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.
YUSU and YorSexual Health, North Yorkshire and Yorks Sexual Health Hub, have agreed a partnership to provide free chlamydia testing kits around the University.
Boxes supplying the kits are being provided in Vanbrugh JCR and the YUSU Studio in Market Square and students are being encouraged to use the free equipment to test themselves. Each pack contains a pot which a student urinates in, with a pre-addressed envelope to send it to a testing centre.
The Yorker understands that the boxes will be regularly re-stocked and Bob Hughes, YUSU Welfare Officer has said: “if there aren't any in the box, there should be a few days later.”
Hughes told The Yorker “I think it's really important that students see and treat their sexual health like they would their physical health, by having regular check-ups and making sure they take precautions.
“The chlamydia tests around the colleges are discreet and non-invasive, and you simply pee in a pot, send off the envelope provided in the pack, and can then expect to find out results within a couple of weeks via text message.”
Amongst young people chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and often displays no symptoms but is easily treated. YorSexual Health’s website says that: “chlamydia is easily picked up through unprotected sex... Sometimes, chlamydia can be passed by hand from someone's genitals to their own eyes.”
They add that if you are concerned that you might have picked up the infection very recently, “it's best to wait for at least two weeks before taking a test.”
The NHS body also emphasised the importance of being careful when doing the test: “It's important that instructions are followed carefully when providing a specimen for testing, otherwise an infection might get missed.”
Hughes also encouraged students to be proactive about their sexual health, adding “there is a Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) Clinic in Monkgate where you can get full sexual health screening.
“Although the idea of booking an appointment and getting screened may seem off-putting at first, you gain peace of mind, and you can protect both yourself and your sexual partners from sexually-transmitted diseases.”
For more information about the clinic, please visit http://www.yorsexualhealth.org.uk/index.php?ob=1&id=411
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