2015

• Professor Bob Garvey leads Coaching and Mentoring Masterclass

  

  York St John University’s next Business Masterclass will focus upon Coaching and Mentoring. Led by Bob Garvey, Professor in Business Education at York St John, the session will look at The Brief Coaching model, developed by Peter Szabo and Insoo

  Publish Date: 
  • 2 July 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Events
  •    Staff

• Visit from international theatre director Maria Aberg

  

  Maria Aberg, the international theatre director, visited York St John University to talk about her work. In a session organised specifically for students taking the Gender and Writing module, Maria talked about her most recent work at the Royal

  Publish Date: 
  • 26 March 2015

• National survey places York St John in the top 40 of universities for student satisfaction

  

  York St John University has risen an impressive 43 places up the student satisfaction league table - the third biggest point increase across UK institutions - and is now ranked 35th out of 123.

  Publish Date: 
  • 12 August 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Academic Success
  •    Awards
  •    Students

• BUCS successes for York St John

  

  York St John is celebrating following one of its most successful days of sport in its history. On Wednesday more York St John teams were playing in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) leagues than there ever has been on one single day

  Publish Date: 
  • 17 February 2015

• Prepare to ride the Heart of York Bike Ride

  

  York St John University has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation to help York residents get fit in time to take part in this year’s Heart of York (HoY) Bike Ride which takes place on Sunday 6 September.

  Publish Date: 
  • 28 May 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Community

• York St John University Computer Science Summer School success

  

  As part of their activities to support changes in GCSE and A Level curricula, the Computer Science team at York St John University have delivered a three-day intensive summer school aimed directly at helping teachers get up to speed with the new

  Publish Date: 
  • 19 August 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Community

• York St John student wins national design competition

  

  A York St John University student has won a national poster design competition. Design student Charlotte Parker entered the competition which was run by the National Union of Students (NUS), inviting students to design a poster that will be used in

  Publish Date: 
  • 20 November 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Students

• Research degree awarding powers granted to York St John University

  

  York St John University has been granted Research Degree Awarding Powers. The award of the new powers, and, therefore, the change to the University’s status, came into effect on 23 March and signifies another step in York St John’s progress.

  Publish Date: 
  • 30 March 2015
  Categories: 
  •   Academic Success
  •    Research
  •    Staff

• York St John University has secured £120,000 of STEM funding

  

  York St John University has secured £120,000 of government funding to support the new Biomedical Science laboratories. It will be used to equip the brand new bespoke teaching laboratories, which will be used by staff, students and researchers at

  Publish Date: 
  • 8 January 2015

• Longlist honour for John’s light design

  

  A York St John University Design student has been longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize. The listing means John Hollington, who entered the competition with his contemporary light shade design, is considered one of the “100 most exciting artists

  Publish Date: 
  • 12 March 2015