Hi lovely people, it’s the end of the term. It has been a tough one for all of us. I hope you all are doing just great. This term we’ve been working with the York Graduate Research School board and sub-committees on modifying the student representation structure of research students, to make their experience better…
You might be wondering quite what happens at the University of York outside of term time. When is anything open? Are there any events on? Will there be any porters around? That’s why we are bringing you our Easter Booklet with all of the important information between the 19th March and the 19th April This…
Dear students and colleagues, We have been watching with horror the developments in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and we wanted to contact you to express our condolences to the people of Ukraine as they resist the invasion by Russian forces. It’s horrific to hear the reports of minority ethnic groups that have been prohibited from fleeing…
Update 11th February 2022 At an extraordinary Council meeting called on 10th February, the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) Council supported the motion put forward by the GSA sabbatical officers on behalf of our postgraduate members to support the upcoming UCU industrial action from Monday 14th February. This is also mirrored by student responses to a…
You might be wondering quite what happens at the University of York outside of term time. When is anything open? Are there any events on? Will there be any porters around? That’s why we are bringing you our Winter Booklet with all of the important information between the 6th December and the 10th January This…
We have two new roles available to work at the GSA: An Academic Welfare Advisor and a Community, Events and Welfare Coordinator. For more details about both of these positions, please visit: https://www.yorkgsa.org/about-the-gsa/gsa-recruitment/
We asked our new Sabbatical Officers six questions, to help you learn a little bit about them, and for them to help you understand a bit more about Postgrad life at York. What’s your role in under 30 words? My official role title is VP Wellbeing and Community. In short, this is a role that…
We’re your students’ union. We want to make sure that we look how you want us to look. For Black History Month we are launching a Design Competition for Black artists, redesigning the BAME Students’ Network logo. We want to recognise the achievements of black creatives at the University of York while also letting you…
Hello all, for every good thing in life, there is also an end, and I am about to finish my second term in the office on 31 August. In this short blog I wanted to look back and reflect on the last two years where I had the pleasure of trying to make your experience…
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…
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