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News archive: Community press releases 2010

3 November 2010

For a quarter of a century, the University of York's Centre for Lifelong Learning has opened door to education for thousands of people.

8 September 2010

A dozen students from Yorkshire and the Humber, who will start courses at some of the UK's top universities this autumn, are to receive £1,000 scholarships from York-based, The Holbeck Charitable Trust to help with their studies.

3 September 2010

Schoolchildren in York are taking a virtual journey to the Sun thanks to postgraduate students from the Universities of York, Durham and Liverpool.

4 August 2010

Scientists from the OPAL (Open Air Laboratories) project at the University of York are seeking the help of residents to assess how nature has re-colonised the sites of old collieries in two former mining communities in West Yorkshire.

5 July 2010

Local schoolchildren are getting their hands dirty in the cause of archaeological research as they take part in a dig on the site of the University of York’s campus expansion at Heslington East.

28 June 2010

Pupils at a York primary school are taking a culinary world tour with the help of students at the University of York.

14 June 2010

Four University of York scientists are hoping to avoid eviction as they compete to convince school students they are the best at getting people excited about science.

21 May 2010

A biologist at the University of York is recruiting community volunteers to help to collect data on bat activity in and around York.

18 May 2010

Researchers from the OPAL (Open Air Laboratories) project at the University of York are asking residents in east Hull to help them to monitor the numbers of one of the UK’s most distinctive animals.

12 May 2010

A major new survey is launched today to find out which plants and animals inhabit Yorkshire’s lakes and ponds.

6 April 2010

Local schoolchildren will soon be able to take part in an archaeological dig on the site of the University of York’s campus expansion at Heslington East.

25 March 2010

Schoolchildren from across the region will take a series of fascinating steps down the path to scientific understanding when the University of York’s Science Trail returns next week.

7 January 2010

Community groups are pledging to cut their carbon footprints by 10 per cent this year with the help of researchers from the University of York.