Is it too risky to study a degree thats new to the university?
Im currently in year 13 and looking at universities and hoping to study diagnostic radiography. I live in york and ideally would rather stay home for numerous reasons, but uni of york doesnt offer radiography but york st johns do. Issue is its a new course to the uni with it starting in sep 2025 when I start, all my family and friends are telling me to go elsewhere and its too risky to do but I like the university itself and of course - its at home. Not too sure what to do and if its really that risky.
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by luvulttrIm currently in year 13 and looking at universities and hoping to study diagnostic radiography. I live in york and ideally would rather stay home for numerous reasons, but uni of york doesnt offer radiography but york st johns do. Issue is its a new course to the uni with it starting in sep 2025 when I start, all my family and friends are telling me to go elsewhere and its too risky to do but I like the university itself and of course - its at home. Not too sure what to do and if its really that risky.
To work in the NHS once you graduate, your course would need to be validated by the HCPC. It says on the YSJ website that they are seeking this but it might be worth an email to admissions to ask about when this is expected. You could still add YSJ as one of your five UCAS choices and if you are made an offer, you will have until June to decide whether to make it your firm or insurance choice. Bear in mind that YSJ already offers a range of healthcare courses that will have been validated by the HCPC (eg, physio), so this suggests that uni is experienced and competent in providing such courses.
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Hi there!
If you haven't already, I'd recommend coming along to an open day, where you can speak to staff who will be teaching on your course, as well as the admissions team. You can ask them directly any questions you may have about the course, and this might help reassure you a little! Our next event is on Saturday, 16th November. I'll link the information here.
As the previous response has said, we do have an up-and-coming health school, with many other well established allied health courses that are already validated. I'm in my third year now and have many friends on various allied health courses, all of them love it and are really happy at YSJ🤗 If you are concerned I'd recommend popping an email over to [email protected] with any questions you might have, they'll be happy to help!
Hope this helps!
-Kiera (Student Ambassador)
If you haven't already, I'd recommend coming along to an open day, where you can speak to staff who will be teaching on your course, as well as the admissions team. You can ask them directly any questions you may have about the course, and this might help reassure you a little! Our next event is on Saturday, 16th November. I'll link the information here.
As the previous response has said, we do have an up-and-coming health school, with many other well established allied health courses that are already validated. I'm in my third year now and have many friends on various allied health courses, all of them love it and are really happy at YSJ🤗 If you are concerned I'd recommend popping an email over to [email protected] with any questions you might have, they'll be happy to help!
Hope this helps!
-Kiera (Student Ambassador)
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by luvulttrIm currently in year 13 and looking at universities and hoping to study diagnostic radiography. I live in york and ideally would rather stay home for numerous reasons, but uni of york doesnt offer radiography but york st johns do. Issue is its a new course to the uni with it starting in sep 2025 when I start, all my family and friends are telling me to go elsewhere and its too risky to do but I like the university itself and of course - its at home. Not too sure what to do and if its really that risky.
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by lex9488I was wondering if you did choose the ysj radiography course in the end because i’m thinking of choosing it for 2026 start as i live in york but I’m worried about it getting hcpc approved or not.
Book yourself onto the next open day at YSJ and ask staff about the expected timings for HCPC approval.
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by lex9488I was wondering if you did choose the ysj radiography course in the end because i’m thinking of choosing it for 2026 start as i live in york but I’m worried about it getting hcpc approved or not.
Hi lex9488,
I asked our admissions team about this and, in short, here's what they had to say:
Our Radiography course is approved for accreditation. Although we're running the course in 2026, we won't be offering the course for applications during the main UCAS period between September 2025 and January 2026 - we will open the course later in the year. This is because the course numbers are quite small (20) and we have some deferrals from 2025. Because of this we won't be offering sessions at our forthcoming Open Days for Radiography.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear - the course is approved, but sounds like it will be a competitive one to get onto. Hopefully the course opens later in the year as intended and you can make an application! Totally understand if that's not going to work for you, and if not we'll be sad to let you go but I hope you can find another place that suits you
If you have any further questions let me know and I'll pass them on.Best wishes,
Alex
Student Ambassador
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by YSJ_AlexHi lex9488,
I asked our admissions team about this and, in short, here's what they had to say:
Our Radiography course is approved for accreditation. Although we're running the course in 2026, we won't be offering the course for applications during the main UCAS period between September 2025 and January 2026 - we will open the course later in the year. This is because the course numbers are quite small (20) and we have some deferrals from 2025. Because of this we won't be offering sessions at our forthcoming Open Days for Radiography.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear - the course is approved, but sounds like it will be a competitive one to get onto. Hopefully the course opens later in the year as intended and you can make an application! Totally understand if that's not going to work for you, and if not we'll be sad to let you go but I hope you can find another place that suits you If you have any further questions let me know and I'll pass them on.
Best wishes,
Alex
Student Ambassador
I asked our admissions team about this and, in short, here's what they had to say:
Our Radiography course is approved for accreditation. Although we're running the course in 2026, we won't be offering the course for applications during the main UCAS period between September 2025 and January 2026 - we will open the course later in the year. This is because the course numbers are quite small (20) and we have some deferrals from 2025. Because of this we won't be offering sessions at our forthcoming Open Days for Radiography.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear - the course is approved, but sounds like it will be a competitive one to get onto. Hopefully the course opens later in the year as intended and you can make an application! Totally understand if that's not going to work for you, and if not we'll be sad to let you go but I hope you can find another place that suits you
If you have any further questions let me know and I'll pass them on.Best wishes,
Alex
Student Ambassador
Thank you, that’s very helpful.
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