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 fire alarm at the Minster went off at approximately 8:40pm yesterday evening. At the time members of the York chapter house choir, who were mid-rehearsal, were evacuated along with other members of the public. Many had to leave their personal possessions inside the building.
About ten minutes after the evacuation, the fire service arrived. At approximately 9:20 pm the fire service were still inside the building and the problem had not been resolved. At the time of writing it is unknown what the source of the smoke was, but an electrical fault has been ruled out.
One of the students who was evacuated from the Minster said that it was very unexpected as usually you just assume a fire alarm will come to nothing.
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