Archive for May, 2010
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By Adam Shergold — May 25, 2010
The History department has been forced to offer re-sits to third-year students who were given the wrong examination paper last week
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By Camilla Apcar — May 25, 2010
In a draft proposal from the University review of combined studies, it has been suggested that “supervision of students on combined degree programmes should rest with a single supervisor” to take “overall responsibility for monitoring the student’s progress and performance”
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By Maxine Mutten — May 25, 2010
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By Camilla Apcar — May 25, 2010
The History of Art department has run a heavily criticised ‘first-come-first-served’ module sign up system for the first time this year, leading to a number of complaints from students
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By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — May 25, 2010
For the second year running a group of students have lodged a formal complaint against the Economics department’s exam procedure, following their Microeconomics paper at the start of this term
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By Ben Gascoyne — May 25, 2010
While the University must solve its gender difficulties, we must also address our institutional issues at a national level to see true progress
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By Camilla Jenkins — May 25, 2010
The University essay feedback forms, originally designed to facilitate the provision of comments for tutors, have always been a source of amusement. The tick boxes are, quite frankly hilarious
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By Robin Synnot — May 25, 2010
The University has been criticised this week for their failure to respond to problems with facilities and amenities in Eric Milner-White Court
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By Hannah Ellis-Petersen — May 25, 2010
A motion was put forward at last week’s Union General Meeting (UGM) to propose the permanent addition of an International Students Committee to the York Student Union Council
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By Nouse — May 25, 2010
Whilst a few of the arguments opposing the construction of a 6,000 person capacity stadium near the University are undeniably founded on some levels, the positive ramifications of such a structure are undeniably greater
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By Kate Goligher — May 25, 2010
University of York graduate and national columnist, Peter Hitchens, has won the prestigious Orwell Prize. Hitchens won the prize for his foreign correspondence in the Mail on Sunday
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By Nouse — May 25, 2010
Students come to University with the primary objective to work towards gaining a formidable degree qualification. We pay, after all, over £3,000 per year for our tuition
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By Nouse — May 25, 2010
If there is one thing that York normally seems to excel in, it is diversity. While academic standards, facilities and funding are often questioned and debated, one thing that York had always seemed secure in was the balanced and equal distribution of students, ethnicities and religions across campus
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By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — May 25, 2010
The nightclub Fibbers has been sold and will undergo both a major refurbishment and programming changes over the summer
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By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — May 25, 2010
As Facebook statuses about ‘Junior Apprentice’ steadily clogged my newsfeed, my anticipation for a quiet hour alone with iPlayer and a strawberry Frijj became ever increasing
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History exam resit following series of academic complaints
Union rejects Joint Honours single supervisory system
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Gender equality needs to be solved at a national level
Residents wait a year for facilities
University of York graduate Peter Hitchens wins Orwell prize for foreign correspondence
Fibbers nightclub under new management
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