2019

• York St John University students given opportunities to support international communities

  

  In their commitment to ensure students from all walks of life have access to education and are supported in reaching their full potential, York St John has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Association

  Publish Date: 
  • 15 November 2019

• New Trees Lined up for Lord Mayor's Walk

  

  Later this week the treeline of Lord Mayor’s Walk is set to be transformed. The existing mature lime trees that are sadly in decay, have become dangerous with a shortened lifespan.

  Publish Date: 
  • 9 April 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Campus & Estates
  •    Community

• Former FA coach and York St John alumnus Dick Bate awarded posthumous honorary fellowship

  

  Leading Football Association (FA) coach and football educator, Dick Bate, has been awarded a posthumous honorary fellowship by York St John University, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to coach education in football.

  Publish Date: 
  • 27 June 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Alumni
  •    Events

• Cricket in York is helping people with learning disabilities

  

  Sky Sports cameras will head to York St John University this week as an inclusive cricket event takes place. Cricketers will take part in a Super 1’s session on Thursday in an event that caters for young players with disabilities from Lancashire

  Publish Date: 
  • 7 August 2019

• Students produce album at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for mental health charity

  

  Music Production students from York St John University have collaborated with professional musicians to produce an album, recorded at Abbey Road, in aid of a mental health charity.

  Publish Date: 
  • 14 May 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Students

• York St John's radical offer scheme recognised by Office for Students

  

  A scheme at York St John University that aims to help people from all backgrounds increase their access to Higher Education has been highlighted positively for its ‘radical’ approach, in a new report by university regulator the Office for

  Publish Date: 
  • 1 May 2019

• Hundreds of teaching alumni recognised with honorary degrees

  

  More than 700 teaching alumni returned to York St John last week when the University awarded honorary degrees to students of Ripon College and York St John who were awarded a Certificate of Education before 1980.

  Publish Date: 
  • 1 July 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Alumni
  •    Events

• Huge rise in Sunday Times Good University Guide ranking

  

  In the 2020 league table, released on Sunday 22 September, York St John is tenth in the country for Teaching Quality and achieved one of the biggest overall rises in the UK with a 21 place move up the rankings.

  Publish Date: 
  • 20 September 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Awards

• York St John to award honorary degrees to hundreds of teaching alumni

  

  York St John University is preparing to welcome back more than 650 teaching alumni when it awards honorary degrees to students of Ripon College and York St John who were awarded a Certificate of Education before 1980.

  Publish Date: 
  • 21 February 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Alumni
  •    Events

• Deepening our understanding of community music making

  

  The International Centre for Community Music (ICCM) at York St John University has been awarded research funding of $480,000 to work in collaboration with global youth music non-profit, JM International (JMI), on a project focusing on global folk

  Publish Date: 
  • 29 January 2019
  Categories: 
  •   Research