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Contents 1 Colleges 1.1 Careers service 1.2 Part-time jobs 1.3 Religious facilities 2 Social 2.1 Bars, Pubs and clubs 3 Clubs and societies 4 Accommodation 4.1 Colleges 4.2 Private sector 5 Student union 6 Teaching quality 6.1 Departments 7 External links

[edit] Colleges

In order of their creation, the eight colleges are:

• Derwent
• Langwith
• Alcuin
• Vanbrugh
• Goodricke
• Wentworth - graduate college
• James
• Halifax

TRANSPORT

ROAD & RAIL:

Getting to York from the rest of the country is simple by train or road. The station is a major East Coast Mainline station and so is well connected to the regional & national rail network. Tickets (especially across the North of England) are reasonably priced.

BUSES:

The number 4 bus service (new FTRistic buses) runs from the university to the city centre, station and to Acomb on the other side of York. This operates a flat-rate fees service with conductors on board - prices from Jan 2008 £1.80 for a single, £2.90 for a return anywhere on the number 4 service. Buses run 7 days.

There are also other less frequent (but cheaper) buses serving the Universtiy:

Veolia Transport run red buses on circular services 28/29. One bus per hour runs in each direction, library side bus stops(service 28 Monks Cross via Fulford, Clifford Street & Rougier Street in the city centre) & service 29 campus side (ftr) bus stops through to Monk's Cross Shops,(big ASDA & Sainsbury's etc), via Heworth. Buses Run Mon-Fri Only

East Yorkshire Buses run bus 746 along university road, into York centre & on to Station Rise. This is on the Pocklington to York route. (for York use campus side stops). Buses run approximately hourly Mon - Sat.

TAXIS:

to and from town are reasonably priced and are worthwhile compared to buses if there is a group of 3 or more people. Ebor Taxis is based on Heslington Lane, between the City and University, and offers student discounts. Other well used Taxi firms include A*Team, who also do small minibuses.

ON YOUR BIKE:

York is cyclist-friendly. There are plenty of places to store bikes on campus and in town, and on campus, thefts are few and far between. Most of York is flat; the one major hill is unfortunately placed between the west campus and Thief Lane, which leads into town.

[edit] Careers service

[edit] Part-time jobs

[edit] Religious facilities

[edit] Social

[edit] Bars, Pubs and clubs

Opening Times http://www.york.ac.uk/commercialservices/pages/openingtimes.cfm

[edit] Clubs and societies

York has a very large number of student societies. For a full list, see the societies category.

[edit] Accommodation

[edit] Colleges

See the individual College pages for details on the accommodation they offer and what they are like.

• Derwent College
• Langwith College
• Alcuin College
• Vanbrugh College
• Goodricke College
• Wentworth College - graduate college since 2001.
• James College
• Halifax College

[edit] Private sector

[edit] Student union

Unlike other Universities, the Students Union does not run any bar on campus (however, they are campaigning for a central SU venue in the planned Heslington East). It does run Your:Shop and Your:Books, a convenience store and second-hand book store respectively.

[edit] Teaching quality

[edit] Departments

• Archaeology. Located at King's Manor.
• Biology.
• Chemistry.
• Computer Science.
• Economics and Related Studies. Located in Alcuin College.
• Educational Studies. Located in Langwith College.
• Centre of Eighteenth-Century Studies.
• Electronics.
• English and Related Literature. Located in Langwith College.
• Environment.
• Health Sciences.
• History. Located in Vanbrugh College.
• History of Art. Located in Vanbrugh College.
• Language and Linguistic Science.
• Management Studies.
• Mathematics. Located in Goodricke College.
• The Hull York Medical School.
• Centre for Medieval Studies.
• Music.
• Philosophy. Located in Derwent College.
• Physics.
• Politics. Located in Derwent College.
• School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy. Located in Derwent College.
• Psychology. Located near James College.
• Social Policy and Social Work.
• Sociology. Located in Wentworth College.
• Centre for Women's Studies.

[edit] External links

• http://www.york.ac.uk - University of York Website
• York Student Cinema (YSC) Website
• TSR University of York forum
• University of York Student Union (YUSU) Website