Queen’s hons for lecturer
University of York lecturer and former Vanbrugh Provost Dr Allen Warren has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his work with York Students in Schools and founding the York Award.
Dr Warren founded the organisation in 1995, giving York students the opportunity to volunteer in local schools.
Over 600 students take part in the programme each year. The York Award employability certificate awarded was the first of its kind in the country.
“I am greatly honoured by this award and particularly as it is associated with my career at the University of York,” Warren commented.
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Grad party
The University is set to launch two brand new networking programmes, intended to connect current students with York’s 85,000 alumni.
York Professional Networks and Yorkspace.net have been developed by the Alumni Engagement Team and the Careers Service, in consultation with the likes of YUSU and the GSA.
Through these initiatives, the Alumni team hope to promote links between alumni in specific professional areas.
The initial three networking areas are Finance, Banking, Law and Management, Media and Journalism and the Third Sector. Each will have a high profile launch event in London this autumn and all this year’s graduates will be inivited to attend.