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 reintroduced the £2 return fare for a second trial after the previous trial's “bad timing” meant it did not produce a big enough response.
Marketing Manager for First York Charlotte Hudson-Scott acknowledged that the first trial in May had not been as successful as hoped after they failed to organise its promotion alongside YUSU.
First is hoping to “get more on board” next week by acting in conjuncture with the university in their attempts to encourage more students to use the service.
It will remain indefinitely until passenger numbers increase, with no decisions yet made on fare prices.
YUSU President Anne-Marie Canning believes that YUSU have “worked well with First to negotiate such a deal” and said that they have already helped with the advertising.
Canning also hinted “significant improvements to the service” will begin in October, although no details have yet been announced.
The creator of the ‘FTR...Fight the Raise’ Facebook group, Hugh Gilroy, is less encouraged by the news of a second trial. He said: “They’re not telling us what ‘success’ actually is. Even if there’s a 5% or 10% increase they can say it's not enough.”
He praised YUSU for achieving the trials in the first place but suggested that, with regard to actual decisions, First were “putting it off until summer, when there aren’t enough students to complain”.
One first-year student declared: “I don’t have much hope in FTR reducing their fares; these trials just seem to pacify people for a short while.”
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