Over the past few weeks, the GSA staff team has been tirelessly at work, planning our Welcome Week for incoming Postgraduate students. There’s been some key developments in the past few weeks, particularly the recent government guidelines which limit socialising in groups of more than six, which have forced us to reevaluate our plans. We’ve…
Hi, I’m Hazel and I’m the part-time Events and Communities Coordinator at the GSA. I’m also a postgraduate student here at the University of York and I’m working towards my MA in Eighteenth Century literature. Every year the GSA organises one of the only postgraduate-specific Welcome Weeks in the UK. There are events and activities…
When I became an officer last year this was the headline of my manifesto, where I detailed a small set of expectations for the year that can be reduced to: change the prizes on student housing, improving the university’s mental health services, promote transparency of the institutional structure and resources (both at a union and…
I’m not the type of person who likes to look too far into my own future, something to do with not wanting to predict things and give myself too many expectations. When I started my role as VP Academic I did have some ideas about what the next year would look like. I had a…
Hello all, as I approach the end of my first year as the President of the GSA, I wanted to reflect on the academic year behind and share with you what I have been doing for the last twelve months. Oh my, what a year that was! 2 rounds of Industrial action, Brexit, and a…
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