news from the city and campus

Summer in the City

Your guide to visiting York between now and September

Welcome to your yu magazine summer special, connecting you with your York alumni community in over 180 countries across the globe.

Watch Spark Fly

The much-anticipated street food and start-up hub opens its doors in York

research and in-depth interviews

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Neuroscience is unlocking mysteries of the teenage brain

Is there truth to the cliches?

How would you describe an average teenager? Lucy Foulkes, a Lecturer of Psychology in Education at York, suggests that for most people, the following characteristics […]

Are you afraid of the robot apocalypse?

York is spearheading the safety of robotics and autonomous systems

As robotic and autonomous systems develop and become part of everyday life, York’s Festival of Ideas is exploring what we should and shouldn’t be worried about, and what AI might mean for our future health, employment and everyday life.

Imagining the Impossible

Head to York for the Festival of Ideas

You are warmly welcomed to join us for the award-winning York Festival of Ideas from on now until 17 June. Our biggest festival to date and the perfect reason to come and visit York again this summer.

arts, music, humanities and culture

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Friends, lend me your ear…

Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre comes to York

This summer a dramatic playhouse setting will be offered to visitors in the centre of York.

Theatre Review: Check, Please

Nouse review of Drama Barn production

The Drama Barn is back for summer term and heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with two original plays.

URY: Still a hit at 50

University Radio York celebrates half a century on the airwaves

Since 1968, the UK’s oldest independent radio station has been making waves all over campus, the city of York and beyond – and its 50th anniversary celebrations look set to do that all over again.