Articles by Jim Bulley

Jim Bulley

News Editor (2008/09)
Jim has written 109 articles for Nouse


YUSU and the Derwent JCRC organised sit-ins in Vanbrugh, Langwith and Derwent colleges where students were encouraged to sign a petition is support of 24-hour portersStudents mobilise to highlight need for 24-hour campus portering provision

Students have mobilised across campus to protest the recent reductions in portering hours.

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‘Too little, too late’

Porters have been forced to accept that there will not be any return to 24-hour portering across campus, despite student protests.

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Finding their feet

Welcome to Behind The Dance, the not-very-cleverly named blog that takes you behind the scenes of York Come Dancing, York’s favourite charity event. Nouse is exclusively bringing you the behind the scenes gossip, top-notch analysis and bitching from the student bodies favourite ‘celebrities’. More importantly, BtD will feature plenty of photographs and footage of these [...]

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Derwent Bar stripped by protesting students

At midnight this evening an unknown group of students stripped Derwent Bar in protest of University restriction of portering hours

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Derwent Bar closure conceived ‘two years ago’ as part of University plan

The University has been planning a series of bar closures over the past two years, Nouse can reveal.

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Covert Ops in Hes East

“Yeh you can go up there” the guy laying the paving told me, “just don’t step on any of the gravel.” This was fine by me. I clearly couldn’t go up here, in fact, I’m fairly confident Hes East is a closed site. Clearly my blasé attitude, long winter coat and notepad hadn’t alerted the [...]

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University confirms free bus service to run between campuses

The University have today confirmed that they will be paying for a free bus service to transport people between the Heslington East and Heslington West campuses

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York shines again in Guardian award nominations

Students and publications from the University of York have once again shone in this years Guardian Student Media Awards, receiving nominations in a wide variety of categories

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Wiley to play Freshers’ Ball

YUSU have today announced that Wiley will be headlining the Freshers Ball with his recent hit ‘Wearing my Rolex’

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Derwent Bar to remain open

YUSU and the University have announced that Derwent Bar will remain open from Tuesdays to Saturdays for the start of next term

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Meet your officers

PRESIDENT: TIM NGWENA YUSU President Tim Ngwena is the public face of the Union. He represents the Union not only to it’s members but also to the University and to the public in general. As the representative of the student body Tim sits on the major decision making bodies throughout the University. Tim was the [...]

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A Guide to Union Democracy

YUSU – despite the misleading acronym, YUSU stands for The University of York Student’s Union (York University is a university in Toronto, Canada). The union is representative of York students, including international and mature students. YUSU works closely with the GSA as well. UGM – a Union General Meeting is a meeting of all or [...]

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A brief history of YUSU

Surprisingly, there is no ‘official history of YUSU.’ Upon inquiry, one will be told that one does not exist, as it has never been written down. The past of our Union is, therefore, only recorded by its media outlets. So, if you desire an accurate, succinct and well-written documentation of all that has occurred in [...]

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What does YUSU do for you?

The University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) is essentially representative of every student at the University. Whilst representation is hardly at the forefront of every student’s mind, the Union is actually very important for ensuring the welfare and fair treatment of it’s members. On top of this the Union is also responsible for organising campus’ [...]

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Rally the Troops

In Halifax we resent other colleges their bars. As we sit in JJs drowning our sorrows in cans of Strongbow and bottles of Jacques we picked up at (the ironically named) Costcutter we pretend like we don’t mind. We pretend that JJs is fine as a common room. We’re Halifax, we proudly proclaim, we have [...]

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