2025 news
The School for Business and Society has placed 10th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for the subject of Social Policy. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
The School for Business and Society has placed 17th in the Guardian University Guide 2026 for the subject of Social Work. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
Dr Kevin Tennent has been awarded the Medal for Contribution to Communities by the British Academy of Management (BAM).
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our colleague John Ditch on 8 September 2025.
From getting surplus food to families who need it, to making school breakfasts higher-fibre and trimming the carbon footprint of hospital meals, new research sets out 27 practical actions to make the UK’s food system healthier, fairer and more sustainable.
University of York researchers are behind a project to get more no and low (NoLo) alcoholic drinks available in venues across York and North Yorkshire.
Enterprise Works has worked with the School for Business and Society to secure collaborations with leading local businesses as part of its MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. These partnerships will give students the opportunity to work directly with entrepreneurs and organisations that are driving innovation and creating positive change across the region.
The Working Dads’ Employer Awards 2025 have been announced, and they show more big-name companies are getting behind fatherhood-friendly practices.
The results of the 2025 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of School for Business and Society in ‘Learning resources’, ‘Academic support’ and ‘Organisation and management’’.
Pubs could safeguard their future by creating more collaborative and sustainable pub crawls, according to research by the University of York.
York is ranked in the top ten UK for Marketing, Social Policy and Social Work in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).
Recent research from the University of York has revealed the wide-ranging spiritual needs experienced by children and young people with life-threatening or life-shortening conditions, and their parents.
Easy access to crack cocaine is fuelling addiction and leading to a cycle of hardship, mental health issues and homelessness in deprived communities, particularly in the North of England, a new study suggests.
There is no consistent approach to the policing of County Lines drug distribution, leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, according to a landmark study.
A biodegradable material which has the potential to transform the global fight against plastic pollution has been created by a University of York student.
Parents participating in the University of York's Changing Realities project met with Scotland's First Minister for an in-depth discussion focused on tackling child poverty.
The Westminster government could cut child poverty in the UK by a sixth – or 700,000 children – if they were to match Scotland’s investment in social security, according to a new report.
University of York’s School for Business and Society MSc Global Marketing students, Sandra Xu and Boyang Zhang, have won the prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) “Marketers of the Future” title at The Pitch Marketing Awards.
Social Policy and Administration at York placed 41st in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2025).
A University of York researcher is leading a new project to identify ways to boost mental health support for young mothers and birthing parents.
The University of York will lead a new specialist centre to support social care researchers in England as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Research Support Service (RSS).