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News archive: Quality press releases 2026

26 March 2026

A University of York academic has been appointed to the panel of a public inquiry investigating the violent confrontation between police and striking miners at Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire in June 1984.

25 March 2026

The University of York has moved into the global top 50 for Arts and Humanities, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

24 March 2026

The University has been awarded an Institutional Silver Athena Swan Award, recognising our ongoing commitment to gender equality in higher education.

24 March 2026

The Russell Group has announced a new commitment aimed at strengthening the UK’s health system, pledging to expand training, accelerate medical innovation and tackle long-standing health inequalities.

13 March 2026

The University of York will lead a major £8m initiative to train at least 80 industry-ready nuclear scientists, serving as a key part of a national drive to quadruple the number of nuclear specialists in the UK.

2 February 2026

The University of York has become the first Russell Group institution to sign a strategic agreement with the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK (NISAU).

27 January 2026

An academic at the University of York has been awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship to accelerate the launch of a spin-out company dedicated to making communications networks fail safe.

26 January 2026

Paul Walton, Professor of chemistry at the University of York, has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS).