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.
Amidst the controversy that the Browne Review has generated regarding higher education funding cuts, the university’s faculty has offered assurance to current and prospective York students.
Pro- Vice Chancellor for students Jane Grenville said, “We will be very mindful that a York University education will be available to all suitable applicants, no matter what their financial situation.” However, she acknowledges the challenge the cuts will pose.
“Students will feel they are paying more, but universities will be receiving the same amount, and in some cases less, so there is likely to be a mismatch between students’ expectations and universities ability to up their game.”
“At York we will continue to work as hard as we know how to provide an excellent education and student experience”.
Students of the university also have a lot to say about the budget cuts.
Masters student Liam Cullinane, who was one of the many who took part in the National Demo in London on November 11 said, “Loans already hang around students’ necks and the government wants to increase them further”.
“The cuts will affect the whole economy; people won’t be able to buy their first houses and first cars for instance,” he continued.
Demand for places at University is higher than ever before. However, because of the financial reforms, universities will be unable to expand to provide the students places at their university of choice. As a result, student places at University are expected to decrease by 6,000 places in the next academic year.
Furthermore, under the Browne Review, the time period graduates have to clear their student loans debt has gone up from 25 years to 30 years- all this during a crippling recession when jobs are hard to come by for graduates. Half a million public sector jobs have been cut extensively, including police and navy jobs. Also, funding for public sector occupations will decrease by billions of pounds.
Recent graduate Lauren Worthington said, “It’s a nightmare, I have got two degrees and I still can’t find a job”.
“Going to University is meant to mean you earn £100,000 more than the average person but graduates can’t get the job they want, they don’t want to work in a bar.”
“More students do postgraduate degrees now to get an edge over other prospective occupants”.
“The problem is that students may not have any work experience, even in retail because they have been doing a degree, so after their degree they can’t even get a job in a bar”.
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i dont see how the uni is going to ensure fairness in offering education regardless of financial situations of students. if you cant afford the fees, you cant get into uni. simples. its all a business after all.
Another badly written ill thought out piece about the cuts. You'll fit right in.
“Going to University is meant to mean you earn £100,000 more than the average person but graduates can’t get the job they want, they don’t want to work in a bar.”
£100,000? Seriously?
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