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 YUSU Academic and Welfare Officer told The Yorker she “fully admits that this was a fuck-up on my part” and “something that happened when I had had far more to drink than I ever intend to again”.
The incident happened outside Derwent after History and Politics student Taylor left the Club D special event on Friday night.
He said: “I left the bar with two friends after one of them was asked to leave because he was quite drunk.
“Grace stormed out after us and was shouting at me about my friend – at the previous Club D I had been stewarding and had had to ask her to leave because of her own drunken behaviour. She thought it was funny that this time it was one of my friends.
“She was very drunk again, so I told her she was being embarrassing and making a fool of herself. We were both shouting by this point and I said some things she didn’t like. I told her she didn’t represent students with her views and she came up and punched me in the side of the face.”
History and Politics student Taylor is well known on campus for his outspoken views on student issues.
The two have a long running feud Fletcher-Hackwood describes as: “a relationship of mutual disagreement”.
She said: “I do think it’s relevant to make the circumstances of this incident clear. The student was absolutely not hurt, nor was that my intention: what we’re talking about is a strapping football player laughing while an inebriated, five-foot, seven-stone weakling landed him a feeble tap on the ear.”
Her position as an elected sabbatical officer means that Fletcher-Hackwood is responsible for the welfare of all students on campus.
Taylor said: “The problem is who she is, not the situation. It’s really not on. She completely loses all credibility as a YUSU officer by doing such a thing.
“We do tend to wind each other up but that night she was more than just angry, she was drunk – and the drink spurred her on. This could have happened to anyone who held a different view to her, and as far as I am concerned, hitting someone because they hold a different view to you is pretty wrong.”
Fletcher-Hackwood sent an email apology to the student the following day stating she was “so, so sorry” to let him wind her up that much.
She told the Yorker yesterday: “I agree that this is completely inappropriate behaviour for anyone, particularly the YUSU Welfare Officer.
She added: “I am glad of the opportunity to apologise again publicly – but ‘inappropriate’ is the most serious word you could use to describe it and as far as I’m concerned the matter is now over.”
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comment deleted by a moderator Grace - oh the irony.
Guys... I'm all for a reasoned debate but can we stop these personal comments please? #103, is that really necessary and does it add to the discussion? And referring to another person's unrelated personal life in columns such as this is a complete invasion of privacy and maybe it gives you an idea of what YUSU Officers have to put up with!! (Before any of you tell me "That's what happens when you run for the position", I can assure you that abuse isn't part of the job description. Like it or not, the people you elected are human).
Numbers are moving because of deleting posts (so my point to #103 was actually aimed at #102... and that might change again!)
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I apologise for disrupting the debate numbering!
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TAYLOR FOR PM.
She shouldn't be forced to resign. It's laughable that some of you are asking her to do so to "save her dignity" when you have absolutley no regard for it in the first place.
The vote is a much better outcome, for which I'll be voting she stays.
comment deleted by a moderator she wasnt booted out at all- you need to keep up!
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