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.
The group of students spent three hours outside the NatWest Branch, both talking to staff and customers, and handing out over 500 leaflets. They were also confronted by several police officers who wanted to know the reason for the protest.
NatWest is one of the companies within the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, which funds fossil fuel projects around the world. Those involved in People and Planet said that the reason for their objection was the potential harm this could cause both environments and people through climate change.
Although NatWest is only one of many companies within the RBS group, the fact that many students hold bank accounts with them was the reason given for focusing the protest on them specifically.
Former People and Planet Chair Robyn Heather told The Yorker: "As an account holder at NatWest, I feel I have a right to express my distaste at their investments into oil extraction. Even for those who don't hold accounts with them, we still have the right to say where the government's money is now going."
An entirely uninspiring article. To the extent that I only read half before writing this
"What a stupid and pointless protest. The only thing it achieved was to damage the reputation of the university and of students to the local community. People & Planet should be more concerned about wasting precious Union funds rather than worrying about the government spends their money"
What the hell Nadeem. Good to see you opinion of students taking action on what they care about. Thank f*ck you're not president.. "Let me be your Obama" what because you're vaugley the same colour? Obama looks like being a good president with good policies on climate change. Quite unlike your stupid criticism.
The bank manager spoke with us and declared his support of what we were doing, as did many customers coming in and out of the bank, so we achieved exactly what we intended.
Also, how much do you think a handful of flyers costs? Next to nothing and the university didn't pay for it. Probably cost a lot less than those Obama posters. What did they achieve?
You don't even look like you've read the arcitle. Our union is looking to move away from natwest for all the reasons we're protesting about.
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