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.
Far more students are likely to be affected by cuts in university grants in England from next year than the government had originally thought.
When the government first announced its grant cuts, it estimated that 35-40,000 fewer students would receive grants.
However, the Students Loans Company estimates that 90,000 more students will lose out because of the government miscalculation.
Just last year the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) had announced improvements to the student support package. Universities Secretary John Denham has since admitted that whereas his department had expected only a third of students to qualify for the full grant, 40% had done so.
DIUS announced in October that it had underestimated the number of students eligible for a full student maintenance grant. They then lowered the threshold for receipt of funding for a partial grant by £10,000.
David Willetts, Shadow Universities Secretary, said the latest figures came as "a hammer blow to families up and down the country".
Those who are already at university will not have their funding cut. A spokesman for DIUS claimed the figures were provisional and insisted the government was committed to growing student numbers.
You'd think that people with years of experience and expertise in finances would be able to add up properly...
Hopefully this won't affect the lower end of the spectrum from applying to universities... I fear it may
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