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GSA Awards 2018 - Winners announced

GSA Awards 2018 – Winners announced

We are happy to announce our full list of winners of the inaugural GSA Awards! Thank you to all who attended our celebration evening yesterday and congratulations to all winners and nominees for your contributions to Postgraduate life at York!

18th July 2018

GSA Awards 2018 - Nominations open

GSA Awards 2018 – Nominations open

The Graduate Students’ Association Awards have been setup to recognise the contributions made to student life made by postgraduate students as well as academic and support staff. There are 7 awards in total with 3 nominated by the postgraduate community. The awards are: GSA Volunteer of the year Best GSA network GSA Councillor of the…

20th June 2018

GSA Elections 2018 - Nominations open

GSA Elections 2018 – Nominations open

Nominations have opened for the Graduate Students’ Associations Elections. The Graduate Students’ Association is the main representative body for all postgraduate students studying at the University of York. It is run as a postgraduate students union with elected full time officers that work over the academic year to provide representation for postgraduate students along with…

30th April 2018

Charlotte's Blog - 09/04/18

Charlotte’s Blog – 09/04/18

So it’s April, Mid-Easter break and the sun is finally out! Deadlines and exams are approaching with speed – if you find that things aren’t going as planned, please do remember to use our advice and support service, you can book an appointment here https://www.yorkgsa.org/students/welfare/arrange-an-appointment-with-the-gsa/ . The last term has been a tricky one: adverse…

9th April 2018

UCU Strike Action - GSA statement - 21/02/18

UCU Strike Action – GSA statement – 21/02/18

The University have compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions that we know many of our members have been asking or worried about. You can find this list here https://www.york.ac.uk/students/industrial-action/ The FAQ features an explanation of the reasons for the strike taking place from the Universities perspective in the interest of balance we also want…

21st February 2018

UCU strike action - February / March 2018

UCU strike action – February / March 2018

As many of you will already be aware the University and College Union (UCU) has voted to take industrial action. UCU is the trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK. The reason they have voted to take industrial action is because national negotiations…

15th February 2018

Charlotte’s Blog – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

It was a cold and frosty morning… ‘It’s snowing!’ has been the prevailing cry in the office in the last couple of days, finally heralding the start of the cold, northern winter.  Term has ended, the shops are shut and our office has been covered in Tinsel. It must be nearly Christmas! Again. (Has it…

11th December 2017

GSA and Student Hub Christmas Vacation Guide for students on campus

The GSA and Student Hub have collected together useful information about opening times, useful contacts and events happening over the Christmas Vacation period. You can view and download a copy here or pick up a copy from colleges or key venues on campus. Click here to download a copy of the guide

28th November 2017

2017 Council Election Results

The election results for your new student council are in. We are pleased to announce an increase in voter turn-out on last years council elections. We wanted to take a moment to thank all the candidates for running and everyone who voted in the elections. The results are: Council Chair – Abdikadir Dayib Askar Receiving 63%…

13th November 2017

Charlotte’s Blog – Time is moving fast!

How has it managed to get to week 5 of term already!?  The clocks go back on Sunday, so enjoy the extra hour in bed – don’t forget to change non-digital watches, cookers, microwaves, otherwise you’ll inevitably end up an hour late… not that I’d be speaking from personal experience here! 😉  I love this…

25th October 2017