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.
York students volunteering for READ International have collected over 12,500 books as part of a nationwide campaign to promote development through education.
After eight months of hard work, 224 boxes of books, 8,000 pieces of chalk and 116 pairs of safety goggles were sent to over 20 schools in Tanzania.
These are a part of the 247,500 textbooks that the READ International Book Project will be sending to 220 Tanzanian secondary schools this year alone.
The University of York is one of 11 universities that currently run a Book Project.
The team have been helping with the collection, sorting and boxing of books since the campaign begun this year.
Volunteer Selena Dhanak said: “Now that they’re on their way it seems like we’ve really accomplished something.”
Eight individuals from the University of York will travel to Tanzania in August.
Their team will join with other university students from across Britain to spend four weeks visiting the 20 benefiting schools and their students.
The Tanzanian teaching syllabus is largely based on the British syllabus, and schools in Tanzania can benefit hugely from the collections sent by READ International.
Books that cost just 50p to send to Tanzania are worth £11 once they reach the country; this year an extra £2,722,500 will be generated through the donated materials.
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