In this episode Amy Hodgson talks to Maisie Wilson about a YSJ gardening project that aims to deliver social change.

In this episode YSJ Environment and Social Justice MA student Pax Butchart discusses climate change activism on campus with Maisie Wilson.

In this episode ISJ Psychology student Hayden Costello describes bringing sustainable food systems on to campus by setting up a garden cafe.

In the third conversation about I’m Me, research assistant Daniel Foulds talks to Laura Walne and Jess MacKenzie from About Face Theatre and Alison Colburne and Jess Boyes from Mind the Gap. They talk about making performance that has something to say and has the power to upset people.  

In the second podcast on I’m Me, project lead Matthew Reason talks to Alison Colburne, an artist at Mind the Gap, and Jess Boyes, a producer at Mind the Gap. They explore the reasons why researchers might be reluctant to ask people with learning disabilities difficult questions in research, why asking those questions is important, and how to explore issues sensitively.  

In this first conversation about the I’m Me project, post-doctoral researcher Kelsie Acton talks to Zara Mallinson and Daniel Foulds from Mind the Gap. They talk about Zara and Daniel’s role as research assistants on the project and the challenges and rewards of including people with learning disabilities in inclusive research.  

In this conversation Dr Gary Shepherd and Sam Watling discuss a new research project to provide York-based men's social wellbeing group Menfulness with information on the attitudes, opinions and insights of their service users.

In this second podcast about the NSPCC and York St John University theatre department partnership, Rachel Conlon and Jules Dorey Richmond discuss the It’s Not Love project with Helen Westerman. They consider how the arts can challenge domestic abuse and send positive messages to young people about healthy relationships.

In this podcast, senior theatre lecturers Rachel Conlon and Jules Dorey Richmond are joined by Helen Westerman, head of local campaigns at the NSPCC. In this episode, they explore the long-standing partnership between the NSPCC and York St John University’s theatre department and how their creative and collaborative projects have resonated with audiences of young people nationwide, exploring issues of child sexual abuse and exploitation through a theatre in education touring play, online films and teaching resources on the NSPCC website and digital learning platform.

York Central is one of the largest developments on Brownfield land in the UK. Located near to York’s railway station, this 45 hectare mixed use site, will change the future of the city. In this podcast, Dr Tom Ratcliffe is joined by Dr Helen Graham and Phil Bixby from York Central Co-owned (YoCo). The discussion explores how YoCo, a community organisation, are putting in place a democratically created Community Plan for York Central to develop the site in a community-focused way that addresses housing, transport, public spaces, nature and the economy.