News Category: Representation
We’ve updated our guide for international students with more information and tips. The guide is written by international students and filled with the information they wish they’d known before coming to York. You can download a copy here: https://www.yorkgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GSA-International-booklet-pages.pdf
After the success of last year’s Postgraduate Experience Survey, the GSA is again running a large experience survey inclusive of ALL postgraduate students. The survey will be open between Monday 23 July and Friday 24 August 2018. Each student who completes the survey will be entered into a prize draw where we will be awarding five…
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!
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…
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…
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
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%…
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…
The winter is approaching and unfortunately there are still many displaced people across the continent in need of help. Students and staff from the University of York, volunteering with grassroots groups From York With Love and Friends Helping Refugees , have organised a collection of items urgently needed in Calais. Please see below for a…
Hi! Welcome to York! (and welcome back to our returning Postgraduates!). I hope that you are now settled in, ready for the start of term. It’s been a very busy week, and it was great to see so many of you at our various welcome week events – if you still haven’t picked up a…