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.
The new site features a college events calendar, a history of the college and a number of image galleries. There is also information to help students looking for houses off campus, and a message board where students can post welfare concerns, anonymously if they wish.
Regarding the changes, college Vice-President Nick Synnott said: "I am very happy with how our new website has turned out and feel that it, along with the other changes such as the new logo, are positive changes for Halifax. Hopefully the new website will benefit current students as well as making Halifax a more attractive choice to prospective students coming to York."
As well as putting together a new website for the college, the HSCA have been working hard to improve former college bar JJ's as a common room. They purchased an Xbox 360 earlier this term, and are looking into purchasing a Nintendo Wii.
To view the website, click here.
So what exactly is the website address for all us lucky, lucky Halifaxers?
www.halifaxcollege.com
It is included in the weekly newsletter as well! It still has a few teething problems but on the whole compared to our last website it is a lot easier to manage and update.
Shame such a shite college have such a good website. I guess when you only get 3 at an event, the other 1,500 must have something to look at! It just seems a bit of a waste though.
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