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.
Only 168 incidents were logged for the Guildhall and Micklegate area in Week 0 of the University of York's academic term, but this rose to 192 incidents in Week 1, Welcome Week.
The statistics cannot identify a specific number of situations involving students or alcohol consumption.
Nonetheless, the Guildhall and Micklegate area is a popular evening destination for students, throughout the year but especially during the first week of the term.
Micklegate and the surrounding area are home to two of York's main nightclubs, Ziggy's and Tru.
Both clubs were used on several bar crawls and nights out run by university colleges during Welcome Week.
Halifax Student Association President David Sharp, who was involved in Halifax's STYC Night, said, "I was out almost every night in Freshers' Week and I certainly didn't notice any difference. I don't think it's a particularly threatening area."
Other students, however, have expressed worry about the alcohol fueled violence in the city centre.
One second-year told The Yorker: "I'd hate to live around Micklegate! There's so many loud students around there every night and I've seen a few fights starting just in the last week."
Incidents are classed as situations in which police decide to respond with lights.
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