York St John University

Our first Open Day is on 30 June, will we be seeing you there? 👋

Welcome talks ✅
Accommodation site visits ✅
Subject talks or drop-ins ✅
A chance to explore the city you'll call home ✅

Take a closer look at our event plan to see what you might want to do, and book your place. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/meet-us/open-days/

As part of our counselling development courses, we're inviting anyone working with or supporting people who have experienced domestic abuse to join us for a 1 day workshop, to learn how to respond, help and support those who have experienced it.

On June 30, if you join us, you will learn about the psychological theories of domestic abuse and the reasons and ways a person's mental health is affected. While gaining a deeper understanding of the complex trauma caused, and how to positively support an individual. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/professional-and-short-courses/counselling/domestic-abuse-and-mental-health/

We are very excited to invite you to our first ever Consciousness & Education Conference: Why Consciousness Matters for the Future of Education on 16-17 June.

Join academics from our School of Education, Language and Psychology as they explore the growing evidence that the mind is not generated by brain activity, inviting attendees to reconsider long-standing assumptions about knowledge. 👇

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/consciousness-and-education-conference-2026-in-person-online-tickets-1980367896689

Gain practical, industry experience whilst achieving a university qualification here at YSJ.

Our Degree Apprenticeships offer a unique pathway for apprentices to kickstart their career across a variety of sectors. From Project Management to Creative Digital Design, find out more about our Degree Apprenticeships below. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/study/degree-apprenticeships/

This year's School of the Arts Festival is here, and is an opportunity for our talented School of the Arts students to share their work with friends, family and members of the public. 🙌🎭🎨

From exhibitions, live performance to inspirational talks, take a closer look at what we have coming up across our Art, Design, Performance and Production courses.👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/school-of-the-arts-festival/

Priority access to our phone line and email address on A-level Results Day ✅
Invites to events and useful content aimed at helping you get ready ✅
Helpful advice, tips and guidance from our staff and students ✅

if you're thinking about Clearing this year for yourself or for someone else, why not get a head start and see what our Clearing advantage offer is all about. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/clearing/sign-up/

York's creative community and international connections were recently celebrated at a special gathering hosted here at York St John.

The event welcomed representatives from the UNESCO Creative Cities of Media Arts in Viborg, Denmark and York as part of a partnership project focused on expanding opportunities in arts education, creative practice, and the shared promotion of culture and heritage. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2026/unesco-york-viborg/

Ahead of our Supervising Counsellors Working with Children and Young People course, we caught up with course lead John Bradley to ask him a little about the course and himself.

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

"I enjoy supervising, and I have been supervising counsellors working with children and young people (CYP) since 2008. I am also passionate about working with children and young people, and I have been offering counselling to CYP clients since 1998."

What can participants expect at the workshop?

"I have prepared a workshop that will examine some of the legal and ethical issues involved in counselling CYP clients. There will also be time to explore client examples using creativity in supervision. I will also look at what BACP’s Competences for working with children and young people says about supervision. Please feel free to bring any of your own counselling and supervision practice questions."

How will it be taught?

"There will be a PowerPoint presentation, group discussion, creative exercises, and working in pairs."

There's still time to join us on Monday, 29 June. You'll find out more at the link here. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/courses/professional-and-short-courses/counselling/supervising-counsellors/

It's back, it's in its 4th year, and we're pleased to invite you along.

Hosted by the Investigate.Games Research Group, the annual Interactive Games PGR Conference is taking place on the 9th July, bringing together PGRs studying in the broad field of games studies. In the past, the event has covered the study of video games, board games, and roleplaying, with perspectives including game design, literature, marketing, psychology and law.

If games are your thing, you won't want to miss out. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcoming/4th-interactive-games-pgr-conference.php

We have just delivered a new report with partners including the North York Moors National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Howardian Hills National Landscape, and Nidderdale National Landscape.

The report led by Dr Tom Ratcliffe, Lecturer in Sustainability, Tourism and Heritage Management at York Business School, advocates that protected Landscapes should be formally recognised as a core part of the UK’s national infrastructure, supporting health, prevention, and community wellbeing. 👇

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2026/natural-health-service-report/