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.
First York have raised prices on the number 4 route from the University to York city centre to £1.80 for a single and £2.90 for a return journey.
A Facebook group, 'FTR....FIGHT THE RISE' and online petition have been started with momentum building quickly and has already achieved 860 members.
Anne-Marie Canning, YUSU President has commented within the group and told members that a meeting is planned with First York on January 18th. They will also discuss the removal of the ten journey ticket.
I am actually quite interested in knowing how high they will go in a couple of years time. Maybe in 2010 it will be cheaper to go in town by taxi than by FTR.
Groups of four from campus to town almost certainly work out cheaper.
It is strange that where most other councils are striving to make public transport more appealing, getting a bus in York is now almost twice as expensive as in London.
IS twice as expensive. With Oyster it's 90p. I resent having to pay for a bus conducter who makes crass jokes and falls on you when the bus jerks.
boycott anyone?
Walk, you lazy bastards. I used to walk to town all the time from campus, it's only 30 minutes. Unless you're going to station with luggage or you're disabled, there's no reason not to really.
I agree the prices are ridonkulous (I seem to remember it was about £1.30 single when I started 4 years ago), but you can easily avoid using the buses.
And from the Micklegate area it's £3.50 for a return!
Re: Mitch. Walking through freezing wind and rain is not always that much fun.
Well then Kathryn, it's up to you to decide whether the comparative fun of the bus outweighs the cost. Or spend all the bus fares you saved on warm clothes 
In London you can take the heathrow bus for 90p which goes 21 miles....In York less than 2 miles costs you double this. As ridiculous as these increases are, let me be the first to congratulate first FTR on vastly improving my health this term! I'll be cycling everywhere!
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