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 RIBA award was presented at a special awards ceremony in Manchester attended by the University of York’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Estates and Strategic Projects Elizabeth Heaps, Stephen Hill and Richard McDowell, the project’s architects from BDP, and Janet O’Neill from O’Neill Associates.
Judges praised the University’s landscape strategy which, rather than being dominated by highways and parking, “focuses on the human scale movement of people through a carefully considered set of vistas, routes, edges and shortcuts”.
They also praised the fact that buildings are arranged around a series of distinct and intimately scaled landscape spaces, which are connected by pedestrian and cycle routes.
Elizabeth Heaps said: “The University of York is regularly ranked in the top 100 universities world-wide for teaching and research, and it is therefore vital that our space and facilities are of the highest standard. We were particularly pleased with the judges’ praise of the rich variety of spaces, places and buildings which they felt were creating a vibrant community for students, teachers and industry.”
Janet O’Neill, Director of O’Neill Associates, said: “We are delighted to share in this award. The preparation of the design brief and masterplan was a real team effort.”
BDP’s Stephen Hill added: “We are very excited to have been able to contribute to this most significant new place of learning, being responsible for creating the masterplan as well as designing the academic buildings and residential college.”
This is the campus’ second award after the design brief for the £750 million project, prepared by the University of York, architects BDP, planning consultants O’Neill Associates, and road and traffic consultants Aecom, claimed a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Yorkshire Planning 2010 award in February.
The RTPI award rewards outstanding achievement in planning in the region and was presented at a special awards ceremony at Leeds Metropolitan University.
The 65-hectare campus extension, which is based on a combination of public and private funding, will eventually result in an increase in total student numbers to 15,400 as well as creating up to 2,000 new jobs.
The £200 million first phase of the development at Heslington East opened in October 2010 and includes new accommodation for the Departments of Computer Science and Theatre, Film and Television and the York Law and Management Schools, as well as Goodricke College and the Ron Cooke Hub.
The second phase plans include the relocation of Langwith College and a new Sports Village, both due to open in 2012, as well as a new social and catering building, and a biomass gasification heat and power energy centre.
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