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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.
Gemma Holsgrave from York Mediale has been in touch to share an exciting, free creative training opportunity for young artists in the city with York Mediale.
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Gemma Linfoot-King, Project Manager of the Building Healthy Relationships Project has been in touch to share information on the latest training sessions for students this semester.
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Senior Lecturers, Dr Gill Simpson and Dr Adam Stock, will be hosting a screening followed by a discussion in support of Holocaust Memorial Day.
For more information regarding the event, please click here.
York St John University are excited to support and host several LGBT History month events led by Dr Kimberly Campanello and Dr Adam Stock.
In the first Dissertation Corner of 2018, Jenna Houston speaks to current dissertation student Alice Stokell.
Thanks to Ben Prusiner, from the Riding Lights Theatre Company, for getting in touch to tell us about the ‘Yorkshire Scandals’ project.
£5 Student Tickets are available for Yorkshire Scandals, a true crime double bill featuring the classical ‘A Yorkshire Tragedy’ by Shakespeare or Middleton, presented with a brand new modern play, ‘The Taskers’ Trials’, by Yorkshire playwright Bill Hodson.
This is the last post celebrating all things 2017 on the English Literature programme at YSJU. It only seems right to finish by celebrating the students who moved on last year: who submitted their dissertations, graduated and went on to work or further study (some on our very own MA in Contemporary Literature…). Continue reading “looking back: 2017 in review #3”
If you are thinking about taking your learning to the next level, York St John are holding a Postgraduate evening on Wednesday 21 February in Temple Hall from 4.00pm-7.00pm.
This is the second post celebrating 2017 the world of English Literature at YSJU. Today we’re going to be looking at some of the debates that took place across the programme, ranging from a robot reading group to pressing questions regarding diversity and the university curriculum. Continue reading “looking back: 2017 in review #2”
Now that the January deadlines have been met and we’re looking forward to Spring term, the time is ripe to look back on 2017. What did life as an English Literature undergraduate at YSJU look like last year? Over the next few days, we’re going to be doing a little retrospective to celebrate the year that has passed and look forward to the year that is to come. Continue reading “looking back: 2017 in review #1”
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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We are delighted to announce that the Sodexo Student Aspiration Funds are now available to all students, to provide support with your career aspirations.
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by Charlotte Stevenson
Earlier this year in March, just after the daffodils were gone, I received an email saying that my application to study abroad for a semester had been approved and that I would officially be a student of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as of September 2017. That day was a good day and, in the time since then, so much has happened. Continue reading “reflections on studying abroad: amsterdam”