
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