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Black History Month 2026

1 October 2026

We'll be celebrating Black History Month 2026 throughout October.

Boosting our QS world rankings

30 September 2026

Thanks to your efforts over the past two years, York is now ranked 26 places higher than we were in 2025, thanks to our extensive work in Academic and Employer contact gathering. We need to go further.

New resources: Manager’s toolkit

30 September 2026

Managing at York can be a complex role, but it is also a vital one, and you aren't expected to handle it alone or have all the answers straight away.

Respect at York: tackling hate crime

30 September 2026

We’ll be marking National Hate Crime Awareness Week from Saturday 10 to Saturday 17 October.

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Staff celebrate after completing our charity walking challenge, the Great York Walk, which takes place in May every year and raises thousands of pounds for mental health projects.

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"I want everyone I work with to feel seen, valued and supported for who they are – not in spite of it. For me, it’s about creating an environment where people feel they belong, where they can excel because they’re free to be themselves."

Dr Katherine Bridge, Centre for Blood Research

Humans of York

Our Humans of York project is a series celebrating some of the incredible people who make up the York community.

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Humans of York

Our community in pictures

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University of York staff networks joining York Pride march

All members of our community are welcome to take part in the York Pride parade each year, to stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ community. 
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York Pride gets off to a fabulous start with the parade march through the city centre streets. 
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Staff spelling out Y-O-R-K in front of York Minster

Participants on the Great York Walk in 2024, which passed landmarks including York Minster, and raised £16,638 to improve mental health in York and beyond.
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Staff members chatting at the opening of the York Cares mural

The success of the Big Community Challenge in 2023 was marked with a 23 metre mural in Foss Walk, featuring an underwater landscape filled with wildlife. 
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Enterprise Works awards

Our Enterprise Works awards champion and celebrate the best of our local enterprise community. 
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York Cares volunteering

Staff can volunteer during work time with York Cares on practical activities to benefit the environment and our local community. 
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Great York Walk

The Great York Walk is a charity walking challenge that takes place every May to raise funds for Mentally Fit York. Participants, including staff, students and alumni, have raised thousands of pounds for on-the-ground initiatives and research projects.
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Teams have competed in the Staff Cricket League to win the Tinpot Trophy since 1983. Plongé were the winners in 2024.
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A session held at York Talks 2024, on the impact of York research on our daily lives. Panel members came from the School for Business and Society, York Law School, the School of Arts and Creative Technologies and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products. 
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York Talks 2025: Dr Anne Aboaja (Health Sciences) speaks about her research into treating mental health issues in the Bolivian prison system.
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Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print, is a letterpress teaching and research facility; a printing studio; a working pressroom, museum and gallery, dedicated to preserving the endangered craft of traditional printing, creating volunteering and employment opportunities and building community. 
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The launch of the Centre for Blood Research in 2023 - a pioneering initiative bringing together for the first time a diverse community of researchers and clinical staff.
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An event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Humanities Research Centre.
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Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers was an internal open day that brought together the University’s research and research-enabling staff to showcase, explore and enjoy the wide range of research we carry out and the often unknown spaces that facilitate that research.
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The Women in Research group, recipients of an Inclusive Impact Award in 2023.
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The Anti-Racism group, recipients of an Inclusive Impact Award in 2023. 

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