Aoife Wood (She/Her)

Aoife has written 20 articles for York Vision.

Cityscape board with information about the Aesthetica Film Festival line ups

Inside Aesthetica: The Bloody, The Boring, and The Brilliant

A day of shorts at the Aesthetica Film Festival

Screen 3 days ago

Broke and Starving

We’re skipping meals, working part-time and still running out of money.

News 1 month ago

Balancing books and bills

A look at the most common part-time roles York students are taking on

Lifestyle 6 months ago

Duck Diaries: A day in the life of a York duck

An investigative deep dive into the daily lives of York’s waterfowl.

Features 7 months ago

Lessons in love

A 50-year-old divorcée's advice for students navigating dating

Relationships 8 months ago

A rat sitting a top a piece of wood outdoors

Rubbish, Rats and Renters

How York’s waste collection system is affecting students.

Features 10 months ago

My Year of Film

Aoife Wood’s 2024 Film Awards

Screen 10 months ago

Restrictive British abortion laws hiding in plain sight

In the run up and aftermath of the US Election, American abortion law was at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Somehow, though, much of the British public do not seem to care […]

Features 12 months ago

Centrally, a brightly lit carousel shines in the centre of a dark cobbled street, a few people in warm clothes walk either side.

My Ridiculous Fear of the Dark

Part of me is excited for the clock to turn backwards – it means early sunsets, and cosy evenings. But as the streets get darker earlier, they also get more dangerous – […]

Opinion 1 year ago

Are these the best days of our lives?

“These will be the best days of your life.” This is often said by an older generation who enjoyed free tuition and better maintenance support. Maybe in many years from now, looking […]

Opinion 1 year ago

Aoife’s guide to food shopping

After a year of shopping and cooking for myself, I have a plethora of advice to share with incoming students. Some of you lucky ones will have catered accommodation (cherish this). But […]

Lifestyle 1 year ago

‘Half the year has gone by, and so have 182 films!’

Aoife Wood is here with an update of her 2024 challenge to watch a film a day, this time reviewing every film she watched in June.

Screen 1 year ago

Does the UK Operate Under a Two-Party System?

Small parties have disturbed the two-party norm but is it enough to permanently alter the system?

Features 1 year ago

‘I have now watched 271 hours of films so far this year!’

Aoife Wood is back with another update on her 2024 challenge to watch a film a day.

Screen 1 year ago

Comment: A Complete Unknown

Aoife Wood discusses her thoughts on the upcoming release of the new Bob Dylan biopic

Screen 1 year ago

‘My grand total of hours spent watching films this year is 221’

Aoife Wood updates us on her 2024 challenge to watch a film a day, this time providing us with her April programme.

Screen 1 year ago