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Photo Diary app wins York prize

Friday, 20th January 2012

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.

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Students warned about loans scam

Thursday, 19th January 2012

YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.

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Queen Comes to York

Wednesday, 18th January 2012

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.

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Flooding Triggers Network Outage On Eve Of Exams

Saturday, 14th January 2012

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.

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Articles of the week 06.02.11.

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Sunday, 6th February 2011
The Yorker brings you a list of articles from the past week that you may have missed out.
  • Students' research made easy by new iPhone App by Darius McQuaid

ArticleSearch app

London-based ForeMinds, have developed a new, free app named ArticleSearch which allows higher education students to do consecutive searches of information across numerous sources…

Click here to find out more.

  • The greatest Internet sports games in the world by James Southern

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University offers a spectrum of opportunity that is quite unique in life. For many procrastination enthusiasts, it is a curiously liberating experience; the threat of school detention in the past, yet to encounter the threat of the P45. With that in mind, The Yorker's sports section has done its bit in compiling a guide to five best, most addictive, and delightfully foolish sports-themed Internet timewasters…

For the rest of the article, click here.

  • In faith we march on by Lizzie Dearden

It seems somehow appropriate that a decade characterised by governments’ flagrant disregard for public opinion ended with the passing of the tuition fees rise on 9th December 2010…

NUS March in London

… Even the largest demonstration in UK history, which saw a million people march against the invasion of Iraq, failed to make a dint in the Blair government’s foreign policy. But in the wake of this depressing history, faith in demonstrating refuses to die…

Dearden discusses the importance of not losing our voice in the fight against the recent tuition fees rise here.

  • Khao San Road review by Jeanie Watson

khao san road

In Bangkok, Khao San Road is a bustling, touristy area overflowing with guesthouses. In York, Khao San Road delivers a more culinary experience, though still with the lively atmosphere one could enjoy in Bangkok…

Click here for the full review.

  • Milton Jones, Grand Opera House, 02/02/11: A defence of puns by Lizzy Pennock

Milton Jones pauses mid-way through his set and casually says, “I’ll skip a bit.” Unsuspecting, we the audience stare at the eye-boggling, mad-haired comedian, pleasantly waiting for his next joke. Chirpy Irish music comes on, and Jones starts to skip around the stage, his face deadpan. Cue the slow crescendo of laughter as yet another visual pun has taken us by surprise. Yes, puns aren’t for everyone. Yes, they are often met with as many groans as laughs. But with his new tour Lion Whisperer, Milton packed out the Grand Opera House in York, and boy did we appreciate him...

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