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 Student’s Union is working with the York Pullman Bus Company to offer the service, which will see students picked up from town on official club nights and taken back to Wentworth, the library, Derwent or the Halifax Interchange for only £1.
Pick-up points will be Rougier Street on Tuesday and Thursdays, after events at Club Salvation and Tokyo, and Museum Gardens for those who attend Vodka Revolution on Sundays.
The service provides a safe and cheap way for students to make their way back to campus late at night – or early in the morning – with pick-up times of 2am, 2.45am and 3.30am allowing students to enjoy a long night out.
YUSU Welfare Officer Bob Hughes said of the service: “As far as I'm aware, there hasn't been anything like it since I've been at University, which made me think that there should be a service to get people home safely and cheaply and it would help tackle a few other issues, such as security and noise levels in town.
“Also, with the cold weather approaching, we thought that this term would be the perfect time to trial the service.”
The service started operating in October of this term but Hughes admitted that it hasn’t been a huge success with students yet.
“The service has been used a decent amount, but not as much as we'd like,” he said. “We're trying to advertise the service more, including within the clubs themselves, and highlight that it is very much a case of 'use it or lose it' due to the financial costs of running such a service. So we do urge students to use it and encourage others to do so too!
“We hope it will be a long-term scheme but that also relies on a large enough amount of students using it so that it is viable and, if it is used enough, the possibility of running the service on other nights will be there.”
For more information, visit the Clubbers' Bus Facebook page.
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