27 Jan 2025 - Looking ahead to Welcome Back Week

Welcome to your undergraduate student news summary of key things happening this week. During the final week of exams, remember our 7 tips for study and exam success for help with revising more effectively and feeling less anxious about your studies.

A quick reminder that if you pay your own tuition fees or accommodation costs, a payment instalment is due at the end of this month. The easiest way to pay is via the ‘My Finance’ section in e:Vision. If you have set up a direct debit, this will be automatically taken around the due date. REMEMBER: We will never contact you and ask for your card details over the phone for payments. See our 7 tips for spotting a scam.

Central Hall bridge is closed until further notice due to wind damage. Please take care, do not enter areas that are cordoned off, and use alternative routes. See our Estates Service Status board.

Welcome Back Week kicks off Semester 2 next week and is a chance to come together, learn new things and enjoy everything that campus has to offer before teaching starts. Highlights include fantastic music events and an Opportunities Fair - and don’t miss the day of discounts for 25% off everything in York SU venues! You could also explore studying a language, hone your digital creativity skills with VR, or find out about studying abroad this summer! See what’s on offer during Welcome Back Week next week.

Next Monday (3 February), we invite you to Light Up the Night in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence. Starting at 5pm at Greg’s Place, we’ll hold a (battery-powered) candlelit walk around campus, followed by a chance to find out about the work of our Sexual Violence Liaison Officers and other University and external support. York Student Cinema are also hosting an exclusive screening of ‘Black Box Diaries’ on Thursday (6 February), all part of Sexual Violence Awareness Week.

LGBTQ+ History Month runs throughout February to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ history and combat prejudice against LGBTQ+ people. The theme this year is Activism and Social Change and features our LGBT History Month Lecture, ‘Queer as Folklore’. Learn about social and support networks and join in with events and conversations throughout the month and beyond. 

We welcome Dame Stephanie Shirley for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Lecture, ‘My Family in Exile’ on Wednesday (29 January). In this profound and inspiring talk, Dame Stephanie will share her family’s experience of escaping Nazi persecution, their life as refugees, and her remarkable journey from a child of the Kindertransport to one of the UK’s most influential entrepreneurs and philanthropists. 

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