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 results of the elections were due to be announced at the ISA International Masquerade Ball, which took place on Monday. However, of the eight positions elections were being held for, only the results for External Activities Officer, Secretary and Vice President have been allowed to stand.
The election results for the positions of President, Treasurer, Internal Activities Officer, Welfare Officer and Press and Publicity Officer have been withheld. A total of 11 sets of candidates stood for these five positions.
The positions of President and Treasurer, both of which are Executive Committee positions, will now be decided through a by-election, which is to be held during the second week of autumn term.
For the positions of Internal Activites, Welfare and Press and Publicity Officers, a penalty of reduction of votes will be applied prior to the reading of the results, in the presence of YUSU acting as a third party.
In an email sent out to all association members, the ISA Executive Committee said: "This decision has been reached by the consensus of the current executive members of the ISA committee in the interest of fairness towards all other election candidates and the voting members of the association."
The results will be announced during a general meeting on Friday 26th June, in L/N/006 at 6pm. The ISA encourage all members of the association, and all of the candidates involved on the election, to attend.
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