York St John Alumni

There's always plenty happening on campus! From film screenings and book launches, to conferences, you can find out more about our upcoming events on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/york-st-john-university-1088934555

Have you submitted your alumni snapshot yet? Complete an alumni snapshot to share your memories, tell us about your career and give advice to recent graduates:
https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-community/submit-a-snapshot/

On Monday 29 June, our Institute for Social Justice are holding a unique, online showcase of Innovations in Education Policy. This specialist session will feature research findings from experts across Education, Psychology, Arts and Occupational Health.

If you have an interest in school education, you can find out more about this exciting event on our website: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2026/education-policy-/

Summer has arrived on campus 🌼

On Sunday 12 July, our Dragon Boat team will be racing to raise £4,500 for charity! Alongside Survive and York Rotary Club, our scholarship fund will directly benefit from your donations to support our students.

Help us reach our fundraising target: https://yorkrotary.enthuse.com/pf/ysj-paddlescholars

There's two months to go until the 2026 York 10k! If you've been considering buying a ticket, why not buy our ticket for £15 and make every step count to raise money for our scholarship fund?

Join our friendly team on our online store:
https://store.yorksj.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-events/alumni/alumni-ysj-take-on-the-york-10k-run-2026

This month is our annual School of the Arts Festival! Celebrating and showcasing the work of our final year students, this is a great opportunity to see the latest from our Arts students 🎨.

4 to 10 June: Art Degree Show free exhibition
6 to 10 June: Design Degree Show free exhibition

Find out more about this year's Festival on our website: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/school-of-the-arts-festival/

We love sharing alumni stories and achievements! Thank you to Arvinder, Edwin, Hannah, Holli, Jon, Leah, Melly and Ononuju for sharing your student memories and career advice with us last month.

Want to find out more? You can read their snapshots on Alumination:
https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/alumination/

This week is the start of the YSJ Big Summer Read! Split across two books, Amy Jane Stewart's Hex House runs from 1 June until 12 July, followed by Jerry Ibbotson's Featherfall until 23 August. Congratulations to Amy and Jerry on having your books chosen!

You can find out more about this year's Big Summer Read on our English Literature department's Instagram: wordsmatter_ysj .