ACADEMICS AND ADMIN staff have criticised teaching standards at York at the same time as a new study sees the University of York lose its place at the top of a teaching quality league table.

York academics and staff speak out against University policy

Full statement from Senior Departmental Administrator:

“The University has got complacent: we need a kick up the arse. We’re spending far too much time, money and effort on Heslington East, and as a result we’re forgetting the importance of our students.”

“The large increase in population should not be at the expense of York. The public inquiry is a bit of a farce really, you have to see the inquiry to see how largely it is stacked in favour of the developers.”

Senior University officials are “very confident” of receiving planning permission from government minister Ruth Kelly within weeks for the controversial Heslington East expansion.

Following the results of the public inquiry, the final verdict on the future of the Heslington East project will be received from Communities and Local Government Secretary Ruth Kelly in January 2007.

King’s Manor was broken into on November 22 by a burglar who smashed a 15th Century window with a brick and climbed in, only to steal two sandwiches and some alcohol before falling asleep for several hours.

Christian students across the country are taking legal action against their Students’ Unions. York CU executive members met on November 23 to discuss their relationship with YUSU.

YUSU sabbatical officers have claimed that a sex game of “students’ bingo” devised by them was “only a joke” and was never intended to be carried out, amidst accusations of “inappropriate and compromising behaviour”

York was well represented at the recent NUS Student Media Awards, held in association with the Press Association. Nouse was nominated for Best Student Publication and Best Features Writer, and Vision picked up the award for Best Budget Publication.

The kitchens crisis that has affected several colleges has finally been resolved after the Deputy Vice Chancellor Felicity Riddy announced a decision to pay out a total of £55,000 in compensation to affected students.

After a spate of break-ins in Halifax and Goodricke colleges, a suspect has been arrested and is facing trial.

A Union General Meeting Motion proposing the movement of ‘lads’ mags’ in Your:Shop to the top shelf has failed to meet the quoracy and therefore was not passed, following the recent UGM vote.

A current University of York student was violently assaulted by a York graduate at Ziggy’s nightclub this month. The victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, was headbutted at the downstairs bar on the November 1.
Another student who witnessed the attack was in the vicinity of the student when he was assaulted.
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Grace Fletcher-Hall, the current YUSU Campaigns Officer, has been selected as the official Labour candidate for the York local council election.

Cutting-edge research by University scientists has been rewarded with a £2m investment from an American stem cell research company.

The study, which involves identifying the precursor cells of prostate cancer is being conducted by Pro-Cure Therapeutics, a business venture based in the York University Science Park.