Living Lab’s First Repair Fair: Working Together To Create Change
Ellie Steel is this year’s Community Development Intern at the Living Lab. She will be working together with students and staff within and beyond the ISJ to co-create and promote…
What does an intern at the ISJ get up to?
Maisie Wilson shares stories and insights from their time as an Intern at the ISJ 2023-2024. From creating the first student-led podcasts and behind-the-scenes editing work from across the social…
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…
My Placement with the Living Lab: Bringing history student skills to the plate!
‘YSJ Food Stories – student culinary culture in the cost-of-living crisis’ builds on the Cookbook. Led by students from across disciplines, the Living Lab will continue to deepen our understanding…
Menfulness: media as a gateway to talk about feelings
Every year the Institute for Social Justice allocates funding to Community Research Grants; which are pockets of funding that facilitate projects between York St John researchers and VCSE groups. This…
Meet Maisie, this year’s new intern for the Institute for Social Justice!
My name’s Maisie Wilson, and I’ve been studying at York St John for a few years now. I recently graduated with my BA in Criminology, but was so haunted by…
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…
My Year as an Intern
In this blog, ISJ Intern Matthew Peyton reflects on his experiences in the role, what he has learnt and what he’ll take with him into the future. After a year…
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…