As we proudly mark Black History Month, we're bringing you reading recommendations from our amazing English Literature department. This week, it's Toni Morrison's Beloved, a powerful exploration of the brutal legacy of slavery and its lasting trauma. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/celebrating-...

New blog alert! One of our wonderful placement students from @yorkstjohn.bsky.social , Kate Hastings, looks at some of the postcards in our collections and the power of the stories that they tell.  https://shorturl.at/79MX5 #archives #exploreyourarchive #york #postcards

We stand together in promoting unity, respect, and safety for all who live, work, and study in our city. Joint statement from Askham Bryan College, York College, York St John University, and the University of York. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/in...

A new @geographicalassoc.bsky.social blog on Place based pedagogy for primary geography & history Steph Jach and Jen Huntsley @yorkstjohn.bsky.social ITT Read more in below ga-blog.org/2025/09/12/b...

On the 24th September, I will be at the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Freshers Fair on the Living Lab stall to talk about the Rootstock project. This will be a series of interactive ecospiritual workshops exploring the folklore and sensory vitality of the campus green spaces.

In an incredible article for @theconversation.com, Associate Professor, BSL and Deaf Studies, Dai O'Brien explores Deaf, a powerful film about the real struggles of deaf families navigating medical institutions and parenthood. 👇 theconversation.com/deaf-a-power...

In a recent article for The Conversation, Senior Lecturer Obasanjo Bolarinwa explores Birth control in Africa. The study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries. 👇 theconversation.com/birth-contro...

We’re proud to be a partner in Converge, a mental health service provider transforming how creativity supports mental health in adults through educational opportunities. 👏 Now 17 years on, here are some of Converge's recent achievements. 🏆 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/co...

🎙️ In our Institute for Social Justice's latest podcast, Dr Amy Skinner, Ruth Lambley, and Bryony Boyle explore the voices of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, and how we can shape policy and community services through their experience. 💬✨👇 creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

We're proud to have joined forces with the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive to preserve, celebrate, and share 135 years of screen heritage. 📽️🎞️ The merger will strengthen academic links, safeguard collections, and expand cultural partnerships.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/yn...

This is your last chance to apply for our funded PhD Studentship, researching AI literacy in education.🎓💰 Applications close on Friday, 15 August 2025. ✍️👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Dr Adam J Smith encourages us to look closer at Austen’s work. 🎂📚 In an @uk.theconversation.com article we learn how her novels cleverly revealed class hypocrisy, gender constraints, and literary politics. 👇 theconversation.com/jane-austen-...

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of York St John University, @yorkstjohn.bsky.social This was the men's college, (1841), which merged with the parallel women's college, (1846), and became a university in 2006 If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

"Students make one of the most subversive and experimental women writers of the Romantic era accessible for all" www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/ly... via @yorkstjohn.bsky.social #18c #18thC

The Interdisciplinary Witch Blog now includes a News section, highlighting recent work and activities from research group members ✨ @yorkstjohn.bsky.social blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

In the latest episode of our Institute for Health and Care Improvement's Health Perspectives podcast, Professor Divine Charura and Dr Wiam Id Boumsoud explore the challenges and approaches to decolonising health research and practice. Listen on Spotify. 🎧 👇 open.spotify.com/show/4BtTnPB...

New from our London Computer and Data Science team. 📘 A beginner-friendly guide to AI and Machine Learning - breaking down complex ideas and building a strong foundation for the those interested in this developing subject area. 👇 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGVQ1TGV

We're proud to be launching our first-ever MSc in Speech and Language Therapy. 🎓 Starting this September, this Royal College Of Speech and Language Therapists-accredited course will train the next generation of therapists to meet growing national demand.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/sp...

An incredible collaboration between our talented second-year Photography students and York Minster brings heritage and creativity to the walls of York Hospital. Photographs of historic and rarely seen artefacts are now on display along the hospital’s main corridor.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/ph...

Next Friday is Yorkshire Day. We could go on about Yorkshire stereotypes. Instead, we're pleased to invite you to a free screening of our short film Women of York, an incredible project which commemorates and celebrates the way women have impacted our city. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-of-y...

Did you catch Dr Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi on this morning's BBC Radio 5 Live radio show? Catch up here and find out what needs to change with parental leave in the UK. Listen from (01:48:00). 🎧 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🎉 Big congratulations to Tom Hardwick, winner of the 2024 Association for Art History Undergraduate Dissertation Prize! Read more about Tom’s research on artist Hanne Darboven.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/aa...

In a recent article for The Conversation UK, Senior Lecturer at the York Business School, Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, asks, is parental leave in the UK working? And what needs to change? 👇 theconversation.com/parental-lea...

On my way to #DCD-UK2025 for the day today. Really excited to learn more about work like this! @kwilmut.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

Are you interested in exploring how pupils, teachers, and school leaders engage with AI in learning environments? 💻 We're offering a PhD Studentship for someone to undertake research about AI literacy in education, starting October 2025. ✍️💰👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/.../funding-...

Two members of the Interdisciplinary Witch Research Group (Clare Lesley Hughes and Lowen Frampton) presented their most recent research at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social School of Humanities Research Celebration Event. Clare and Lowen are pictured with a fellow PGR Sophie Cameron (left to right).

A new UK study led by YSJ and Oxford Brookes University reveals that thousands of children with Dyspraxia face long waits for diagnosis and poor support. Researchers warn that without urgent reform, children will continue to fall through the cracks. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/dy...

“I feel privileged to have been part of such a truly interdisciplinary exploration into the figure of the witch” Read the blog by Lowen Frampton on their experiences at The Interdisciplinary Witch Conference @yorkstjohn.bsky.social blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl...

"Because the truth is, helping our older citizens isn’t charity. It’s justice." Jo Volpe, CEO of @leedsopf.bsky.social, reflects on research led by our Institute for Social Justice's Community Research Grant programme, last year. 👇 blog.yorksj.ac.uk/isj/2025/06/...

There are still spaces available for the Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) UK Conference 2025, taking place on July 11-12. The conference focuses on research and is aimed at researchers, practitioners or individuals with lived experience. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/dcd-u...

Each year we welcome a group of talented artists into our art studios as part of the @aa2aproject.bsky.social Artist Residency Scheme. 🎨 Fine Art student Lily explores how the scheme benefits both the artists who take part and our arts students here at YSJ. 👇 aa2a.substack.com/p/student-vo...

We're proud to be launching a new master’s degree aimed at filling vital roles in NHS surgical teams. 🥼 🩺 We caught up with Helen Lloyd, Head of Programme for Operating Department Practice, who explains what ODPs do, how they train and how jelly babies can help. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/odp/

Look out for Dr Dai O’Brien, Associate Professor of British Sign Language and Deaf Studies, on BBC's The One Show this evening.👀 Dai will be talking about his work with the DeafZone at Glastonbury Festival - promoting equal access for deaf festival goers. ⛺️🎼 More.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/bs...

Yesterday, York Business School hosted this year's York and North Yorkshire Top 100 Business Awards on campus, celebrating the achievements of the best performing businesses in the region.🏆 Well done to QX Global Group for topping the list. 👏👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/to...

A new report has revealed stark disparities in cricket participation across state and private secondary schools.🏏 Dr Andrew Scattergood, Course Leader for PE and Sports Coaching at YSJ, offers a set of practical recommendations aimed at widening access to the game.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/cr...

Congratulations to award-winning soprano and activist Gabriella Di Laccio, who has been awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List.🏅 Also a researcher at YSJ, Gabriella founded charity Donne, Women in Music- championing gender equality in the industry.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/ga...

Dr Amanda Wilcox, former Pro Vice Chancellor at YSJ, has been awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List. 🏅 She has been recognised for services to Higher Education, including leading the University’s response to the Covid pandemic. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

Witches have been a recurring presence in the academic imagination across various disciplines and have, in recent years, become a rebellious feminist trope. Join us to explore the figure of the witch in all its dimensions. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...

Ahead of Carers Week next week, we wanted to share the most recent podcast episode of Conversations in social Justice. In this episode, Jess Dancer discusses the challenges faced by young carers, particularly those transitioning into higher education. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/research/ins...

Wondering why your hay fever symptoms are so bad this year? 🌾 Professors Sam White and Philippe Wilson explain all, and what to do if your usual remedies aren't working, in their latest article for The Conversation UK. 👇 theconversation.com/hay-fever-wh...

"People assume things about me that aren’t true. I want people to ask questions about my learning disability. I want people to understand." Confidance company member Learning disabled & autistic artists from across the UK are set to perform at our I’m Me Festival.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/im...

Do you know about Alan? Alan, the Sauropodomorph fossil found in #Whitby in 1995? Well, Alan now has a concept album partly inspired by them, all courtesy of our very own Prof Claire Hind and Dr Rob Wilsmore. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tickets are selling fast for the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Witch Conference on the 20th June. Full speaker lineup and conference programme can be found here blog.yorksj.ac.uk/interdiscipl... Tickets can be reserved here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-interd...

Following her moving documentary, Pip, Pop and a Pandemic, Tracy Willits has published a new blog post for @centreformh.bsky.social. Read about the real-life implications of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). 👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pauline-and-...

Alex Wray, Health Services Research Fellow for the Institute for Health and Care Improvement, has been working with charity Fitmums & Friends on a new animation to help raise awareness and improve support for grieving children and families. Watch it here. 📺 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a_v...

Now in its 3rd year of offering free language learning for children in Yorkshire, our incredible Community Language School (CLS) has been granted special permission to stage a unique multilingual reading of Julia Donaldson's famous children’s story 'The Gruffalo'.👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/gr...

Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story? In a recent article for The Conversation, Jenny Hall, Associate Professor in Tourism and Events, explores this incredible tale. 👇 theconversation.com/fifty-years-...

#Athlete burnout paves the way for further health problems as per Sport Exercise, and Performance Psychology's 2024 Outstanding Paper of the Year led by Hanna Glandorf, a PhD candidate at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Read a summary: bit.ly/4m1VDmv @tracydonachie.bsky.social

📣 Join us 28 May, 3–6pm, at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social's Creative Centre for our annual #research #showcase, featuring the #book launch of "Language and Social Justice: An Introduction to Linguistic Activism"! 🎟 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-a... #language #socialjustice #linguistics