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.
Craig Cox, Education Officer for Nottingham University Student Union, sparked controversy when he held up the banner at a national training conference.
The conference took place in August at Central Hall. The purpose of the event was to host an Active Political Training course for NUS representatives.
Two motions of censure have been passed against Cox by his Student Union. The first was for his conduct at the conference, and the second was for his subsequent dealings with the media.
A statement by Nottingham's Black and Minority Ethnic Officer on the Student Union website read: "Slavery is one of the greatest crimes in history and to imply in any way that he should be treated leniently, is to treat the suffering and memory of millions with the utmost contempt."
However, Cox will remain in office as a vote of no confidence was defeated by 32 votes to 19.
He welcomed the result, adding: “I now hope to get on with the job of representing all the students of Nottingham, regardless of what has gone on in the past.”
Cox has been found guilty of breaching NUS's Equal Opportunities Policy and is now banned from attending all future non-democratic NUS events.
North Yorkshire Police are still investigating the incident. A spokesman said they expect further developments by the end of the week.
The event was in Langwith, not Central Hall.
To clarify - non-democratic as in events that he's not been elected to attend.
The course, I believe was actually about how to deal with protests on campus, the gentlemen in question was assigned the role of the aggressor with whom the delegates had to deal with.
Not wishing to fan the flames, but this really should have been a non-issue. The police will surely conclude no wrongdoing took place, and the NUS (and nouse, of course) have characteristically overreacted. Nothing new here.
Quite how the 'equal opportunities policy' was breached, i'm sure the NUS will decline to reveal.
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