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.
A total of nine reports were submitted to the government last week. The most radical suggestions included scrapping firsts and recruiting students all year round instead of just in September/October.
Paul Ramsden, chief executive of the Higher Education Academy, proposed the end of firsts in his report. Ramsden suggested issuing report cards instead of classing degrees as firsts, 2:1s, 2:2s or thirds.
Ramsden said: "The present system of classification was designed for a smaller higher education world. It does not describe the range of knowledge, skills, experience and attributes of a graduate in the 21st century."
Christine King, Vice-Chancellor of Staffordshire University, advocated enrolment for part-time students all year round.
She said: "We have to recognise the majority of higher level skills will be acquired on a part-time basis. The higher education sector will need to adapt its calendars and working practices to accommodate the flexibility that part-time students need."
Other proposals included building campuses overseas, rating universities on the quality of graduate jobs and providing part-time students with the same grants and loans full-time students receive.
A report submitted by Universities UK expressed concern over ageing academics. It predicts that one in six will retire in the next decade.
Wow... How did this not break the national news properly ?!
Why is losing 1 in 6 academics over the course of a decade problematic? Sounds like a fairly healthy turnover to me.
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