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November Update on your Single Students’ Union

November Update on your Single Students’ Union

November Update on your Single Students’ Union Written by Pierrick Roger and Mardan Nasier 8th November 2023 During the 2022/23 academic year, we have been hard at work planning a single, unified students’ union that combines the best of YUSU and the GSA. Our goal in this is simple: to provide you with a better…

8th November 2023

A Single Students’ Union: Moving Forward

A Single Students’ Union: Moving Forward

Ensuring plans for a single students’ Union meet the expectations and needs of our students Following almost 6 months of consultation with our members, the YUSU and the GSA trustee boards met separately this month to consider proposals to form a single students’ union for all students at the University of York. The consultation included…

30th June 2023

Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

Join us for our annual general meeting: meet our new CEO and find out more about the new union!   On the 20th June, we’ll be holding our annual general meeting.  This will take place from 4:30pm until 6:00pm in the Church Lane Building, room CLA 023/X with drinks and snacks on arrival. This is…

30th May 2023

Your New Union Survey

Your New Union Survey

Last month, the GSA and YUSU announced a statement that both Unions would work together to move towards ‘establishing a single, unified Students’ Union for all students at the University’. We want to ensure that students are front and centre of this new Union. That’s why we need your input and why today, together with…

13th April 2023

A statement from the YUSU and GSA Presidents on the future of the Unions

A statement from the YUSU and GSA Presidents on the future of the Unions

Announcing our ambitions for a single and unified Students’ Union Dear Students, The University of York is one of a very small number of Universities to have two students’ unions: the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU), for all students registered at the University, and the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA), reserved for taught and research…

2nd March 2023

Jane Baston - VP Academic - End of Year Blog

Jane Baston – VP Academic – End of Year Blog

Write a blog covering everything you’ve done in two years, they said. You’ve been here for two years, there must be loads to talk about. However when I think back over the last two years most of it blurs into one long line of meetings, email and lots of papers to read. That’s probably what…

24th August 2021

GSA Annual General Meeting - 28th July 2021

GSA Annual General Meeting – 28th July 2021

The York Graduate Students’ Association Annual General Meeting which will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 28th July. Please sign up to the event here. To recieve the Zoom link for the event, you must sign up before 12 noon on Wednesday 28th July. The AGM is a chance to find out what we have…

27th July 2021

VP Academic Reducing GSA Working Hours Throughout August

VP Academic Reducing GSA Working Hours Throughout August

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog post for the GSA. They’re normally long and contain information about the work I’ve been doing as VP Academic. This one contains some personal news. I’m incredibly lucky to be offered and to be taking up a position as College Life Coordinator within Halifax College…

19th July 2021

York GSA By-Elections Announcement

York GSA By-Elections Announcement

Over the past few days, you have all been voting in our annual by-election to decide who will represent you this academic year! We hold these second round of elections in order to fill any positions that were left vacant after the first Autumn Elections. You can see below the results from each election, if…

1st December 2020

Continuation Fees Waived

Continuation Fees Waived

Hello everyone, l hope you are all well. Due to my candidacy in the GSA Elections for 2020/21 Academic year, l was unable to share with you the great news that l had over the past few weeks. We ticked off another item from my list of current projects and l am extremely happy about…

8th June 2020