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.
David Eastwood, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, discussed fees and the council’s annual general meeting last week.
Taking the credit crunch into account, he said: "Institutions would be foolish to plan on the assumption that there will be an early rise in the fee cap. I think it’s inconceivable that the cap will rise significantly before 2013."
Universities charge enough as it is, and anything that stops them from ripping off students even more must be a good thing.
Several universities have been pressuring ministers to raise tuition fees when they are reviewed next year. Though the current cap is £3,145 and linked to inflation, Vice-Chancellors claim they need an increased income.
They believe this will help them compete with leading universities around the globe.
Nick Scarlett, a second year History and English student told The Yorker: "It's good to see the credit crunch could have at least some positive effect. Universities charge enough as it is, and anything that stops them from ripping off students even more must be a good thing."
Scarlett was amongst the second batch of students to pay the higher tuition fees, which were introduced in 2006. The cap had previously been set at £1,250.
Leading research universities have proposed fees between £5,000 and £8,000, depending on which course is taken and where. However, the London School of Economics has estimated that this would greatly increase the cost to the Treasury of subsidising student loans.
Fees of £5,000 would cost the Treasury £1.5 billion, and fees of £8,000 would push the cost to £2 billion.
The National Union of Students estimates that students paying the maximum tuition fee will be £20,000 in debt when they graduate.
But a survey for NatWest suggests that the actual cost of a degree is around £33,500. This figure takes fees, food, rent and luxuries such as alcohol and cigarettes into account.
I am glad that this leading figure has suggested that increasing the figure would be bad for universities. OBVIOUSLY it would, but with universities pushing for it we need people that are leading the field to side with the rest of us. Bring it on, government! We can take you 
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