Courses at York St John University

• Take two songs twice a day – could singing soon be on doctor’s orders?

  

  The International Centre for Community Music at York St John University (ICCM) has been awarded a two-year grant of £30,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to research the effects of singing on health and wellbeing.

  Publish Date: 
  • 12 June 2023

• Drama student committed to the transformative power of the arts for prisoners wins social justice prize

  

  York St John University’s Institue for Social Justice (ISJ), established in 2020, works across the University to support social justice research, projects and partnerships which endeavor to create a fairer society.

  Publish Date: 
  • 24 November 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Awards

• Research funding helps local business build on success

  

  A successful Bubwith-based arts company is chasing further success thanks to £28k funding from the Yorkshire Innovation Fund (YIF), a project part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

  Publish Date: 
  • 3 March 2015

• Future Now Symposium at York St John

  

  York St John University is hosting Aesthetica Magazine’s Future Now Symposium, an arts event with talent development at its core, offering a hive of innovation and idea generation from across the world.

  Publish Date: 
  • 11 April 2018
  Categories: 
  •   Events

• Prison theatre project moves from stage to screen

  

  BBC FOUR to show Donmar Warehouse’s all-female Shakespeare trilogy following critical acclaim. York St John University’s Prison Partnership Project collaborated with the Donmar on this ground-breaking series of innovative arts productions.

  Publish Date: 
  • 15 June 2018
  Categories: 
  •   Academic Success
  •    Staff
  •    Students

• York St John wins joint AHRC grant with Royal College of Music

  

  York St John University and The Royal College of Music have won a joint bid for £44,264 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

  Publish Date: 
  • 24 January 2017
  Categories: 
  •   Research
  •    Students

• York St John hosts Operation Nightingale Symposium

  

  An initiative to help rehabilitate injured soldiers by getting them involved in archaeological investigations was the subject of an event hosted by the Heritage and Arts Visitor Research Collaborative (HAVRC) at York St John University.

  Publish Date: 
  • 20 April 2016
  Categories: 
  •   Community
  •    Research

• Final year fine artists showcase their work

  

  The work of York St John University’s newest emerging artists will go on display this week at York’s contemporary art space, The New School House Gallery and will offer a rare opportunity for the public to see their developing practices ahead of

  Publish Date: 
  • 1 December 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Students