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 elections this year had a record number of nominated beneficiaries, with 34 charities put forward by students, including local, national and international charities. The election also saw a record number of voters participating in the online vote, with over 500 ballots passed in comparison to just over 100 last year.
The five charities selected join RAG’s permanent beneficiary YUSU student action. The two local charities selected were the Island and St Leonard’s Hospice. The Island is a charity that provides support to vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of social and institutional exclusion in the York area. The charity recruits volunteer mentors, many of whom are students at the University of York and who form a partnership with a vulnerable child. St Leonard’s is a hospice situated close to the University and provides a high quality service to people with life limiting illnesses.
The national charity selected was Marie Curie Cancer Care. The Marie Curie Nursing service provides hands on nursing free of charge to parents with life limiting illnesses to allow them to remain at home at the end of their lives.
The two International Charities selected were Invisible Children and Water Aid. Invisible Children works primarily in war affected regions with a focus on long term development. Through education and the priovision of economic oppurtunities they partner with local communities to strive to improve the quality of life of individuals living in conflict and post conflict regions. Water Aid currently works in 17 countries worldwide helping to establish sustainable water supplies and latrines close to homes. It also lobbies governments to improve water and sanitation policies to help ensure their priority in poverty reduction plans.
The RAG charities liaison officer, Nick Scarlett, said,
“I’m really pleased with the number of people who turned out to vote. We’ve got five good beneficiaries to join YUSU volunteering, our permanent beneficiary. The fact that all our beneficiaries are student nominated and there was such a high turnout means that students can claim ownership of the charities and hopefully we can have a record breaking, Rag raising year.’
Nice alliteration in the quote Nick!
Raising and giving raising? ...
But yay to the support of cancer, clean water and improved quality of life. Plus vulnerable children and a hospice. Good choices, York.
Come off it #2, if someone also took what you wrote too literally they'd think you were in favour of a terrible disease.
In this context RAG is being used as a proper noun, referring to the organisation itself rather than the acronym.
Therefore Nick's quotation makes complete sense.
I do see the slight repetition in the quote, kind of rolls off the tongue though doesnt it?
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