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.
As reported in The Press, O'Neill Associates, who are acting on behalf of the university stated that: "The feature lake for the campus is also an integral component of the storm water and drainage management scheme for the development."
The plan is for the lake to take surface water from the new campus, with a borehole allowing for some of it to be used as an ornamental attraction, whilst the rest will be gradually released into Germany Beck and Tilmire Drain.
However Dunnington Parish Council has raised objections to the project calling it "ill conceived and extravagant, both financially and environmentally", as well as adding that "using a borehole for ornamental rather than agricultural use is a waste of water."
The York Natural Environmental Panel has also raised concerns about the lake lacking the detailed elements necessary to create an optimum habitat for wildlife, as well as reducing discharges to Germany Beck which they believe could be detrimental to existing habitat.
The building of the lake will also result in Kimberlow Hill being raised five metres by using soil excavated from the lake. The Environmental Panel are also concerned about this stating that the "the alterations to Kimberlow Hill will destroy geological heritage".
A planning inspector has addressed these concerns, stating that the borehole is unlikely to be necessary once the lake is full and also that the raising of the hill would have no negative impact on local geology. Also, whilst the inspector did admit that the work would lead to some loss of wildlife he asserted that there would be "substantial habitat gains in the long term".
YUSU Environment and Ethics Officers David Clarke and Jade Flahive-Gilbert said: "If constructed sustainably with minimum environmental impact there would be clear benefits in the creation of a lake at Heslington East. It must be shown that such plans are compatible with a long term strategy to greatly improve the university's environmental record."
The first students will move into Heslington East when the new Goodricke College opens at the beginning of the next academic year.
This whole new campus is an environmental mess! Lord Halifax sold perfectly good farming land, moving his tenant farmers off and ignoring the concerns of the local village population. As a student, I understand why York wants to expand - but they haven't listened properly to resident concerns. It's on greenbelt land - land supposedly protected from development. How have they allowed such a large-scale, unsustainable project to go ahead?
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