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 cricketer has pledged to investigate how much of the AU budget is returned into sports facilities as part of a new manifesto for the 2007/8 academic year. Part of his crackdown is launching investigations into clubs which pocket money from missed sports games, which was supposed to be allocated for transport. His new manifesto comes a week after York Boat Club dropped out of a big regatta for failing to organise transport.
But sports captains have reacted tepidly to his proposals. Men’s cricket captain George Taylor said: “It’s a good idea in theory but in practice it sounds incredibly difficult. It’s never easy telling who’s to blame for missed matches, and when and how money should be given back. I’m not sure we’d back this idea were it up to us.”
But Croker is adamant that budget reallocation is the key to pushing teams further at national level. He said: “We’ve got to become more efficient in our sports spending. The money that is being lost on missed matches could be spent on clubs which get unexpectedly further in BUSA tournaments.”
In the past clubs’ budget meetings have always been held with the AU president, not with the treasurer. Croker’s new role in the sports budget has asked questions of whether there will be future clashes between AU president-elect Jo Carter and Croker himself. Carter remains firm that Croker will “only be an advantage” to the AU team.
But asked whether he thought he was past his years in the union he responded that one of the “greatest weaknesses” of YUSU was its lack of continuity. He said: “If someone stood for two years – as SU president – and were good at it, it would be hugely beneficial.”
For the time being it seems he is content with taking on campus sports teams.
