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.
On Tuesday the Women’s Committee of YUSU held their second ‘Reclaim the Night’ march around the University Campus.
The movement’s principle aim is to get more adequate lighting for areas of Campus that are felt to be unsafe at night, such as the area of Heslington Road nicknamed ‘Rape Alley’. The goal is literally to reclaim the night for the safety of all York students especially the women who may feel more vulnerable in the darker areas of Campus.
The march proceeded in a very vocal way, chants such as ‘Say Hey Ho, Dangerous Campus has got to go!’ rang across the University. On the march one protester commented that those heavily involved in the ‘Reclaim the Night’ needed to take action to force the University to provide the lighting demanded. This does seem a necessity as little action has been taken to pursue the campaigns objectives since the first march last year.
The march’s organiser and Women’s Officer Charlotte Phillips, talking to the Yorker, believed the march was a great success, saying it was receiving positive feedback from everyone the march passed. This, she hopes, has greatly increased the awareness of the general student population on this crucial issue.
Phillips continued by adding that the march "was successful as a symbolic act, but this is by no means the end of the campaign for adequate lighting." It has sent a clear message, Phillips claims, to the University about how strongly people feel about the inadequate lighting situation.
For the protesters it is now a case of bringing tough, political, action to the University’s door step. A petition has been constructed that, as Phillips says, has gained significant support. When the petition has been presented to the University it shall be forced to see how crucial an issue this is for all the students at York. Negotiations, Phillips hopes, will follow swiftly.
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