In 1967 York’s then Vice- Chancellor, Lord James, was still hugely weary of increased student participation.
Pepys Show: an interview with Benjamin Till
What happens when you set one of our greatest diarists to music?
Samuel Pepys is synonymous with the diary that he kept for some nine and a half years, beginning on 1st January 1660 until he ceased writing nearly a decade later.
Returning to education
Helen Barnes tells her story of how she moved from banking to her own business by going back to university
I was 28 but had nowhere to go with my career, my salary was unlikely to increase to any significant extent as the years passed and the scope of my job unlikely to grow very much.
Defending the world
The Evan Cornish Foundation has pledged a grant to the Centre for Applied Human Rights’ Protective Fellowship Scheme
It’s now been nearly ten years since the University launched the Centre for Applied Human Rights Protective Fellowship Scheme for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) at Risk.
To code or not to code
3 reasons why learning to code is a skill graduates can live without
Trying to learn ‘how to code’ is not a productive use of your time unless it has major value in your job, or you enjoy programming as a hobby.
Remembering Dr Peter Lee
Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics from 1972 to 2005
Dr Peter Lee, who died on 10 March 2017 of a brain tumour after a short illness, was a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics […]
Remembering Berrick
Berrick Saul: Vice-Chancellor 1 January 1979 – 30 September 1993
Professor Berrick Saul who died in May 2016 aged 91 was the University’s Vice-Chancellor from January 1979 to October 2003. David Foster remembers him.
Swinging Sixties
High-minded ideals and student activism in the University of York’s early years
When the University of York first opened its doors in 1963, to 215 students, it was smaller in population than Lord James’s prior institution, Manchester Grammar School, which had over one thousand pupils.
To move forwards on inequality we must not go back to grammar schools
Children should have equal opportunities to ‘achieve their potential’
Income inequality is strongly correlated with low social mobility, with lower average educational performance and with bigger gaps in educational attainment between rich and poor children.
David & Diageo
York alumnus David Gates, Global Head of Premium Core Spirits at Diageo, tracks his career across the globe
Over the past 24 years Gates’ work with Diageo – global alcoholic beverages producers and the world’s largest producer of spirits – has taken him across the globe. As well as the UK, he has called Brazil, Japan, Singapore and Holland, home.
Poldark adviser: how I stripped down history for the screen
York lecturer Dr Hannah Greig discusses her role as a historical consultant to the hit BBC drama
A BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s historical novels, the first series was broadcast last year and proved a hit with Sunday evening audiences, pulling in more than 8m viewers an episode.
Treating prostate cancer
York’s Biology department shows why the cancer cells have developed a resistance to treatment
A new study has shown that a standard hormone supplement, used to boost energy levels in prostate cancer patients following radiotherapy, could potentially increase the chances of the cancer returning.
