News Archive: November 2020

Reflections on Decolonising the University of York

Reflections on Decolonising the University of York

Presentation delivered by Clara Garcia, VP Wellbeing and Community to the ILTA Steering Group at the University of York Hi everyone, and thank you for inviting me to this forum to present the work done by the student unions in the past year. Today I wanted to contribute to this conversation with some general notes…

24th November 2020

Students Support fund: juggling between university applications forms 

Students Support fund: juggling between university applications forms 

By Clara M. Garcia (VP Wellbeing and Community) Overview The barriers to access to get assistance funding from UoY are a deterrent to students in need. Applications take too long to fill in, with specific evidence required that can put off students in need and with an excess of personal data being requested to share….

23rd November 2020

York GSA By-Elections Announcement

York GSA By-Elections Announcement

This October, the GSA held their annual autumn elections to elect students into Part-Time Officer, Course Representative, GTA Representative and Scrutiny Officer positions. With over 200 nominations for roles, we were thrilled to fill lots of these positions. However, not all these roles were filled and some roles students voted to re-open nominations. Therefore, in…

5th November 2020

Faculty Representative Elections Results

Faculty Representative Elections Results

Over the last few days, your newly elected Course Representatives have been voting to elect your Faculty Representatives for the 20/21 academic year. We can now announce that the results are as follows:   Faculty Representative for Sciences: Chris Murray – 5 votes Harry Whish – 2 votes RON (RE-Open Nominations) – 1 vote Chris…

4th November 2020

GSA Statement on new Lockdown measures

GSA Statement on new Lockdown measures

In light of the Government announcement of a second period of lockdown measures in England, we, as the GSA’s Sabbatical Officer Team, wanted to address the concerns you might have. Even before the lockdown was announced, we have been working hard to move our activities and events online and provide you the support that you…

3rd November 2020