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.
Ryan Bennett, Vanbrugh College Chair, announced the idea to YUSU Senate, where it was greeted with enthusiasm.
The first and second teams are due to compile a calendar in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.
The line-up of football stars set to take their kits off is:
The organiser Sam Whittaker revealed the inspiration for the calendar: "It was one of those 'pub ideas' that you come up with when you're with your mates. The difference this time was that I realised some good come of it as it can be associated with the RAG charitable beneficiaries. What occurred to me was that there’s always people promoting things like Breast Cancer, but no-one really talks about Testicular Cancer."
It was one of those 'pub ideas' that you come up with when you're with your mates.
The calendar is set to be on sale in early December, with plenty of time to get orders in before Christmas. The group were waiting for support from YUSU and enough sales interest, but with Senate persuaded and the Facebook group at over 100 members, plans are beginning to take shape.
Joey Ellis, Charities and Development Officer, is Creative Director of the project.
York Cancer Research has labs both at the university and all over Yorkshire, so all donated money would be helping fight cancer in Yorkshire.
The Yorker will be covering the boys' journey from Footie Boys to Calendar Boys, so watch this space!
For more information see the Facebook group, ‘Vanbrugh Football Naked Calendar’
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