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.
YUSU’s media charter which governs YUSU funded media outlets has been questioned after it was revealed at a student development assembly that anything published must first be submitted to YUSU, giving the union power to withdraw any article or publication.
Whilst the charter covers the impact of the possibility of litigation by individuals discussed in the YUSU-controlled media, there is also a clause allowing the withdrawal of articles if they are found to be “infringing the welfare” of YUSU members. This includes all students currently studying at the University, as they are automatically given membership of the union.
At the meeting individuals questioned why there was no definition of welfare. However, officials told the meeting that they wished to maintain the ambiguity of the word welfare within the official charter. Reasons behind this decision have not yet been made clear.
It was also revealed that the websites of several YUSU-funded media outlets have been in breach of their own charter as they have failed to provide details of how to complain about articles published.
YUSU also maintains the ability to de-ratify any campus media that fails to resolve complaints and to refuse publication if they cannot fund themselves. No information was given on whether any complaints were made during the past year.
The York Tories, who were the subject of a York Vision article last year, approached the Yorker and alledged that: “We complained about mistakes in an article in Vision and never received so much as an acknowledgement of our complaint, we can have no confidence in the complaints procedure for YUSU-funded media when they don’t even correct themselves when they’ve got their facts wrong”.
It was decided at the student development assembly meeting to maintain the current position whilst informing the YUSU-funded media that they ought to provide information on how to make a complaint on their websites.
Come to light? We've always known all of that, as it's right there. Papers have to be checked first, and websites checked afterwards. Nouse and Vision both hate it, but then every now and again they do something that gives YUSU a ball-ache when trying not to be sued, so they have to put up with it.
Only way forward: The Yorker!
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