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.
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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.
Preparations for Access All Areas has led to the closing of Derwent bar following an asbestos scare.
According to some reports, part of the roof caved in while Ents Reps were attempting to decorate the bar for Access All Areas.
The bar and restaurant were evacuated and closed as a result of the apparent asbestos.
Events planned to take place at Derwent as part of Welcome Week's Access All Areas had to be moved.
Students expressed disappointment at the change of plans. A first year Halifax student told The Yorker: "I thought it was a wild college but I won't be able to find out now!"
There are also reports that bar staff have been told not to come into work for the next week unless told otherwise. This could mean Club D, scheduled to take place next Saturday, might have to be moved or cancelled.
The roof didn't cave in - it was just feared that asbestos might have been disturbed as the ents reps pushed up ceiling tiles to hang decorations.
The bar is now open again - so obviously any problems found have been fixed.
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comment deleted by a moderator Is the university actually made of asbestos? They seem to have spent years getting rid of it and it still seems to be everywhere...
Chris, I believe the university and most other institutions take the approach that as long as asbestos locations are known and are not disturbed, then it is safer (and cheaper) to leave it be until such time that it needs to be removed.
Although, I would suggest that really, that's a totally unacceptable policy. If KB knows the asbestos is there good for him, but it says an awful lot about the university's approach to student welfare that students have been using derwent and putting up decorations in there for god knows how long, and no-one has ever said anything!
It's hardly a proactive approach to health and safety!
Although, ultimately, it seems no asbestos has been found in Derwent. Really Ken Batten/The Uni have just opened themselves up to the possiblity of some interesting court cases from past Ents reps across the Uni....
It has since come to light that there was actually no asbestos in the area in question. It was removed 6 years ago! Ken Batten did not contact Ron Weir (provost) about it and instead went to an 'area manager' (whoever/whatever 'that' may be). So. There was no reason to close the event in the first place.
Dan, the provost is responsible for student welfare, not the college as a whole and especially not administrative issues like this. I'm sure you'd be shouting a very different line had Ken said, "ahh, fuck it" and hundreds of students were exposed to asbestos. A minute chance is still a chance. Safety is and should be paramount and sometimes that means closing something down BEFORE going and looking at past records of asbestos locations and removal.
The only fault I can see is that the all-clear was not given earlier so that the event could go ahead almost as planned.
Also, "carbon-fibre roof tiles"? Derwent must be loaded!
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