We offer a rich variety of Xtra Curricular activities and events that develop skills to enhance employability and self-development.
All students are encouraged to take up a range of options to
participate in new and exciting activities, develop personal skills,
make new friends and gain valuable experience. Our Xtra Curricular
activities run on a daily basis, throughout the week at College. Each
session is aimed to fit around every timetable and students have the
freedom to choose which sessions they want to run and attend.
We offer a rich variety of Xtra Curricular activities and events that develop skills to enhance employability and self-development.
All students are encouraged to take up a range of options to
participate in new and exciting activities, develop personal skills,
make new friends and gain valuable experience. Our Xtra Curricular
activities run on a daily basis, throughout the week at College. Each
session is aimed to fit around every timetable and students have the
freedom to choose which sessions they want to run and attend.
“Getting involved with Xtra curricular has developed me as a person. Before coming to college I wouldn’t get involved in clubs or extra activities because I saw them as unimportant. Now that I have joined the Sirius group, I’ve made so many new friends and I’ve learnt so much about the world around me.”
At York College it's vital that we increase our students' educational and cultural experiences buy offering trips and residential visits to complement studies.
Many of our study programmes have specialist trips and visit schedules to enhance the learning of our students outside of the classroom. Some examples are as follows:
- A Level Physics- day trip to York University- Nuclear and Astrophysics
- A Level Geography trip - Cranedale Field study centre near Malton - geographical fieldwork
- A Level French studies - annual trips to Berlin for A Level German students
- Hospitality and Tourism - Florence Italy trip
- Hair and Beauty- Beauty UK at NEC Birmingham (hair, media and beauty trade exhibition)
- A Level Economics - Bank of England
- Sport & Public services - residential visit to Italy - football stadium visit
- Construction - residential to Martinique - building site visit
York College hosts a wide-range of enriching and engaging workshops, covering a variety of topics including:
- Building self esteem through laughter & comedy
- Cyber-bullying
- Prevent and anti-extremism
- Healthy relationships
- Sexual consent
- Road safety awareness
- Health and wellbeing
- Mental health awareness
- Visits and residential trips
“I always found Debating Society really enjoyable! We always debated topics that were in the news which made it particularly interesting, especially because I study politics where having a good knowledge of current affairs is important. There were also plenty of opportunities to lead or chair debates as well as just to sit in to hear the arguments. This made it really easy to get more involved in debates you were passionate about, but also meant that you didn’t have to if you didn’t want to.”
Photography Club, Jazz Band, History Club, Choir, E-Sports, Creative Writing, Debating, International Language Club, Dungeons & Dragons and much more. Explore the latest timetable of Xtra Curricular activities.
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Student Union
Here at York College & University Centre, we believe it’s important to ensure our students have a voice and are listened to and heard.
Our Student Union ensures the student body and the College work collaboratively together to increase student wellbeing and satisfaction, embracing student advocacy to implement positive change.
Student Union
Here at York College & University Centre, we believe it’s important to ensure our students have a voice and are listened to and heard.
Our Student Union ensures the student body and the College work collaboratively together to increase student wellbeing and satisfaction, embracing student advocacy to implement positive change.
Our College would not function in the way it needs to without taking student feedback and we have developed a robust and very active programme of student voice activity in order to ensure students are at the centre of our decision-making and continue to lead us in making the most informed choices in the best interest of our student body.
If you are interested in becoming a student rep please speak to your course teams.
Students are entitled to a range of discounts from a wide selection of retailers, restaurants and more. Visit the TOTUM website to sign up and find out more.
Get access to over 350 of top brand student discounts, deals and flash sales on eating out and fashion, tech and travel, and everything in between. Co-op, ASOS, Boots, Samsung, Halfords, National Express, Apple, ODEON, PizzaExpress plus loads more. It's like NUS extra only bigger and better!
