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 news that the Welsh authorities plan not to adopt the rise in tuition fees has been greeted with a sense of jubilation in Wales.
With English tuition fees set to climb to £9000 a year the news that Welsh students will be spared has been welcomed by the Welsh higher educational authorities, says Wales Online.
Wales Online, a Welsh media website, states that Welsh universities will still be able to charge a maximum of £9000 for courses but this will be subsidised by the Welsh Assembly, and students going to university in 2012/13 will be no worse off than if had they gone the previous year.
The news has been met with mixed reactions by the NUS in Wales. The president, Katie Dalton, believed the move to be of great benefit to Welsh nationals, while she regretted that it would be, unfortunately, disadvantageous to non- Welsh students wishing to study in the country.
The issue of tuition fees has raised many questions about the nature of devolution in the UK and has forced the West Lothian problem squarely into the limelight. The Daily Mail reports that Welsh students shall be exempt from paying the full amount of tuition fees regardless of whether they attend an English or Welsh university. The report continues by adding that ‘the Welsh move will deepen concern over so-called ‘apartheid’ in public services between UK nations’.
The debates over raising tuition fees have called into question the power of devolved governments to interfere in national policy. The devolved administrations in Cardiff and Edinburgh, reports the Mail, give better access to medicine and education due to higher public spending.
With the vote now passed through the House of Commons on the 9th December the issue remains at the top of many students agenda. The Telegraph reports that a growing number of students have turned their backs on the Liberal Democrats, and the Financial Times says that the NUS are planning a ‘day of action’ for Monday. It is clear that this issue will not rest easy and remain contentious for many in the upcoming years.
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