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.
Professor Moody came to York in 1997 from Cambridge, and was a specialist in eighteenth and nineteenth century literature and culture. She made regular appearances as a specialist on TV shows ranging from “Who Do You Think You Are” and “Rude Britannia” to Radio 3’s “Nightwaves”.
She has published several books and a host of articles on the history of British theatre and sat on the advisory board for the “British Women Playwrights Around 1800” website. She also spearheaded the 2008 York English Department submission to the UK Research and Assessment Centre, which named the department top in the country.
First diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, she responded well to treatment but in 2010 the illness returned and Jane chose to keep the news quiet, focussing her time at work and at home.
In June 2011 she led York’s first Festival of Ideas, demonstrating the value of humanities research by contributing to the city with partners such as York Theatre Royal, and her long-term vision was to develop a festival that would rival Edinburgh; the team who worked with her determined to honour that ambition.
Jane died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Friday, October 28, aged 44.
One of Professor Moody’s colleagues, Professor Bill Sherman, wrote about her death: “We can only marvel at the courage, intensity and sense of pleasure she brought to life during her last year. Jane was not only the Founding Director of the HRC but also its guiding force: much of what we most value about the distinctive building and the thriving community it houses we owe to Jane's vision, drive and attention to detail.
“From the first blueprints to an impressive footprint in the university and beyond, Jane has fostered the kind of environment that postgraduates want to work in and scholars love to visit… Jane believed that a University can contribute to the place it is located, not just economically, but socially and culturally.”
Tributes have been flooding in from many who knew Jane, and can be read on the HRC tribute page. The tributes below have been anonymised.
“She was a beautiful, shining spirit, for even those of us who knew her only recently or casually or far from York could not help but feel the warmth of her generous and joyful intelligence…deepest sympathy to all her family and to her beloved Greg.”
“It was an immense privilege – and an immense pleasure – to know Jane. Meeting her was like bumping into rays of pure sunshine – of optimism, and energy, and bubbling, infectious enthusiasm...Thanks for everything, Jane.”
“The thing I will take away most from Jane was her phrase `sometimes you need to ruffle a few feathers`… She was willing to put herself in situations where she might appear slightly bossy or silly, for the greater good. I realise now it was a remarkably generous attitude. Without it, she wouldn`t have given me nearly as much help with my PhD, or made the HRC what it is today, or left such an important legacy for so many people.”
“I knew Jane in her mid-twenties at Oxford. She led a little gang in Oriel College to fight tooth and nail against all the corrupt and oppressive practices that we encountered… She cared with a fury. The force of her feelings was irrepressible... She was also full of fun. I remember once going for a walk with her along the towpath and she pushed me in the river. I can’t remember why. Had I said something to deserve it or was it pure mischief?”
A tribute has also been written from St Edmund Hall, Oxford: “Jane will always be remembered at the Hall with deep affection and pride. A high achieving Yorkshire-woman with a rebellious streak, she came up from Wakefield Girls’ High School in 1985 to read English. She regularly astonished her tutors with her brilliant essays, and achieved stellar results in Mods... She left Oxford to take up a research fellowship at Girton College Cambridge (1993-97), and from there proceeded to a formidably successful career at York University… She was with us only last year for our English Reunion, when she was on a panel of speakers discussing their experience of reading English at SEH. She talked with impassioned eloquence about the vital role played by the Humanities in these beleaguered times, demonstrating as always her personal warmth, vitality and humour as well as her intellectual acuity. She had exceptional qualities as a researcher, teacher, leader and fund-raiser, and her death is a tragic loss. We extend our sympathies to her family and friends, her colleagues at York, and the wider academic community to which she has contributed so fully.”
The University has created a fund in Jane's memory, which they “envisage…will be used to support the arts and humanities at York in ways that Jane herself would have wanted”, and you can make donations here.
You may also wish to donate to the online giving page which Jane's family has created, and which has raised (at the time of writing) over £4,000 for Cancer Research UK.
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