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.
This year sees four candidates running for YUSU President. As expected, Charles Bushby, a third-year management student of Alcuin College, Tom Langrish, one of the current YUSU Policy and Campaigns Officers and the Chair of YUSU Council, and Tim Ngwena, a third-year management student who is currently the Chair of Fusion, have all put their names forward.
More surprising was the inclusion of Grant Bradley, a second-year management student from Derwent College.
There are also four candidates running for Democracy and Services, the position that will replace Services and Finance next year. One of the current YUSU Ents Officers, Ed Durkin, is running, as is former Derwent Ents Rep and YUSU Ents Assistant Lewis Bretts.
David Sharp, former Halifax President, and George Papadofragakis, ISA Welfare Officer and the current Chair of the Democratic Socialists' Association, are also in the running.
This year’s election for Sports President is the most contested officer position, with five candidates nominated. York Sport Tournament Secretary Gemma Johnson, who studies management, and York Sport Treasurer and physics student Michael Leahy have both entered the race.
The other three candidates are Kath Mildon, a postgraduate student studying Health Sciences, Emily Scott, the third-year PPE student who presents YSTV’s York Sport Show, and Michael Sneddon, an economics student and former Sports Editor for The Yorker who is currently writing for Vision.
YUSU Societies and Communications Officer Rory Shanks will be running for Student Activities, a position created to replace the one he currently holds.
Shanks will be competing against Rhianna Kinchin, a history student and current YUSU Training Officer, and Ella-Grace Kirton, a third-year English student who is currently the Press and Publicity Officer for the York Labour Club.
The Academic and Welfare Officer is being split into two positions – Academic Affairs Officer and Welfare Officer. Charlie Leyland, the current YUSU Academic and Welfare Officer, will be running for Academic Affairs.
Three candidates are competing for the Welfare position; they are Ben Humphrys, third-year philosophy and economics student and current YUSU LGBT Officer, Matthew Pallas, third-year philosophy and politics student and former YUSU LGBT Officer, and Jennifer Coyle, third-year management student and Vanbrugh JCRC Ordinary Member.
Of the part-time positions, only the LGBT and RAG Officer positions see more than one candidate entered.
There are two pairs of candidates running for LGBT Officer. Two first-year students, Mandi Madavo, and James Ball, both of Derwent College and studying history of art and music respectively, will be competing against two second-years - philosophy student Elanin Vince and English and philosophy student Peter Medley.
There are also two pairs of candidates running for RAG Officer, and one candidate running on their own. Iszi Chew, a second-year studying Social Policy and Social Work, is the lone candidate.
Chew will be competing against Helen Fry and Zoe Stones – a biology student who is currently one of Derwent’s Eco Reps and a music student who is currently one of Goodricke’s Vice-Chairs, and Sarah Goss and Will Scobie – a first-year Environment student of Langwith College and a second-year history and politics student who ran for Vanbrugh Chair in this year’s JCRC elections.
Running together for Campaigns Officer are Chris Etheridge, a politics student who has been elected York Tories Treasurer two years running, and Jason Rose, a astrophysics student of Langwith College who is a YUSU Trustee and works for URY.
Claire Cornock is running for Disability Officer. Cornock is a mathematics graduate studying a PhD in semigroup theory, and is also Captain of York Dancesport.
Sam Daniels and Suzi Ellis are running for Entertainments Officer on a joint ticket. Daniels is a second-year studying history and history of art and Ellis is second-year English student, currently secretary of Fusion.
Both candidates ran in this year’s Alcuin JCRC elections, for Chair and Business and Services Vice-Chair respectively.
David Clarke, a first-year politics student from Langwith College, and Jade Flahive-Gilbert, a first-year music student, are running together for Environment and Ethics Officer.
Ellie Kuper Thomas, a second-year student, is running for Women’s Officer with Amal Ali, a Philosophy student.
Running for Student Action Officer is Rachel Hesselwood, a psychology student who worked as Vanbrugh’s Student Action Rep last year. There are no candidates for Racial Equality Officer.
David Levene, a second-year politics and sociology student who is Chair of the Labour Club, is running unopposed for Chair of Union Council.
There are 11 candidates competing to be the seven delegates for the NUS Annual Conference. In alphabetical order, they are Ali Allana, Michael Batula, Lewis Bretts, Daniel Carr, Rhianna Kinchin, Tom Langrish, Oliver Lester, David Levene, Charlie Leyland, Kath Mildon and Jamie Tyler.
#16 Jason
It's true that the Cap'n has said cliques are inevitable and somewhat useful, but I suspect that not all that many students will have read this, and so it's unlikely to have an impact. Also, the Cap'n hasn't been amazingly visible around campus chatting to students etc. so I suspect the clique charge will be as effective as ever.
The reference to training was that he was Training Officer last year, and then as now seemed more interested in YUSU generally than in his actual brief.
He may have done lots of great stuff with YUSU, chaired the council well etc. but this will really have only been visible to people involved in Council themselves. It is unlikely to have much sway over the electorate as a whole. As much as it may be great experience for being preisdent, I don't think it is all that great an asset at election time.
He is certainly the clear favourite, but in my view, he has a fight on his hands.
He ran the training session when I was being taught how to be a Board of Studies representative, with Grace Fletcher-Hackwood, but I wasn't really YUSU-conscious at the time so don't know any more than that.
But yeah, my point was that - he's clear favourite and is, as far as the average student can see, a solid Policy and Campaigns Officer... but that doesn't mean he'll necessarily be a great President and we'll have to see how the debate goes. If being involved in YUSU is a bad thing come this election, then the "favourite" candidates will be at a disadvantage and almost all positions will be open-ended battles.
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