News archive: Community press releases 2011
A special awards ceremony at the University of York celebrated the achievements of lifelong learning students from York and the surrounding area.
Scientists at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York have launched a new, free online tool – REAP Petite – which helps individuals and community groups to calculate their impact on the environment.
The University of York is inviting young people aspiring to a career in sound recording to an event exploring the 21st Century audio industry.
A new free legal advice service for the York community will be officially launched next week.
University of York student actors made sure the launch of the latest free downloadable Doctor Who Adventure Game went with a bang as they helped schoolchildren step back in time.
The York Law School Clinic at the University of York is offering free help with social security benefit appeal cases.
A pantomime performed by scientists from the University of York will help bring quantum physics to life at the Manchester Science Festival.
The University of York and National Science Learning Centre are working together on a new project which aims to re-engage adults with science in a novel way.
University of York education research assistants are offering young children an exciting 'behind-the-scenes' experience of a North Yorkshire zoo during the October half-term break.
The York Law School Clinic at the University of York is expanding its free legal advice service with the appointment of a trainee solicitor and the involvement of more student advisors.
Bat enthusiasts will have an opportunity to witness some spectacular aerial antics by joining night-time walks at two West Yorkshire country parks.
The sky’s no limit for four Yorkshire teenagers as they spend their summer holiday working alongside physicists at the University of York looking into the solar system and researching nanotechnology.
Young people who were challenged to create Ten Commandments for the 21st Century, have come up with a range of striking ideas about what ought to matter to society.
Researchers at the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, are encouraging residents of New Earswick to embrace the 'Good Life'.
University of York interns are offering children the chance to become ‘zoo troopers’ and get up close and personal with wild animals this summer.
From insect trails to stories about the life of Roman children, University of York student volunteers are helping bring history and learning to life in the city.
The OPAL project in Yorkshire and Humber, run by a partnership including the University of York, has been shortlisted for the Best Environment Project in the National Lottery Awards.
A Dragons' Den-style event at the University of York will provide an exciting finale to The Big Deal enterprise competition for students from across Yorkshire.
Scientists from the University of York believe they may have found the world's oldest wild common toad – living in a garden in Hull.
A York charity has marked its dissolution with a final donation to the University of York’s Centre for Lifelong Learning.
York Children’s University is seeking 100 employee volunteers to inspire children to learn by bringing the world of work into the classroom.
The contribution of thousands of student volunteers to their communities will be celebrated at a special awards ceremony at York’s National Centre for Early Music.
Student volunteers will be rewarded for their outstanding work in supporting local York communities at a special awards ceremony.
Volunteers are needed to help monitor the butterfly populations at two West Yorkshire country parks.
A University of York postgraduate researcher has scooped a top prize in the national science outreach competition, “I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!”
People from across Yorkshire and the Humber are being encouraged to blow bubbles, watch cloud movement and record how hot or cold they feel as part of a national climate survey.
Researchers in the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York have developed a new approach to help households reduce their carbon footprint.
School pupils from across Yorkshire and the Humber will learn how exciting science can be through hands-on interactive sessions at the University of York designed to bring the subject to life.
School students from across Yorkshire will test their business acumen in The Big Deal enterprise competition which starts at the University of York today.
York primary school children are taking centre stage for the first 'golden moment' of the newly launched York Children’s University.
York's business community will hear how they can help inspire young children to learn at the launch of York Children’s University.
School children from across Yorkshire are learning how York scientists are using the latest genetic advances to combat malaria.
A book, based on the memories of residents in Stamford Bridge Beaumont care home and written by University of York nursing students, has been launched at a special celebration event.
The University of York today welcomed the approval of its plans for a £9 million new sports facility on its campus expansion at Heslington East.
A programme which enables hundreds of University of York students to work as volunteer classroom assistants in schools across the city is to benefit from continued financial support from Nestlé.
The University of York is offering free higher education courses to students on their doorsteps.
Pupils from York High School will be urged to develop a "can do" attitude at an inspirational event organised in collaboration with the University of York.
Free legal advice is on offer at the York Law School Clinic at the University of York.
Amateur astronomers will have the chance to see the Solar System on two wheels this week thanks to the University of York.