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5 November 2020

Disability History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the lives and achievements of disabled people.

14 October 2020

The departments of Computer Science and Social Policy and Social Work are the latest of the University’s departments to receive Athena SWAN awards.

28 September 2020

We'll be celebrating Black History Month 2020 throughout October.

24 September 2020

National Inclusion Week is designed to celebrate everyday inclusion.

8 June 2020

There are six and a half million people in the UK who will be carers, and one in seven of these will also be an employee.

2 June 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic York Pride 2020 has been cancelled. However, the University will continue to mark the week of York Pride and express its support for the LGBTQ+ community.

17 May 2020

The University is delighted to have added three new Athena SWAN Bronze awards to its awards tally.

4 May 2020

There are 12 million people with hearing loss across the UK, that's around one in six.

29 April 2020

We're adding more categories to your MyView page to enable us to build an accurate picture of the diversity of staff at the University.

23 April 2020

The month of Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic year, and will take place between 23/24 April and 23/24 May this year (depending on moon sightings).

31 March 2020

From 30 March to 5 April 2020, World Autism Awareness Week is an opportunity to celebrate as well as encouraging awareness and education.

19 March 2020

The editathon was aimed at championing women’s voices by improving the representation of ‘Yorkshire’s Women Scientists and Innovators’ on Wikipedia.

28 February 2020

Celebrate this year's International Women's Day at events on campus and elsewhere in York.

24 January 2020

To celebrate this year's York LGBT History Month the University is holding a wide range of events throughout February.