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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 Education for Social Justice.

Changes to adult autism and ADHD diagnostic assessment – A research perspective

This blog post presents a response from researchers and academics at from the Institute for Social Justice and the RNWC (Research on Neurodiversity, Wellbeing and Counselling Group) at York St…

April 24, 2023 in Neurodiversity and Autism, Uncategorized.
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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 Education for Social Justice.

Pip, Pop and a Pandemic: A documentary exploring the lived experience of schizophrenia.

    Filmmaker Tracy Willits is a senior lecturer in media production at York St John University with a background in health documentaries for broadcast television. In this blog she…

February 28, 2022 in Uncategorized.

From anxiety to activism: Eco-anxiety as a call for climate action

COP26 Day 9. Time is running short for agreement to be reached. A vital dimension of climate justice is generational justice. Psychology lecturer Maria Fernandes Jesus urges policymakers to move beyond…

November 9, 2021 in Ecological Justice.

Arts and Social Justice: Introducing 3 new PhD researchers at the Institute for Social Justice

To mark the launch of the Institute for Social Justice we are delighted to welcome three postgraduate researchers, Ruth Lambley, Nicola McAteer and Natalie Quatermass, to ISJ at YSJ. Their…

September 9, 2020 in Ecological Justice.
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Evaluating Converge: placing students and education at the heart of improving community mental health

The Converge programme at York St John and Northumbria Universities, which gives people using mental health services in York and Newcastle access to free university courses, is embarking upon a…

September 4, 2020 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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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

Changes to adult autism and ADHD diagnostic assessment – A research perspective

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