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.
York Entrepreneurs Society held their first main event of the year, the Market last week, which marked National Entrepreneurial Week in 104 countries.
The event comprised of three days of intensive challenges based around the food and drink industry. The ten teams were met on day one with the challenge of selling candy sherbet straws around campus. At the end of the day only six teams with the most profit progressed to the next round. Day Two challenged the teams in designing; the society paired up with Monteys Rock Café and Cocktail bar in Micklegate to learn about the art of cocktail making. The task involved creating a concept for a new cocktail to be served at the bar, researching ingredients and pitching their ideas to a panel of judges.
The judges consisted of Roisin Mulligan, the head of the University’s cocktail society and the new joint owners of Monteys bar. After viewing the presentations and tasting the cocktails, the judges agreed on a winner and the three teams that would progress to the final day. The winner of the cocktail concept challenge now have their cocktail ‘The Viking’ on the new Menu for Monteys, which is boasting Happy Hours all day every day for University of York students.
The Market drew to a close with an intense final ran by Nestle. Representatives came to the university to run workshops, talk to the teams, promote their graduate schemes and set a task of designing and pitching a new product for Nestle. Ideas ranged from remakes of classic chocolate bars to the winning product, a new children’s cereal. Charlotte Belson from competing team ‘Third Revelation’ believed the whole week had been “brilliantly rewarding”. She said, “I’ve learnt a lot, been pushed to the limits at times, but it’s been worthwhile. The Nestle workshops were a real insight into how new products are created, it’s been inspiring”.
After taking into consideration the views of the Nestle team alongside individual performances throughout the week,Team Inspired were announced as the winners and took home the £800 prize money.
YES will be holding more business events for interested students after the Christmas holidays.
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