SaR: Thinking Towards the Future
“This will look so good on your CV!!” From the moment I was told that I had been successful in my application to become a student researcher, this sentence has been uttered to me...
Category: Competition
Blog Competition Closed
Time’s up! Well done to all Student Researchers who entered the 2016 blog competition. The competition has now drawn to a close and we have had some great submissions – you should all be...
Enhancing Employability and Widening Diversity: why the SaR scheme is so crucial in Higher Education.
As a post-graduate student, I have attended York St John University for almost 4 years, and I wish I could tell my younger self how important it is to take up opportunities like these....
Blog competition deadline – TODAY
Reminder: the blog competition will close at midnight tonight! Don’t forget that to be in with a chance of winning a trip to the British Conference of Undergraduate Research you will need to get your blog...
Getting paid to improve your Degree
by Hannah Keeble Working as a research assistant is flexible, uni-related, and useful. It is a great way to be productive, get yourself named on a research paper, and earn some money! I am...
Blog Competition – there’s still time!
Reminder: the Students as Researchers blog competition closes tomorrow, Friday 19th February There is still time to get your submissions in to be in with a chance of winning a trip to the British Conference...
SaR Reflections: Navigating the Student-Staff Transition at YSJ
Several weeks have passed since my first tentative steps into my role as Student Researcher and so far it has been an enjoyable one. I have been challenged in many ways by this role...
Why do Student as Researcher Scheme???
The way to explain why people should do the student as researcher scheme is to explain my own personal experience and reasons for doing it. Why did I do it? Simplistically, I really wanted...
Voices in the University- An Oral History Project @ YSJ
Hello and welcome to my little personal introduction and reflection on the York St John oral history and the community project! I am Harriet Bartle, a first year History and English Literature student here at...
Grades and Attendance
As a Student Researcher I get an opportunity to work on a project that relates a lot with the role I’ve been involved with the Students’ Union here at YSJ. It’s interesting how a research...