A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
The results will not be announced until after the general elections, which has sparked criticism that Labour are avoiding making controversial decisions in the run up to the vote. Students currently pay £3,225 per annum, and although it has been stated that the aim of this review is not to hike up fees, the NUS president Wes Streeting said that there was a 'real danger' that this review would 'pave the way for higher fees ... that would see poorer students priced out of more prestigious universities and other students and universities consigned to the bargain basement'. However, it has been suggested that private universities would like to see fees raised to as much as £7,000 per annum.
Lord Mandelson stated that the emphasis of the review is on looking at a wider range of possible funding to supplement tuition fees - which are worth over £1.3bn to universities - through other sources of income such as contributions from businesses. The possibility of funding for both full time and part time students will be examined, as will the balance of funding through bursaries and loans, and the way that these are awarded.
Wendy Piatt, head of the Russell Group of leading universities, has argued that options to increase funding, such as raising university fees, had to be considered since current levels of funding were not adequate if British universities wanted to remain internationally competitive. "As universities are facing severe economic conditions and ferocious global competition it is clear that the status quo is not viable," she said.
Despite the sharp increase to tuition fees in 2006, the number of students applying to university increases each year, meaning there is more and more pressure on universities' funding. However the type of students who are filling the places is changing: only one in three students are in the 18-25 range. This means that the Government will have to come up with a more flexible system to support those who live at home with their children while studying, as well as those living away from home for the first time who are financially dependent on their parents. Yet with the effects of the economic downturn still present, we cannot be too hopeful that the outcome of this review will be mean a less burdened student purse.
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