England manager Roy Hodgson was among the seven honorary doctorates awarded by the University of York this January. Every year, the University confers honorary degrees on people who […]
ISSUE FIVE / February 2016
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A sporting business
Greg Dyke and the future of sport
The event, run by the York Alumni association and hosted by Greg Dyke, took place under the auspices of law firm Howard Kennedy. It proved an invaluable opportunity for York graduates to chart the current climate of the sector.
Community Insights: Tang Hall Big Local Project
Sociology lecturer Daryl Martin recaps the Big Local team’s presentation on campus
Tang Hall Big Local is a National Lottery funded and resident led plan in which a £1 million grant will be used to seed small-scale community projects over the next ten years.
research and in-depth interviews
Viagra: an overnight success
World-leading chemist Andy Bell on co-inventing one of the biggest selling drugs in the world
In the canteen of Derwent College – possibly the greyest of the University of York’s original complexes – I meet world-leading chemist Andy Bell. The place hasn’t changed all that much since Bell first arrived here as a Chemistry student back in ‘79.
4 tips to shine on LinkedIn
LinkedIn guru Nadia Loumbeva offers her advice
“Networking is the best way to use your connections. Meeting people, being interested in what they do, ask them questions, discuss business deals. This is what creates opportunities.”
Documenting a tragedy
The University has launched major research projects which count the human cost of the refugee crisis
In a local cemetery on the Greek island of Lesbos, rows of hastily-dug graves contain human remains, barely covered with earth and marked only with broken stones on which is written a nationality, date of death and a number.
arts, music, humanities and culture
What next for women in the Church?
An interview with the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, the Dean of York
The 2014 Synod was itself haunted by the “no” vote against women bishops two years before. “It was an awful moment,” recalls the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of York.
English at York: “anything but traditional”
As the class of ’66 celebrate their 50th anniversary, Dr Judith Woolf remembers the birth of a department
With due respect to Philip Larkin, what really began in 1963 was the University of York – and English, with just fifty students and six full-time members of staff, was one of its first four departments.
The secrets of York’s headless Romans
Archaeological scientists are using genome technology to cast more light on York’s mystery ‘gladiators’
Over a decade ago, a set of Roman-age bodies were found by York Archaeological Trust (YAT) at Driffield Terrace in the city. Each one of these skeletons was decapitated, and nobody knew where they came from.
alumni news and updates
York: The New World
David Corkill recalls life in the University’s “pioneer” class of ’67
It always rather surprised me that an ancient city such as York did not have a university until 1963. In fact, York was just one of a clutch of universities that sprang up in the 1960s to meet the growing demand for higher education from the baby boomers.
Meet the three York grads working at the British Embassy, Stockholm
Thinking about a career in the civil service?
The Embassy co-ordinates the activities of the UK government in Sweden, and works with the Swedish government and other institutions on international political and economic issues.
Teach First and Me: when failure isn’t an option
Self-doubt is just one of the pressures Harry Morgan faces as a trainee teacher
During the six weeks of Summer Institute – the crash course in teacher training all Teach First participants undergo – our tutors frequently told us that the next two years would be ‘the hardest experience of our lives’.
“A pre-fab building site with 200 students”
Original alum remembers 1960s York
Two years after the University of York opened its doors, John Dearing arrived. John was an English and Related Literature undergraduate in 1965. This is […]
On the grapevine
News from fellow alumni
Catch up with alumni memories, awards, career updates and other news – all submitted by fellow University of York graduates and retired staff.
the lighter side of York
Willow to Fibbers: York’s lost nightclubs
How many of these old haunts do you recognise?
Unfortunately, many of these establishments have folded and been unceremoniously replaced over the years. Alas, the legendary Willow restaurant closed only last year and is now a Clintons cards.
10 DON’Ts of working in TV
YSTV alumna Sarah Pickles gives 10 vital tips on what NOT to do when starting out in the telly business
1. Don’t be afraid of work experience. … But don’t be taken advantage of! I started out hearing how new entrants can be exploited, and […]
9 things all graduates miss about secondary school
Oh, how it was to be unburdened by adult responsibilities…
Ah, the good old days. Never late or under prepared for anything with your uber-organised and unflappable PA, a.k.a ‘Mum’, at the helm of your academic, personal and sporting schedule.
