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 Norwegian Study Centre, part of the English faculty, will move into Harald Fairhair's building in Alcuin car park this summer.
The university insisted that the building was a stop-gap measure whilst a permanent home is sought. It was not clear why the NSC can not stay where it is until a final decision is made over its future location.
A spokesman confirmed that its current base, an office block on Heslington Main Street known as the New Building, will be torn down and the land sold off.
It’s not something we would live with for a long time, that’s something we’re pretty sure about.”
Kåre Rugesæter, the director of the Norwegian study centre, said: “Nobody is happy about being moved into portakabins but we have been promised it’s for a limited time. We’re unhappy to leave a building which we feel is our building and has served us well for a long time.”
" We were originally very sceptical of being moved into a portakabin, we’ve had them here before and they were of a much poorer quality. There are certain features that clearly make it a non-permanent structure but we will be able to live with it for a couple of years.
“We are dependent on having our own building or at least our own section so we do appreciate the fact that we will have our own building."
"We look at it as a fully acceptable solution as long as it’s on a non-permanent basis. It’s not something we would live with for a long time, that’s something we’re pretty sure about.”
The university declined to reveal the estimated value of the land as officials considered it "commercially sensitive information".
The plot would be potentially lucrative to a private investor as it will be located in the centre of campus once Heslington East is completed.
One property on Heslington Main Street is currently up for sale at £575,000 whilst student rent prices for homes on the road are in excess of £4000 per year.
A university spokesman said: "The NSC will be in that location for between one and three years. The building on the car park has temporary planning permission only."
"We are considering a number of options for the NSC's future base, and we have between 18 months and a maximum of three-and-a-half years, from now, to make a final decision. The land on which the current NSC building stands will be sold."
The NSC is funded by the Norwegian government and teaches short courses to students on trips from Norway’s five universities.
Harald Fairhair lived from 850-933 AD and had eighteen wives. Legend has it that when the beautiful queen Gyda refused to marry him he vowed not to cut his hair until he had conquered all Norway, which took ten years.
Asked about the naming of the building Rugesæter added: “It’s a national centre for Norwegian students so having the first king of Norway is symbolic, but it's just good fun.”
they should have just made the new vanbrugh blocks prefabs while they're at it, then maybe they'd be ready by next year
Wow... this building will really impress those Norwegian students.
Just like Goodricke C & D were temporary blocks thrown up to house students when the uni first opened..?
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