Archive for April, 2010

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Prime ministerial debate live blog

Nouse Politics live blogging of the televised prime ministerial debate

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New Labour: still something left to offer?

Much has been written about the demise of New Labour; newspapers have declared its downfall; books have been written dissecting ‘what went wrong’ with the New Labour project; Gordon Brown, the Labour leader, has been denounced and pronounced a deceptive dud

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Leyland loses election by nine votes

Charlie Leyland, YUSU Academic Office, has lost her election battle to become National Union of Students’ (NUS) Vice-President for Higher Education

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NUS conference 2010 live blog

Nouse live blog at the NUS conference 2010 in Newcastle

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York choir to tour China

A University of York Chamber Choir is to sing throughout China later this month in collaboration with Chinese composer Zhu Bu Xi

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NUS Conference live blog planned

Nouse will be live blogging at the NUS National Conference at The Sage in Newcastle-Gateshead tomorrow

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Clowns and Conga Lines

Due to popular request or rather just the one, here’s a blog about Chinese clubbing.

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The EU should ask itself if it is a true union of nations, or little more than a customs union

Over the last few months, being Greek has become a more distressing experience than usual

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Putting York back on the map

The University of York is famous for a number of reasons

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Kick-Ass

The central character, the titular Kick-Ass (played by Aaron Johnson of Nowhere Boy fame), rhetorically asks the audience ‘Why has no one tried it before?’

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Alfonso Jiménez via Flickr Creative CommonsWhy Xavi is also one of the all-time greats

Amidst all the talk of Leo Messi as the best footballer in a generation, we are forgetting to also praise Xavi, the beating heart of the Barcelona team and one of the greatest passers of all time.

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NUS urges parlimentary candidates to fight against top up fee rise

The National Union of Students has advised any parliamentary candidates to campaign in opposition to top up fee hikes

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University officials should remember they are just public servants

There is little point in self-deception; I am, like most people at this university, a workshy individual

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There’s more to pantomime than innuendo bingo

There’s no prize for second place in YUSU elections, yet Student Activities are, ironically, the first thing that consoled me after finding out that I can’t be the Union’s representative for them next year

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prettyfriendship via Flickr Creative CommonsThe Greatest Goals of all time – Join the debate

In the week that Lionel Messi single-handedly destroyed Arsenal, Jake Farrell picks his favourite five goals that not only displayed exemplary class and technique but came at the most crucial of times

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