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 Higher Education Standards Agency (HESA) has released statistics that more students are leaving with higher class degrees.
There was a significant rise of 1% in the numbers achieving a first compared to those in 2006/07 and those obtaining a 2:2.
The Agency also pointed out that there has been an increase in students to 2,362,815, an increase of 1% in 2006/07.
This means the ratio of new first-class degrees against additional students is almost 1:1.
The report also showed that university admissions are still on the rise, despite fears that tuition fees would deter students.
Science-based degrees were equally represented to humanities, despite suggestions from the national press that these were no longer as popular.
There was no rise in women graduates; 57% of students are women, the same as in 2006/07.
There was also an increase of 2% of those of postgraduate students.
Do we know how York has been affected?
57% of students are women....
If success in the workplace was based solely on academic achievement, women would rule the world rather than face lower pay for equal work.
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