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.
Officials are now fine tuning the plan ready to submit it to the city council early in the New Year. Work on “Phase One” is set to begin in April and should be completed by 2010.
As well as a 600-bed college, the development will include ‘The Hub’, a centre containing lecture theatres, cafes and social space.
Computer science and electronics and the new Department of TV, Theatre and Film will have new departmental buildings and teaching blocks.
The University also revealed that Phase One will see the creation of the new lake.
A spokesman for the University said: "The idea is to mirror the existing campus - to create a campus with a similar atmosphere."
The overall expansion will cover 117 hectares of greenbelt land, with 5000 students living on campus.
Management remains confident the final specifications will win the support of planning officers despite the concerns of local groups. Campaigners against the expansion were stunned when the government backed the outline proposal in May.
The spokesman added: “The various applications will be considered against the principles set down in the outline planning application.”
“There is a complex list of conditions on the outline planning, and the detailed briefs will have to comply with the requirements of all those particular conditions where necessary."
Students were split over whether the buildings would be an improvement on the concrete jungle of the current campus.
Rob Saunders, an Economics third year, said: “The buildings seem to complement each other better than the main campus because that’s been developed in random stages. It’s good that they’re trying to keep the style of the whole place consistent.”
Roberta Day, a History third year, said: “It wouldn’t inspire me, but then University buildings have never inspired me. It looks like there’s sun beds on the roof of The Hub.”
Estimates suggest the entire £500 million project will take ten years to complete. It is hoped that by 2020 there will be about 16,500 students studying at York.
However, York resident Michael Rutherford warned: “I notice that the student venue, swimming pool and other community facilities are not in the first phase and are likely to be towards the end of the development. It is crucial that these must be built and not in 20 years time.”
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