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Three new collaborative projects designed to address key challenges in the region including housing, wealth inequality and youth unemployment have been announced by the University of York.
York is ranked 4th in the UK for Social Work, 8th in the UK for Social Policy and 13th for Marketing in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2027).
The University of York and NatWest have officially opened a new business Accelerator Hub to help support local startups, student entrepreneurs, and academic innovators.
More than 100 years after Seebohm Rowntree’s landmark study of poverty and social life in York, researchers are once again using pubs to reassess the city’s social fabric.
Two leading academics are preparing to take up secondments to the University of York Mumbai to establish new partnerships and support new degree programmes.
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York placed 8th in the UK and =38th in the world for the study of Social Policy and Administration in the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026.
Two leading York academics have been awarded the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of their outstanding contributions to these fields.
From tackling poverty to improving children’s mental health, new grants will support researchers to work with partners across the region to find practical solutions to challenges facing communities in York and North Yorkshire.