For the past 6 months, Spectrecom has been working on a very exciting series of student recruitment films for the University of York.

There are 12 in all, each one focusing on various aspects of university life, some of which incoporate gyro-stabalised aerial footage of York’s stunning campus, the City itself and gorgeous surrounding countryside.

Here’s the first film, which provides prospective students with a general introduction to the University, which in less than 50 years has become one of the top ten institutions in the UK for teaching and research, and is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world.

This year, it has been shortlisted in four categories in the 2010 Times Higher Education Award, including University of the Year, Widening Participation Initiative of the Year & International Collaboration of the Year.

Not bad at all considering it was only founded in 1963, with just 230 students. Today, there are over 30 academic departments and research centres and the student body has expanded to 13,000.

Former students of the University include Editor of the Sunday Times John Witherow; former Director-General of the BBC Greg Dyke; authors Jung Chang and Helen Dunmore and comedian Harry Enfield.

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