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 University has been hit by the strikes held nationally as lecturers heeded the call of their unions to refuse to work. Although there was little evidence of the strike on campus for most of the day and support staff continued to work there was evidence of disruption to students’ education.
Many departments have been affected by the strikes, with widespread timetable changes as the university insisted people should continue to attend lectures.
This was in spite of the strikes and the march organised from campus to the rally in the city centre. One estimate on Twitter put the number of students participating at less than 20, although by the time they reached the main rally outside the Minster 2000 people were estimated to have been involved from across the city. The rally was organised by “York Stop the Cuts” and concluded a march through the city from Clifford’s Tower.
Students in the university’s archaeology department, located in King’s Manor in the City centre, saw their Wednesday lectures postponed by a week, although timetabled seminars on the day have been cancelled outright.
In an email to students one lecturer declared that “as a union member, I will not cross a picket line at the King's Manor” before informing them their lectures would be delayed by a week. It is not yet known if the students affected will demand part of their fees be returned, as some pro-government groups have suggested.
The strikes were called by Unions (including the lecturer's union UCU) following the government’s proposals to reform public sector pensions, raising the age at which pensions could to be received. Further strikes have not been ruled out by the unions.
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