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York researchers collaborate in the ‘most important health study in a generation’
In a groundbreaking new health study, a team of researchers will capture the journeys of 30,000 Bradford schoolchildren from adolescence to adulthood.
York research centre plays key role in new reforms to GCSE Languages
Experts from a University of York research centre have played a key role behind major changes to the way GCSE languages are taught.
York researchers awarded £2.3m for sickle cell anaemia research
The University of York has been awarded £2.3 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for new research into stem cell gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia.
New research could open up a new era of antiviral therapies
Researchers have proposed a novel antiviral strategy which repurposes and misdirects how a virus assembles.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) research
From covid analysis to air quality, our researchers are investigating the immediate impact of the virus as well as the longer-term implications for society.