System change always means hard choices and painstaking work....

This morning the team had a bright and early start to ascend the York Minster tower alongside YSJ Chaplaincy to mark Ascension Day! Can you spot the YSJ Creative Centre in the third picture?

Published today - Blood and Cord: Writers on Early Parenthood 🍼 🫠 Find out more and book onto our launch via the Emma Press newsletter- mailchi.mp/theemmapress/t…

New Cambridge Element The People of Print English at the University of Sussex School of Media, Arts and Humanities by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer, Adam James Smith i.e., is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/45h7LYk #cambridgeelements #literature

Coming soon... Led by Keith McDonald (York St John Film & Media Studies) & Adam James Smith (Literature at YSJU), with contributions from Dr Robbie Barnes (History@YSJU) & a wide range of external partners & with generous funding from Arts Council England. The work officially begins tomorrow ⭐

With our amazing research assistant Mpho, Steve Steve Rawle and I are researching skills gaps in the #NorthYorkshire Screen Industries and are looking for people who would be up for a 45 minute chat about their experiences. Any interest AT ALL please get in touch #Retweet #RT

These are just some of the authors we teach on the English Literature programme here at York St John University University. How many do you recognize? #BookRec

🧵 If you studied or taught Cold War literature in the very first English and Media Studies GCSE in 1987-1988, York St Johns University want your memories for their COLD WARNINGS exhibition! 1/2 Here's the direct link to their survey: bit.ly/3N08p45

Karen Lipsedge opens our first panel now, a series of case studies, by quoting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "The danger of a single story is this: it robs people of dignity [...] It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar." #KUSpeakingTexts Speaking Texts Symposium

"Interviews with employers found they particularly valued the following traits in Humanities graduates:  Critical thinking Strategic thinking   An ability to synthesise and present complex information  Empathy Creative problem-solving"

These are just some of the authors we teach on the English Literature programme at York St John University... Join us in September and you can read them all 😊 In the meantime, how many do you recognize? Answers coming later this week... #UcasClearing #Clearing #WeAreYSJ

Two weeks away! 2 days, hybrid, 7-8 Sept. #trans #faith #care For speakers, schedule and booking discounts see Eventbrite link. The Pastoral Care of Transgender, Intersex and Non-Binary People Tickets, Thu 7 Sep 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pastoral…

Have you watched Heather's webinar yet? There's still time to watch it for free on YouTube and learn more about her fantastic career since leaving York St John University: youtube.com/watch?v=qWCtI7… York Business School School of Humanities

Join us today, 12.30-1.30 (in FS 035), for the first in our new series of HUMANITIES NOW! lunchtime workshops exploring the unique challenges and opportunities of teaching the Humanities in a post-92 HE context. Our first session is by History@YSJU's Dr Robbie Barnes.

Dr Robbie Barnes reflected on his recent experience designed, delivering and de-colonising an module on the History@YSJU MA which is actually about the history of decolonisation, and ended by sharing the practical lessons he has learnt along the way:

#IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay Follow us on Insta for more at 📷WordsMatter_YSJ

Stay tuned as we’ll introduce the team in a bit more detail soon 🦜

Join us for the York St John University English Literature Research Showcase on 15 April 2024. Our Academics & Postgraduate Researcher Students will deliver flash-papers on their latest work. All Welcome. Book Essential. Includes Wine Reception. 📚 🍷📚 Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-lite…

Tickets for our event at the York Georgian Festival are now live! You can get yours here: mansionhouse.tygit.com/shop/dates/pk/…

🚨PODCAST ALERT!🚨 Ever wondered about the impact of science on Victorian Literature? Or why there is so much contagion in the work of the Brontës? Listen to own very own Dr Jo Waugh discuss all of this & more with Dr Alex Beaumont: open.spotify.com/episode/1ZoRjo… #BookTwitter