The official page for The University of York International Team; http://www.york.ac.uk/study/international/ for more information.
The University of York has been welcoming students from all over the world since it was established in 1963. International students form an integral part of the community on campus, and currently just over 20% of our students come from outside the UK.
Global food project launches at York.....take a look!
Global food project launches at York - News and events, The University of York World-leading speakers, including the Head of Sustainability at Sainsbury’s, will take part in a panel debate on global food security on Thursday 8 June at the York Management School. The event is part of the N8 Agrifood resilience programme.
08/06/2017
Falling Walls - Research, University of York is an international conference focused on identifying future breakthroughs in science and society. Using the metaphor of the fall of the Berlin wall,
08/06/2017
Marine Reserves help mitigate against climate change, say scientists - News and events, The University of York Highly protected marine reserves can help mitigate against the impacts of climate change, a study by a team of international scientists has concluded.
08/06/2017
University of York Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) 2017 Ten University of York PhD research students have just three minutes to communicate the impact of their research, effectively and concisely, to a non-specialist audience. Communicating to different audiences helps to demonstrate the contribution that research makes to wider society and the economy.…
Centre for Urban Reserach free open lecture: Remembering the future
Wednesday 31 May, 3.00pm
Remembering the future - News and events, The University of York In 'Remembering the Future', Darran Anderson will re-assess utopian ideas in an age of pessimism. In contrast to our technological advances, we seem increasingly powerless and disconnected from our urban surroundings. Looking at projects from Bauhaus to Bjarke Ingels, Anderson will examine the chall...
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Should we really be ourselves?
In this lecture, Rafe shows how Simone de Beauvoir and Frantz Fanon meet the ethical challenge posed by authenticity
Tuesday 30 May, 6.30pm
Should we really be ourselves? - News and events, The University of York The concept of being true to oneself or being all one can be is much-valued, but it’s most comprehensive articulation is by Martin Heidegger, a confirmed National Socialist. In this lecture, Rafe shows how Simone de Beauvoir and Frantz Fanon meet the ethical challenge posed by authenticity.
Annual; Stephen Copley Lecture: Austen as Wartime Novelist
Jane Austen
Tuesday 30 May 2017, 5.00pm
Austen as Wartime Novelist - News and events, The University of York Austen’s popular and critical reception through much of the twentieth century was built on her seeming ignorance of public events, well described by Marilyn Butler as her ‘discreet’ approach to ideas. But just how discreet was she? Turbulent public events touched closely the private lives of sever...
Join our open lecture series: On the confluence of virtualities in computer-based environments
Thursday 25 May 2017, 5.30pm
On the confluence of virtualities in computer-based environments - News and events, The University of York Virtual reality (VR) applications in the context of phobia therapy are centred on the core concept of 'presence'. This is clearly their design target; it is identified as correlated to the moderate degree of fear that psychologists and patients can work with. The VR technology is based on virtuality...
Free open Lecture Wednesday 24 May 2017, 3.00pm
Antinomies of data-driven public services: The case of regionalisation of adoption in England: Dr James Cornford examines the interaction of different cultures of data in the reform of the adoption process in England
Antinomies of data-driven public services - News and events, The University of York The adoption of children from care is a form of state-led family making – what Derek Kirton (2013) has called ‘Kinship by design.’ As a practice, it is reliant on a variety of forms of data that are gathered, organised and interpreted to inform the various agencies involved, including children and p...
The origin of perspective
Whitney Davis presents his annual lecture as part of the York Summer Theory Institute in Art History
Tuesday 23 May 2017, 5.30pm
The origin of perspective - News and events, The University of York
16/05/2017
Congratulations to the Department of Electronic Engineering for its successful application for an Athena SWAN Bronze Award!
The award recognises the department's commitment to gender equality and its continued efforts to advance women's careers
Electronic Engineering - Electronic Engineering, The University of York The Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, UK website
Open Lecture, Wednesday 17 May, 6pm
Fraud and veracity in early modern observations of generation
Through the cases of two 17th century naturalists and physicians, Ole Worm (1588-1654) and Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680), this talk discusses the tensions, negotiations and uncertainties in early modern scientific knowledge production, resulting from the ever-present worries about fraud
Fraud and veracity in early modern observations of generation - News and events, The University of York Early modern naturalists and physicians used a range of strategies to authenticate natural facts, including witness testimony, written technologies, and visual and material evidence. Yet, at a time when many naturalists were particularly driven towards descriptions of everything wondrous, there was…
