News archive 2010: Community stories
Centre that transforms lives celebrates 25th anniversary
Posted on Wednesday 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.
Trust awards scholarships to talented students
Posted on Wednesday 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.
A ‘journey’ to the Sun for York schoolchildren
Posted on Friday 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.
Community volunteers on the trail of nature
Posted on Wednesday 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.
Schoolchildren step into the past at Heslington East
Posted on Monday 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.
Students help York schoolchildren cook up a world tour
Posted on Monday 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.
University scientists compete to impress school pupils
Posted on Monday 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.
Community volunteers to take part in bat study
Posted on Friday 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.
Householders' help sought to stem hedgehog decline
Posted on Tuesday 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.
Researchers ask: “What’s in your pond?”
Posted on Wednesday 12 May 2010
A major new survey is launched today to find out which plants and animals inhabit Yorkshire’s lakes and ponds.
School children to help unearth clues from York’s past
Posted on Tuesday 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.
Young people hit the trail to scientific knowledge
Posted on Thursday 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.
Taking the challenge to go green in 2010
Posted on Thursday 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.
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