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.
Despite the efforts of some to block the referendum, the nationwide vote seems set for May 5, when voters will be given a choice between the current First Past the Post system or changing to the Alternative Vote system.
While the First Past the Post system allows only a single choice in candidates, the Alternative vote system, which is used by a variety of different countries and organisations, including the YUSU sabbatical elections, the Irish Presidential Elections and Australian General elections allows voters to rank candidates according to preference.
According to former Liberal Youth Vice-Chair and second year undergraduate Alan Belmore, “Changing to the new system would mean all MPs would have to get the support of the majority of the people in their area. It would eliminate the need for tactical voting and encourages candidates to chase second and third preferences – looking beyond their traditional party supporters.”
Supporting the campaign, the former Director General of the BBC said, “First Past the Post is broken. The last election was decided by fewer than 460,000 of voters – just 1.6% of the electorate. No wonder people feel so remote from politics and feel it doesn’t address their everyday concerns. It is time for change and that is why I am backing a Yes vote.”
Chair of the newly formed University of York Electoral Reform Society, April Cunliffe commended the Chancellor on his involvement, “York is putting itself firmly on the map as one of the hotbeds of electoral reform, so it's great that our Chancellor is so involved in the campaign.”
Dyke will be bringing the campaign to York, when he speaks in Central Hall on Thursday of Week 9, March 10, in support of the cause. His talk will cover his time at the BBC and the troubles he foresees for an unreformed British Democracy.
Tickets for the event are available by visiting York for Voting Reform and clicking on the link for tickets.
For further information, contact Alan Belmore (alan@belmore.co.uk) or 01904410921.
The "No" Campaign is painfully patronising I find. They claim it's "Harder to understand". Which is like saying "We don't think you're able to count in single digits, you're too stupid, so you'd better vote against this proposal"...
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