Friendly Living Fund: SMART Study Group
In this post Martha Cattell (Living Lab Research Assistant) caught up with Business Management student Emmanuel Okenla, who received funding for his project ‘SMART Study Group’ as part of round…
The Period Project – by Georgina Wetherall
Liv Webb (Living Lab intern) interviews Georgina Wetherall, one of the recipients of the Living Lab’s new Friendly Living Fund micro-grant, to find out how she is using the funding…
Weathering the Change: Building Climate Resilience at York St John University
Martha Cattell, the Living Lab’s new Research Assistant, explores just why the current Living Lab focuses on climate resilience, how climate change is already affecting our campus, and how staff…
Belonging and ‘bubbles’: Mind The Gap and York St John student collaboration
York St John University Drama and Acting students, and Mind The Gap Performance Academy students, have collaborated on a creative exploration of themes of belonging and place, culminating in a…
Reaching across the disciplinary lines
Cath Heinemeyer and Ellie Steel report back on the ‘Collab in the Lab’ when Biomedical Sciences students invited those from other departments to find out more about their research on…
The Garden Project: Student innovation, concentrated on ecological, sustainable goals
Living Lab intern Hayden Costello updates the campus community on recent experiments, in collaboration with the Students’ Union, in creating a student-led café – including a takeover of St Crux…
Feeding the Campus: York St John’s First People’s Assembly
AJ Heritage, MRes student in Applied Linguistics and research assistant to the Ecological Justice Research Group, reports on the launch event of this year’s Living Lab – a People’s Assembly…
How Brussels Renewed My Hope in Humanity and its Future
Literature student Michaela Bosman, recently returned from a Pagoda Sustainable Global Experience internship in Brussels funded by the Careers and Student Opportunities Team, reflects on her transformative learning on the…
Planet Food York: a cafe for all
Living Lab bloggers Lauryn Wilson and Charlie Malbon interviewed Rosie Walker-Lyne, a third year York St John student of English Language and Linguistics who volunteers at Planet Food York. Rosemary…
The Circular Economy at York St John
In this post, student blogger Michaela Bosman (2nd year Literature) investigates the concept of a ‘circular economy’ and some close-to-home examples of how it can be key to transforming the…