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Hi, I’m Grace! I study MA Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and I love it here. As someone from York, I’m uniquely placed to…
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I’m Ruby, a third-year History student currently working on my dissertation looking at Early Modern funeral monuments and how they reflect elite family values…
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Finding My Place at York I’m Grace, and I’m a History and French student at the University of York. I remember being in your…
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Hi! I’m Emily, a third year English Literature student. I love creative writing, poetry and Medieval literature. My favourite thing about the English department…
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Recent graduate destinations include the Civil Service as a senior policy advisor, the British Library as a lead curator, and the Cabinet Office.
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In my second year I was studying a module on politics and society in 20th and 21st-century America. I wrote an essay on how female pop artists like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have advocated women’s empowerment. It goes to show just how vast the subject of history is.
I chose York because it’s a Russell Group university, the campus is really pretty, and it was one of the universities that did joint honours in English and History. That was important to me as I really wanted to do both subjects.