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.
At the recent Student development meeting it was announced that YUSU had arranged for “branded nimlock” boards to be placed around campus for societies to advertise their events as a “short-term” measure. At a later date this is to be supplemented by more comprehensive provision for societies in the form of designated areas of campus both indoors and outdoors.
There are currently five boards planned, some of which are already in place. The boards in Vanbrugh and Langwith are so far the most used, whilst at the last count, those in James College and Physics had just one poster each, both advertising the same event.
It is hoped more will be available in the longer term; boards are planned for Derwent and the library with more to follow in other colleges, with a particular determination towards getting Heslington East covered as well.
At the same time YUSU has launched a competition for societies to advertise their events in new and innovative ways, with the most creative winning a prize. A Facebook page has been launched, the first entrant being York’s Octopush club’s new website.
Whether or not this will lessen the calls for a complete end to the ban remains to be seen and by Wednesday, November 30 just 32 people had liked the Facebook page, with the competition due to end at the end of the week.
The exact reason for the ban remains unclear, although it remains in force and the university’s stance seems unlikely to return to the situation last year, despite the protests of several campus societies.
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