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 event reopens the ‘Save the Porters’ campaign that ran last year, which resulted in securing 24 hour portering for Langwith for the first two weeks of this term.
Langwith porters' lodge is currently closed between 10pm and 7am, during which time students must wait for a porter from Derwent or Vanbrugh to come and resolve their problem.
Campaign organiser Natasha Price said: "If we continue to push this matter, we hope the university will change its mind.”
Price voiced her concern for Langwith students. She said: “It is our opinion that in closing the porters' lodge during these hours, the university has seriously undermined the welfare services offered to Langwith students."
It is our opinion that in closing the porters' lodge during these hours the university has seriously undermined the welfare services offered to Langwith students.
She added: "Furthermore, we are concerned as to why Langwith residents continue to pay the same as other colleges when the services they are offered have been reduced.”
Price’s concerns were echoed by Langwith student Chris O’Brien. He said: “I think the lack of 24 hour portering in Langwith is disgusting and is yet another example of the University of York removing services for its students in the name of penny-pinching.”
He added: “This latest cutback is hitting the welfare of Langwith students, many of whom are dependent on the comfort that all-night portering gives.”
University Press Officer David Garner spoke to The Yorker and said: “The sit-in will have no effect on the university's portering policy."
He added: “The university has no problem with individuals exercising their right to free speech, so long as they do so within the law and within university regulations.”
The protest begins at 7am this Friday. Throughout the day, members of the Langwith JCRC will be at the porters' lodge, encouraging passers-by to sign a petition. This will be followed by a mass sleepover on Friday night.
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