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University of York

The University of York was founded in 1963 with 230 students. It now has around 16,000 students and more than 30 academic departments and research centres.

It is a member of the Russell Group and features regularly in the ranks of the UK’s foremost universities. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, York ranked tenth out of 155 UK universities for the impact of its research.

York was named Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2010 for its drive to combine academic excellence with social inclusion, and its record in scientific discovery and investment in the arts and humanities. The University has won five Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for the quality of its research. The University of York places equal emphasis on research and teaching. Students in every department - both undergraduate and postgraduate - are taught and advised by leaders in their field.

The University’s £750m campus investment represents one of the largest capital developments in UK Higher Education and provides new student accommodation, world-class research and teaching facilities, and embedded and stand-alone facilities for businesses. The University has a collegiate system in which most staff and all students are members of one of nine colleges.

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After years of fighting, anti-fracking activists in Lancashire hailed the government’s 2019 ban on the practice. Richard Allen / Alamy Stock Photo

Environmental action: why some young people want an alternative to protests

Teenagers directly affected by fracking have voiced disappointment at the political process. They’re looking for other ways to make their voices heard
Estudio arqueozoológico del material de Cercadilla en las instalaciones del Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba.

Los cerdos no mienten: un basurero cristiano en la Córdoba islámica

Los datos arqueozoológicos aportan información muy valiosa: tras el ámbito de una experiencia tan humana como es la alimentación, se esconden consideraciones de tipo sociocultural de enorme relevancia.
Archaeology increasingly involves science, leading to courses like Bioarchaeology. University of York

Six reasons to save archaeology from funding cuts

The government plans to cut university subsidy for teaching archaeology by 50%, yet it’s never been more relevant to society.

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