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 of York had requested a ten year extension to the tent's planning permission, which expired this summer, but council planning officers recommended rejecting this proposal as the university does not yet have firm plans to build a permanent replacement for the sports hall.
The six year extension is a compromise proposal, which includes a condition that information about a permanent replacement must be produced within the next four years.
York Sport President Sam Asfahani announced the news on the YUSU website earlier today, writing: "I am pleased to announce that the sports tent has been granted a further 6 years on its planning permission. This is an outcome that we had expected and that we welcome, despite more pessimistic views from local and campus media." A number of comments on the York Press article, which broke the story, criticised the university for not having a permanent replacement planned and supported the recommendation for the council to reject the proposal.
Asfahani addressed these concerns in his YUSU blog post, adding: "Despite this result, the situation has highlighted a need for the university to not only look towards new construction on Hes East but also the continual development of Hes West. The significance of a 6 year extension is a clear sign that the university want to get the tent on the 4 year construction plan and then have time to get it built. We, not only as a athletic union, but as a whole community, must hold them to account, and ensure that the near future holds a new sports hall instead of our tent."
A second year biology student who uses the Sports Centre regularly welcomed the news, telling The Yorker: "It's good to see common sense prevail. Closing the tent to punish the university for not having a permanent replacement ready would have benefitted no one."
The tent was originally set up as a temporary venue for sports while a more permanent facility was constructed. The council understood that it would be operative from its 2005 creation until July this year, but progress in replacing it has been slow.
An application to extend the lifespan of the tent until 2020 was rejected, leading to genuine concern among its users about the future of several sports clubs at the university, including netball and fencing. The tent is also relied on by local schools, and its closure would make it almost impossible for many university students and school pupils to play sport on a regular basis.
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