Postgraduate communities need addressing according to report
A recent study of postgraduate communities at York has highlighted problems with the way in which students and colleges are structured, prohibiting postgraduate students from mixing successfully.
Disputes continue in Goodricke elections with voting closed
Goodricke’s JCRC elections have been overshadowed by a dispute regarding the bans given out for illegal campaigning to election candidates
Application figures for overseas students fall
UCAS application figures show that York is doing significantly better than the national average with only a 1.6 per cent fall in overall applicants from this time last year
Students warned against contacting “unscrupulous” agency
A local letting agency formally known as ‘F.L.A.T.S’ has recreated itself under the trading name ‘Student Housing Services’ amid concerns over its “unscrupulous” nature in the past.
Heslington Road and off-campus accommodation targeted by thieves
The Heslington Road area has been affected by a series of burglaries in recent weeks. Second and third-year students living in rented accommodation have been affected by an increase in crime in Heslington and Fishergate.
Campaigners march again for better lighting around campus
Students marched for the ‘Reclaim the Night’ campaign last week, calling for better lighting around campus
Colleges bid for further funding
Colleges have started bidding to receive a portion of the Vice-Chancellor Initiative Fund. Vanbrugh, Goodricke, and Halifax have all put forward ideas for using the money.
Contractors leaving housing problems untouched
Students in Halifax and Derwent continue to face problems with the standard of their accommodation as University contractors fail to deliver repairs on time
Vanbrugh hosts ‘Winter Wonderland’
Vanbrugh Paradise hosted the RAG event ‘Winter Wonderland’ over the weekend.
CLASP buildings in need of “urgent” renovation
University Estates and Management have indicated that the Physics and Biology buildings, acknowledged in a recent University Estates Strategy Review, to be in “urgent need of attention”, will not be renovated until 2016 at the earliest
University sees improvement in its employability rankings
York has risen 24 places in the Sunday Times league table for employability this year, as both the University Senior Management and YUSU stress their increased focus on an area York has performed traditionally poorly in
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