Benefits & facilities
The University prides itself on providing a high
quality supportive environment characterised by individual
supervision arrangements.
Our interdisciplinary Graduate Centre is based
in the new De Grey Court building and provides research students
with access to:
- flexible work space and lockable storage
- the University’s computing network and internet
- printing facilities for research study purposes
- telephone facilities for research study purposes
- meeting room facilities
- opportunities for interaction with fellow researchers within
the social hub
In addition, the following facilities are
available to our research students:
- access to research networks
- possibilities for supervised involvement in
teaching
- relevant training in both research and
teaching methodologies
The
Fountains Learning Centre provides library services for York St
John research students. It is recognised that no one library can
satisfy researchers’ needs, so to support research students the
following are provided:
- access to the range of databases and online
resources provided by YSJU
- interlibrary loans
- membership of SCONUL Access, at researcher
level, which provides access to almost all UK HEI libraries,
including borrowing rights at the University of Leeds
libraries
- walk in access to many University of Leeds
electronic resources at University of Leeds libraries
Each research student has an expenses account
allocated to fund other items associated with the research,
including other minor equipment, computer needs, key books and
periodicals.