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Read the latest newsletter and keep up to date with what is going on at and around the University.
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Welcome to your June newsletter of the 2024-25 academic year.
In this edition you can:
- Read our Moving Out guidance
- Enjoy the School of the Arts Festival
- Join in YSJ's Big Summer Read
- Apply for £300 with the Kickstart Fund.
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Moving out
If you are moving out at the end of term, our 2025 Accommodation Moving Out Guide 2025 (PDF, 0.7 MB) has useful advice on how to prepare for leaving your accommodation.
You may also be entitled to a TV Licence refund if you are leaving halls or rented accommodation and moving to a licensed address. The process is simple and can be done online on the TV Licencing website.
The City of York Council website has full information about disposing of your waste. They are also providing additional waste collections - the YSJ area will be covered on Saturday 14 June.
You can donate unwanted crockery, pots, plates, pans and mugs at Porters Lodge. Donations must be clean and unbroken.
Don't forget you can rate your landlord regarding your renting experience in the private sector and in student accommodation.
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Student Hub
Refurbishment work is well underway on the ground floor of Holgate in preparation for the launch of our new Student Hub in the summer.
The changes to the physical space will create a welcoming, more neurodivergent-friendly, accessible, and approachable space to access support. There will be drop-in desks, private meeting rooms, social space, and a waiting area.
Later this summer the Student Hub’s online portal will replace email as the primary communication channel for managing all student enquiries. This means the IT support mailbox (support@yorksj.ac.uk) will close.
We will let you know well in advance the date that this will happen. In the meantime, please continue to use this email address to submit your queries as usual. You can learn more about the email inbox closing on our support@yorksj.ac.uk web page.
You can find further details about the Student Hub on our Student Hub web page.
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Wellbeing
The Wellbeing team’s daily drop-in service has moved, due to the Holgate construction works. You can now access the service by going to the Fountains desk between 1.00pm and 3.30pm, Monday to Friday, and asking the desk staff for the Wellbeing drop-in.
This service gives you the opportunity to meet 1 to 1 with a Mental Health Practitioner, for a 20 to 30 minute session. The drop-in will also be available during the summer holidays.
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Student support
Spectrum.Life, our free student assistance and wellbeing platform, has free courses on Preparing for the Job World and Postgraduate Challenges.
We have published a response to the UK Supreme Court's gender ruling last month. Read more on our website.
Have you ever wondered how the the University and Students' Union are connected? Information about SU funding and governance is now on our website.
Our Disabled Student Experience Survey is open until Monday 30 June. Whether you have a diagnosis or not, your anonymous feedback will help improve support, services and communication at YSJ.
Help shape help YSJ's approach to AI adoption by taking part in a short anonymous survey to share how you use Generative AI tools.
Thank you to any students who completed the Race Equality Charter survey in December. The results from staff and students are now published on our website and show improvements in overall satisfaction, as well as areas for targeted actions.
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Opportunities
Join in this year's YSJ Big Summer Read, coordinated by our English Literature team. This year's novel is Piranesi by recent York St John Honorary Graduate Susanna Clarke. Read at your own pace or follow the official reading schedule.
Could you, or someone you know, be eligible for a Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers award? Nominate young people of South Asian heritage born or living and working in Yorkshire before Sunday 6 July.
The Kickstart Fund is open to all final year students, postgraduates and 2024 graduates. You can apply for £300 funding to develop a new or growing business idea. More information on our Kickstart web page.
There is still time to complete the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES). The survey is open until Friday 13 June and takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
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What's on
The School of the Arts Festival continues until Friday 13 June. View our news article for a full breakdown of events.
YSJ is proud to be sponsoring York Pride on Saturday 7 June. Join the parade on the day - gather by the SU building on campus at 10.00am.
At YSJ we have fantastic events, from festivals to conferences, all year round.
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Student news
Check out our recent website stories about student achievements:
- Student features in American Psychological Association
- Takeover Festival students on BBC Radio - listen from 52:58
- 79-year-old about her complete her Master's in Fine Art
If there is anything you have been involved in that you would like us to celebrate, please email studentnews@yorksj.ac.uk.
Contact us
Do you have something you'd like to share through this newsletter? Email your YSJ Communications team at studentnews@yorksj.ac.uk.
Check out our new YSJ web page that explains the variety of channels we use to communicate with you. This covers the monthly student newsletter, MyYSJ app, social media and writing for the YSJ Life blog.
This is our final student newsletter of the academic year. For those who are graduating this November, we hope you have enjoyed your time at York St John and wish you the best of luck! We look forward to welcoming everyone else back in September.
From David and the YSJ Communications team
Student support
Wellbeing and welfare
MyYSJ app
Students' Union
