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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, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.

Making Waves: The Institute for Social Justice PGR Symposium 2023

Matthew Peyton, ISJ student intern, joined the Making Waves Symposium to discuss the ways to diversify teaching and social justice.  I was recently invited to take part in the ‘Making…

June 23, 2023 in Uncategorized.
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Doing Change: Education for Social Justice celebration

Doing Change is a celebration of York St John University’s commitment to education for social justice and the platform for the annual Archbishop of York Lecture in Social Justice.  This…

March 30, 2023 in Uncategorized.
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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…

March 27, 2023 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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Researching peer support in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse 

This blog explores the ongoing Community Research Grants project ‘Investigating the role of peer support in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse’. This is a collaboration between York in Recovery…

March 9, 2023 in Uncategorized.

A new partnership with Enactus UK: improving social mobility for young people in disadvantaged secondary schools

In this blog post Tom Dobson, recently appointed Professor of Education at York St John University, introduces a new partnership between the university and Enactus. The partnership aligns with the…

February 8, 2023 in Uncategorized.
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Sustenance: A Fine Art exhibition as part of the Living Lab

This semester, a group of seven Fine Art students opted to join the Living Lab and make a collaborative response to issues around the food system, together with their lecturer…

December 1, 2022 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Uncategorized.
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Learning Outside the Classroom – and through the Living Lab

The Living Lab gives the core team chances to go visiting other departments and their activities – to give talks about the project, or support teaching. It’s a brilliant chance…

November 2, 2022 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.

Psychology students in the Living Lab

Psychology lecturer Maria Fernandes-Jesus gives an insight into how her second year ‘Qualitative Research Methods’ students are getting involved in Living Lab: Feeding the Campus. The entire group of 105…

October 24, 2022 in Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Uncategorized.

Taking film seriously: an exploration of cinema and social justice

In this blog Martin Hall and Lauren Stephenson, senior lecturers in Film and Media & Communications, discuss their ‘Cinema and Social Justice’ Project. The Cinema and Social Justice project is…

October 20, 2022 in Uncategorized.

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The ISJ supports collaborative research and practice that draws on the range of academic expertise across our university. We seek to facilitate research, projects and partnerships that help us to pursue and promote a fairer society.

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Feeding the Campus: York St John’s First People’s Assembly

Report launch from the ‘Bring your Voice to the World Cafe’ event

How Brussels Renewed My Hope in Humanity and its Future

My Year as an Intern

Belonging, Class and Gender in the Church of England

Making Waves: The Institute for Social Justice PGR Symposium 2023

Bring your Voice to the World Café! A Bottom-up Approach to Identifying Research Priorities

The Community Garden: Helping to Build a Greener Campus

Researching the potential of green social prescribing to increase health and wellbeing

At the water’s edge: exploring access to ‘blue space’ for people with disabilities

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