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 comments come as the university claimed the development could see new students arriving by October.
Richard Frost, ex-chairman of Heslington parish council, warned the university he is keeping a "watching brief" as work on Heslington East gets underway.
The first step in the 10 year plan was taken yesterday as developers started to create an entry road to the 117-hectare site.
Frost, a long time critic of the scheme, said: “We still have concerns about the village being swamped by thousands of new students.
"There must be proper link roads from one campus area to another, not informal routes.”
“We want to work with the university to ensure the best job is done for the good of Heslington.”
Frost worked with the Heslington East community forum to oppose the plans during a seven-month public inquiry last year.
Despite their protests the government gave outline planning permission in May 2006.
He added: "We put up a good fight and while we didn't win as much as we would like, we got some concessions.
"It is important that the Community Forum plays a large role in making sure that the conditions imposed on this development are properly enforced to minimise the impact on everybody around it.”
Opponents of the plan may still hold outside hopes as archaeologists continue to search the area for historical remains.
But a university spokesman said: “Building work will not start until approval of the planning application is forthcoming [in April]
"By that time any archaeological finds will be removed."
"Before Christmas, we did some top soil stripping to expose any archaeological features which may be present."
"Not all the stripping has been done because of the wet weather, although we have done enough to expose the areas where the first buildings will be constructed.
"The examination of these areas by York Archaeological Trust is now under way.”
The university claims the first building on the site, a 600-bed accommodation block, could be in use by next October.
The first phase of development will also see the building of a new lake, a television and film department and a computer science department.
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