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.
International and EU students’ fates remain uncertain as airports have been shut down and flights cancelled or rescheduled. International student Fan Jian Ping, currently studying mechanical engineering at University College London risks missing the start of his term and also exams as his flight from Kuala Lumpur to London on Friday was cancelled.
Many European airports have ground to a halt as huge quantities of ash from Iceland’s recently erupted volcano on the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier is blown south. The ash looms around 11km above the earth’s surface, making it both invisible and harmless to humans. However, if particles of ash were to penetrate jet engines on a plane, molten glass could form, jeopardising the safety of the aircraft.
Scientists warn that it could take several days for the ash to clear as conditions are largely dependent on the strength and direction of high winds. There are fears that things will get worse before they get better as the currently erupting volcano could trigger the eruption of nearby Katla volcano, a larger and more dangerous specimen.
Stranded travellers have resorted to other measures of transport to reach their destination. Queues to buy tickets for the Eurostar at the Gare du Nord in Paris yesterday were lengthy and it was announced that all Eurostar trains are full until Monday. P&O Ferries are no longer accepting foot-passenger bookings.
Maxine Campion, Dancesoc Chair, was due to fly out of Girona airport last Thursday but her flight was cancelled. The flight company she was using, Ryanair, have cancelled all flights until 1300 Monday so she has had to extend her stay. She told The Yorker “The only thing that I would fault Ryanair on was their lack of communication, we didn't know where we were going, why, what was going on etc.”
Another student found herself stranded in India due to the volcanic ashes.
Laura Patrick’s flight back to England was twice cancelled and she found herself being transferred from one hotel to another.
She described the flight schedule disruption as an “inconvenience” as she will be having exams in the next few weeks.
“However, there seems to be an almost war-time spirit of people gathering together,” said Patrick, who also said she understood that it was a “safety issue”.
It sounds like the problems will be all cleared up for Week One but I seem to remember the University didn't seem to want to give dispensation if people's travels plans had been affected and missed exam etc.
I could be wrong - but wonder what the response from the University would be.
I hope the University is already thinking about contingency plans for the students who can't fly into the UK in time for exams. This volcano is still erupting, and until it stops, the ash cloud isn't going to disappear.
>> P&O Ferries are no longer accepting foot-passenger bookings. <<
That's a half truth. P&O are only accepting foot-passenger bookings made in person at the terminal, not on the phone/online, and there is *plenty* of capacity, and about a 15 minute queue for tickets at the terminal (I've just used one to get back to the UK)
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