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.
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.
Over 95% of emergency calls to Campus Security were answered within 15 seconds, it has been revealed.
Maundy Thursday commemorates the last supper of Jesus and his disciples, and is part of Holy Week, which marks the final few days of Jesus’ life, and is the most important part of the Christian year. The week includes several church services, and the Queen every year visits a British city on this day to give alms to the needy, in a tradition going back centuries.
Maundy money is given to pensioners in specially made purses, which contain coins minted for the occasion by the Royal Mint. Historically the ceremony, for which records began in the 13th Century, would include both a distribution of gifts, which from the reign of Henry IV were linked to the monarch’s age, and the monarch would wash people’s feet. The latter part was discontinued during the reign of James II in the 17th Century. One purse contains ordinary money in lieu of gifts of food and clothing, the other the special Maundy Money. Recipients are pensioners, and as many as the Monarch has lived years of each gender will be chosen.
The emphasis is to recall the humility of Christ, and the ceremony is conducted in addition to the church service, which this year will be held in York Minster. Services are held globally, and are followed on Fridays by Good Friday services, which commemorate the Crucifixion.
Will she be arriving in her new yacht?
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