Student events

Starbucks Christmas Specials ✨☕

Friday 7 November 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026

Organiser: Eat, Shop And Drink
Open to: Everyone

5 November to 5 January 2026 Get into the festive spirit with our limited-edition Starbucks Christmas drinks, now available at The Link Café and Piazza Starbucks!

Choose from Toffee Nut Latte, Toffee Nut Frappuccino, or Hot Chocolate, there’s a little cup of Christmas waiting for you on campus. 🎅🎁

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Warm, Nutty and Wonderfully Festive ❄️☕

Thursday 20 November 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026

Organiser: Eat, Shop And Drink
Open to: Everyone

Our winter warmer hot drinks are now available in our York Emporium outlets! y

Warm up with our Macadamia Latte, Macadamia Dark Hot Chocolate or Macadamia White Hot Chocolate! With whipped cream and a chocolate drizzle. Add marshmallows for an extra 50p.

Available until 2 January 2026 at: York Sport Café, Hub Café, Library Café, Vanbrugh Café, Derwent Café and Roger Kirk Centre Café.

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Roman Raid 2026

Monday 1 December 2025 12pm - Tuesday 3 February 2026 10.15pm

Organiser: York Students' Union
Open to: Everyone

Roman Raid Returns! Whether you’re up against the Celtic hordes, or trying to out-roam the Romans, Roman Raid 2026 will be the biggest night of Welcome Back Week!

New for 2026 - try our Pax Relaxed route. This route will have fewer attendees with more time in each venue, so you can enjoy Roman Raid at your own pace. Make sure to select the Pax ticket option if wanting to choose this route.

Pax Route: Vanbrugh, Katie O’Briens, The Old Bank, Revs.

All other Roman Raid routes will be announced in January 2026.

Tickets Roman Raid tickets are £10, and include:

T-shirt collections time available on the York SU website.

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York SU Christmas Social

Monday 15 December 2025 11am

Organiser: York Students' Union
Location: The Courtyard, café and bar (Derwent College, Campus West)
Open to: Everyone

If you're staying in York for the winter vacation, join us for a festive social! Come along to The Courtyard on 15 December for free food and drinks, crafts, and festive cheer.

All students still on campus are welcome to attend!

Head to the York SU website to reserve your free ticket.

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Wentworth Christmas Crafternoon: Christmas Decoration Making!

Monday 15 December 2025 1pm - 3pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Wentworth

Come and make some Christmas tree decorations to decorate your flat with! We will provide the materials but please feel free to bring your own to make it unique! You can bring newspapers, old book pages, or even your own patterned/coloured papers.

We'll be making the Wentworth Hub cozy and Christmasy - with plenty of mince pies and cocoa, as well as festive music to get us in the mood!

Limited spots so please make sure you book a spot here.

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Wentworth Brunch

Tuesday 16 December 2025 11am - 12pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Postgraduates/Wentworth

Join us for a FREE postgraduate brunch!

Croissants, Pain Au Chocolat, and Fresh Fruit while stocks last as well as tea and coffee.

First come, first served!

Exam Revision: Science/Maths

Wednesday 17 December 2025 10am - 11am

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Everyone

Strategies for effective revision skills that will work for you. We will cover revision skills hints and tips, useful resources and time management specifically for Science, Maths and calculation-based questions.

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Exam Revision: Short Answers and Essay Questions

Wednesday 17 December 2025 11am - 12pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Everyone

Strategies for effective revision skills that will work for you. We will cover revision skills hints and tips, useful resources and time management specifically for essay and long-answer questions.

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PG Good Soup + Toasties (Free food!)

Thursday 18 December 2025 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Postgraduates/Wentworth

Free food!

Join us in the Wentworth Postgraduate Hub (B/R/016) for hot cheese toasties, the usual soup, or a hot drink (coffee, tea, chai, hot chocolate...) and biscuits, and a relaxed chat with the college team and other Postgraduates!

Wentworth Christmas Movie Marathon!

Friday 19 December 2025 1pm - 7pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Postgraduates

A full afternoon of Christmas Movies!!

Join us in B/R/016 for a fun start to your festive holiday!

On Friday 19th December we'll be screening Christmas classics all afternoon! We'll start with 'THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL' at 1pm. We'll then watch ELF at 3pm, and then DIE HARD at 5pm.

We'll be providing popcorn, festive snacks and drinks - so just come down and join us for some festive cheer!

Wentworth Christmas Quiz Night

Monday 22 December 2025 6pm - 9pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Wentworth

A fun test of knowledge and smarts with a festive twist - come along for laughs and some challenging questions at Wentworth's Postgraduate Festive Quiz Night!

Teams will be up to six people, we'll have plenty of snacks and the winners get a prize!

Location: the Wentworth College Hub B/R/016 (The Wentworth Hub doesn't have a bar, so be sure to bring your own drinks if you want to get in the pub-quiz spirit!)

This is a postgrad only event, and entry is free - just come along and join a team!

Wentworth Christmas Brunch

Tuesday 23 December 2025 11am - 12pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: B/R/016 Wentworth Graduate College Hub (Biology Building, Campus West)
Open to: Postgraduates/Wentworth

Join us for a FREE Christmas themed brunch!

We'll have the usual Croissants, Pain Au Chocolat, and Fresh Fruit, with a few more festive treats thrown in for good measure - as well as tea and coffee!

First come, first served!

[Online Event] Wentworth Academic: Dissertations - Finding and using Literature

Wednesday 7 January 2026 2pm - 3pm

Organiser: Wentworth
Location: online
Open to: Postgraduates

An online postgraduate session where we discuss the process of literature searching and how to read and use literature in your work.

The session will be taking place online, and you can sign up for access by filling in the google form here

A Zoom link will be sent to all sign-ups the day before the session

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Essential Podcasting (Online)

Tuesday 13 January 2026 1pm - 3pm

Organiser: Digital Skills & Creativity Lab
Location: online
Open to: Everyone

Essential Podcasting

Let’s make some noises. Then record them, publish them, and distribute them online. This two hour online workshop will introduce you to the fundamentals of podcasting, going over some of the basics of podcast production, and looking at how an idea turns into an audio file that can be shared online. We’ll explore podcast formats and how to generate ideas along with our top recording tips. No prior knowledge of audio production or media creation is required. This workshop is perfect for you if you are interested in making a podcast yourself but aren’t sure where to start, and to find out more about podcasting facilities here at the Creativity Lab. This session runs alongside our other '10 tips for Audio editing' session (bookable separately), which will delve into the practicalities of editing audio.

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Take a break: LEGO Fun

Wednesday 14 January 2026 2pm - 4pm

Organiser: Digital Skills & Creativity Lab
Location: LFA/103 Creativity Lab (Harry Fairhurst Building, Campus West)
Open to: Everyone

Need a break from study or work? Come and join us for a Lego challenge! In this fun session, we'll complete a number of Lego building challenges, such as building towers and navigating an obstacle course. There'll also be some programmable motors and sensors to build our own creations. This session is here for anyone looking to take a break, bring your friends too.

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