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York
university
is one of the most reputed universities in
united kingdom
.
The teacher training institution boasts of catering
to thousands of
teachers who are now
working in and
around british
higher education
system
The
history of
York
university dates
back to 1841 as
York
Diocesan
Training School
, for teacher
education, opened in
May 1841. The
college in
York
was described as
St John's
College
from the late 1890s.
By 1904
St John's
was the largest
Diocesan
College
in the country .
Today they have over
5,000
students
studying there. York
St John was granted
Taught Degree
Awarding Powers.
Following this, YSJ
received approval
from the Privy
Council of the
United Kingdom
to become a
University
College
and adopted the full
title of York St
John University
College.By 1st
October 2006,
York
St John
University
College
has changed its name
and identity to
become
York
St John
University
. This
tremendous
achievement takes
place in York St
John's 165th year.
They look back
proudly over their
long and successful
history, but it is
also with great
excitement and
anticipation that
they look forward to
their future as
York
St John
University
.
York
St John is located
in one of
England
's most attractive
cities -
York
. The city of
York
is located at the
centre of
North Yorkshire
. Its location at
the very heart of
Britain
and the excellent
motorway and rail
links, mean that
York
couldn't be easier
to reach.
London
and
Edinburgh
can both be reached
directly on the
train in around two
hours The eight
acre site on Lord
Mayor's Walk is in a
beautiful setting
facing the Minster
across the City
Walls. The
campus is just a
five-minute walk
from city centre
shops, restaurants,
pubs, galleries and
numerous historical
and tourist
attractions For
those who love to
indulge in some
retail therapy, York
really is a shopping
heaven. With more
than 2,000 shops,
the city offers some
of the most
distinctive,
specialist and
stylish shopping in
the UK.York offers a
mixture of famous
high-street names
and a whole host of
intriguing
specialist and
curiosity shops.
Many shops are set
in Medieval and
Georgian streets,
but you can also
find the more modern
shopping complexes
out of town. And
when you've shopped
'til you drop, the
city offers every
kind of restaurant,
café, pub and bar
you can think of,
for those much
needed refreshments.
Yorkshire
is
one of the oldest cricket
counties in
britain
. They thought they
had the best batsman
in the world playing
for them when they
had
Sachin
Tendulkar from
India
signed to play for
them,which is indeed
a noticable Indian
connection
Over the last
few years, £ 35
million is invested
in the
campus and
plans are for another
13.5 million pound
investment over the
next four years. The
next development
will be to build a
highly accessible
and state-of-the-art
facility which will
house new learning
environments
including:
-
New
facilities for
Health and Life
Sciences
-
State-of-the-art
lecture theatre
-
Seminar
rooms
-
Seminar
breakout rooms
-
Specialist
and general
teaching
environments
-
New
postgraduate
student support
and advancement
unit
The
development is
forecast for
completion for the
2008/2009 academic
year and takes our
2000 – 2008
capital investment
to approximately £50
million pounds.
York
St John has strong
links with
institutions around
the world. Every
year an increasing
number of students
come to study in
York
from the
United States of
America
,
Canada
, the European
Union,
Japan
, and
South Asia
. In return we are
able to send York St
John students to
these countries for
short and long-term
exchange programmes.
The Study Abroad Office will look after your welfare and deal with any problems which may arise. We
work with the
Accommodation Office
to find you
accommodation at
York St John or
privately rented
accommodation. We
also organise a
programme of social
events around the
UK
.
Many
students that have
studied abroad
comment on the
opportunity it gave
them to travel, make
new friends and form
contacts for the
future. Not only
does an exchange
abroad often prove
to be the happiest time
of a students
degree, but from
their CV/resume,
prospective
employers often pick
up on the exchange
as evidence of the
student's enthusiasm
and
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