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 university provided The Yorker with the following statement regarding the effect the airspace restrictions will have on the start of the summer term: "The University is open and running as normal. While we expect students to make every reasonable effort to return to University by the start of term on 26 April 2010, we understand that the current restrictions surrounding air travel due to the volcanic ash cloud affecting air traffic in the United Kingdom and Western Europe may make this extremely difficult.
"Students should follow airline and government organisations' advice. But they should let their departmental office know if their return to York is likely to be delayed."
Students that expect to miss a deadline or exam due to being unable to return to the university in time are advised to keep a copy of the travel advice they have followed and/or their travel documents to support their submission for mitigating circumstances.
The Department of History sent out an email to the department's second and third year students, and teaching staff, in light of the difficulties. The department noted that History exams scheduled to take place next week will go ahead as planned, but assured students "If any of you are prevented from returning in time... you should not worry that your performance and assessment in the Department will be prejudiced in any way."
Members of staff who are abroad and may be unable to return to the university have been asked to inform their Head of Department as soon as possible so that any commitments they may be unable to fulfil, such as exam invigilating and teaching, can be reallocated and/or rescheduled.
Airspace in Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England is due to reopen at 7am on Tuesday morning after EU transport ministers agreed a reduction in the no-fly zone. The flight shutdown is estimated to have cost the European travel industry more than £1 billion, according to crisis advisory company Lewis PR. Former Nouse editor Raf Sanchez has been helping The Times cover the travel chaos caused by the volcanic ash.
For more information, visit the university's alert announcements page by clicking here.
You must log in to submit a comment.
