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.
Chartjackers is the brainchild of Charlie McDonell, Alex Day, James Hill and Jonathan Haggart (or Charlieissocoollike, Nerimon, Jimmy0010 and johnnydurham19) four popular “vloggers” from YouTube who decided to try and push more mainstream and institutionalised records off the charts this week, to raise awareness and funds for Children in Need. They wanted to show people that they didn’t need to use large amounts of money to raise money.
The single has been made with practically no budget and the boys are making no profit from the proceeds at all, with every penny spent going directly to Children in Need. “I’ve Got Nothing” has been described as a “cheesy, fun pop song, in the spirit of the days when music wasn't so serious” and it is OUT NOW to buy on iTunes. Weeks of work, including getting the YouTube community to submit lyrics, melodies, sing the song, make the music video, came to an end on 9th November 2009 when the single was released. Currently, it stands at #36 in the UK Singles Charts, at least having made their more modest aim of breaking into the Top 40.
James Hill, a University of York second year history student, told the Yorker: "I'm really pleased to have been involved with such an innovative project that really does show you people can make a difference. We've managed to get a song to number 36 with no record label or industry help, and raised around £10,000 for Children in Need. It's fantastic!"
Here at York, while according to the Vanbrugh JCRC Chair, colleges are “no longer allowed to raise for charities that are not rag beneficiaries”, the annual Staff V. Students tug of war is taking place on Friday 20th November from 1pm-2.15pm behind Alcuin C Common room. Fancy dress is optional, but there are prizes for the best fancy dress as well as for the winners of the contest. Last year the students beat their tutors and this year, students at York should hope to raise even more money for Children in Need, especially with the chance to “get one up” on their teachers for the day.
So far this year, Children in Need has allocated over £26 million in funds to over 700 projects across the country dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children.
Unfortunately, the time to buy the Chartjackers single to get it to #1 has passed, but we still need to raise as much money for Children in Need as we can, in any way possible. So get to iTunes now, 79p really isn’t that much.
Listen to 'I've Got Nothing'
Awesome news story!
Weird that they say their aim is to "push more mainstream and institutionalised records off the charts" when their "music" sounds like everything Busted and McFly ever wrote. Oh, the travesties committed in the glorious name of charity!
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