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.
Team Success, Team chegWIN, Team Laboratorium and Team 4 Sugars Please were asked to design their own campus bar events and to pitch their ideas to the judges, amongst whom were Campus Bar Manager Rich Taylor and Head of Commercial Services Jon Greenwood.
After yet another round of elimination, Team Success unfortunately did not make it through, leaving three teams left in the running in the finals to become the York Apprentice.
The teams have planned football themed events to coincide with the World Cup England vs. USA match, taking place tonight. They will be holding events at McQs, V-Bar and B-Henry’s from 7pm to 10pm tonight.
A special results event will then commence in James College at 10.30pm. There will be drinks offers such as £1 a pint in Mc Qs and free champagne for early birds.
Results for the York Apprentice 2010 winner will be announced after 11pm.
When asked who his favourite to win was, York Entrepreneurs Co-President Matthew Freckelton said, “All the teams are very good, but it depends on other factors such as location, the event itself and whether there will be many people around campus tonight.”
“They’re ploughing along, working hard on planning the events. There should be some exciting events happening tonight!” he added.
Freckelton also commended the quality of this year’s teams, as having “improved” from previous years.
According to Freckelton, “Everyone seems to be very involved this year and there is a considerable amount of support from campus celebrities”.
“Best of luck to the teams, it should be a really good night regardless of the results!” he added.
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