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From Participation to Inclusion: How Drama Helped Me Understand Social Justice

Congratulations to Abi Gough (BA Drama: Education and Community), winner of the 2026 Institute for Social Justice Student Prize! We put some questions to Abi about her achievements, intentions, and…

August 26, 2026 in Disability and SEND, Diversity and Inclusion, Education for Social Justice, Health care, ISJ Student Prize, Student Intern.

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…

January 13, 2026 in Resilience in a Changing Climate.
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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…

October 14, 2025 in Resilience in a Changing Climate, Student Intern.

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…

September 10, 2025 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate.

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…

July 8, 2025 in Diversity and Inclusion, Neurodiversity and Autism, Widening Participation.
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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…

April 23, 2025 in Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate, Resilience in a Changing Climate, Student Intern.

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…

March 12, 2024 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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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…

October 10, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
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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…

August 15, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Student Intern.
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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…

April 6, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.

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From Participation to Inclusion: How Drama Helped Me Understand Social Justice

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“Co-production has taught me never to underestimate any form of knowledge”

Accessible Culture: Reflections from a Creative Hackathon in Estonia

Rethinking Belonging: What participatory research reveals about neurodivergent life on university campuses

Reflections from a semester as a student researcher

How does York St John create social impact? We’d value your perspective

What Our Alumni are telling us about Social Impact – and why their voices matter for YSJ’s future

Exploring circular economy partnerships through play: new report

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