In this post, Ellie Tillotson (PhD researcher and Artistic Director of Toolbox Drama Cic) reflects on her role as an international mentor for a Cultural Hackathon at the Ugala theatre…
Universities recognise the importance of student belonging. It appears in strategic plans, retention frameworks, and student experience dashboards. Yet the concept is often treated as if it were universal—something all…
Dillon Scott, a final year Korean, intercultural communication and linguistics student at York St John University reflects on his experiences as a student researcher. This blog explores Dillon’s experiences, including…
York St John University describes itself as “the University for Social Impact”. To understand what this really means in practice, the Institute for Social Justice is undertaking a programme of…
“I could write a book about how YSJ has brought about positive social change in me personally” The Institute for Social Justice are currently inviting responses from our alumni, students,…
Earlier this year, Divine Charura, Professor of Counselling Psychology at YSJ, received funding through the Humber and North Yorkshire Green Social Prescribing Programme and HEY Smile Foundation to run a…
In May, researchers at YSJ held a World Café Event in collaboration with Our City Hub at York Explore Library to find out about migrants’ perspectives about what research academics…
In 2023 the Institute for Social Justice provided funding to the Centre for Religion in Society at York St John University for a Research Assistant to work on two projects…
In this blog post, Raphaela Berding-Barwick and Maria Fernandes-Jesus reflect on a World Café event they held with other researchers and students from YSJ in collaboration with Our City Hub…
In this blog, Raphaela Berding-Barwick and Divine Charura explore ongoing collaborative research with diverse communities – particularly including migrants, refugees and asylum seekers – into the benefits of green social…