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.
Similar camps have taken place in Trafalgar Square over the last 10 weekends.
Democracy Camp York say they have set up an “anti-cuts, pro-democracy camp” with the aim of “creating space for a form of protest centred on debate.”
Their launch statement argues: “Ideological and severely damaging policies, such as the public sector cuts, have been pushed through without consideration of people’s needs and views.”
“The cuts and sell-offs of this government are devastating to our lives and communities.”
“The government is selling off assets, reducing jobs in both public and private sectors and ending equal access to the education we need to work our way out of recession.”
“We challenge the political elite that has stifled real debate in favour of an undemocratic managerial style.”
“We need a more imaginative, inclusive and engaging process that works to create a more equal society, harnessing the political passions of its citizens.”
More than 30 people turned up at the camp on the first evening, Thursday, and Friday brought huge media attention as BBC Radio York, Minster FM, The Press and BBC Look North reported on the event.
Friday’s main event, Speaker’s Corner, offered the first debate and the camp revealed it “was an insightful and a great time to hear from each other, including passers-by and locals.”
The camp says that reaction so far has been “over 90% positive” and they have engaged with old and young alike.
The camp has also received messages of solidarity from all over the world, including from similar camps in Madrid and France.
Many more events will be held by Democracy Camp York over the weekend, including declaration writing sessions at 4pm and 8pm and a discussion of public sector strikes at 7pm on Saturday, followed by a Democracy Camp picnic on Sunday at 12.30pm.
For more information about Democracy Camp York, visit their website.
Interesting trying to link it to the notion of 'Democracy'. This is the first government to gain a majority of the votes since 1931, and over 10 million people voted for cuts deeper than this (by voting Conservative). Whilst these individuals may disagree with the cuts and I too have problems with aspects of the proposals, I think it is muddying the waters to suggest it is somehow undemocratic.
Where were all these people when Labour were pushing through ill-though reforms of the NHS in 2002,2003 and 2007 and hiring private contractors to assess welfare claims recipients, getting bonuses for every person they saw as fit to work, even if they were not?
I dislike the Conservatives slightly less than typhoid but if people stay quiet because it's 'their lot' in power who are targeting the poor - and successive governments have done that for 30 years - then nothing will be achieved. A lot of commentators who were certainly mum when it was New Labour doing the ill-thought reforming have suddenly burst into life becuase I suppose it's pretty easy to dig up the evil Tories banner from circa 1983. God I hate politics
Hmm if a lot of the protesters are students, then a lot will only have been in early teens in 2002, 2003 and 2007...so fair enough they weren't waving their tiny plaquards.
@Gillian: It was more a general rant about the media's obeisance when it was Labour doing it; suddenly (esp. The Guardian) they're up in arms.
I seeeee. I thought you literally meant the people at the protest.
The only thing more headache inducing than politics is student politics.
I'm curious, though, how these individuals think the deficit and debt should be reduced? And for God's sake, don't say "tax the rich"...
You realise a paragraph can consist of more than one sentence, Aimee?
Robin: I've looked at the top stories from BBC, Sky News and the Telegraph. Their paragraph length seems to have something in common:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13741106
http://tinyurl.com/3gt6ded
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nick-clegg/8570422/Clegg-NHS-U-turn-is-big-win-for-Lib-Dems.html
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