Articles by Laura Connor

Laura Connor

Deputy Editor (2009/10)
Laura has written 141 articles for Nouse


York success on University Challenge

The University of York University Challenge team have gone through to the second round of the popular university game show

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Lisbon, Portugal, 1963. Photograph by Dorothy BohmA World Observed

A World Observed is the first major retrospective of London- based photographer Dorothy Bohm, now widely recognised as one of the doyennes of British photography

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Frances Barber as MarthaThat Face

Shocking is a completely inadequate word to use when describing Polly Stenham’s two-act debut ‘tragi-comedy’

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Cycle stores to be built at Heslington East

Cycle stores are set to be built at Heslington East as part of the new campus’ continuing expansion

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Vince Cable MP. Photo: dspender via Flickr Creative CommonsGraduate tax proposal described as ‘unlikely’

The BBC has reported this week that a senior Conservative source has said that the government rejects the idea of a graduate tax system

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YUSU acknowledges employment problems

YUSU told Nouse yesterday that “employability is an area identified by the University as being weak and the University is going through the process of approving an employability strategy to get York on par with comparator institutions”

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Sean Scully, Without, 1988Sean Scully: Works from the 1980s

Few things bug me more than bad grammar

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York scores 88 per cent in employment rate statistics

The University of York has scored 88.3 per cent in employment rate statistics released yesterday by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA)

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Government outlines plans for graduate tax system

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has outlined plans today for a new graduate tax system

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The coalition’s educational cuts create more than just physical problems

The nation has been on tenterhooks this week as the media continues to announce the swift and staggering cuts being made to public spending by the coalition Government

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Sexual offences reported in York highest for five years

New police figures have revealed that the number of sexual offences in York have reached their highest level in five years, despite a fall in numbers in almost all other crimes

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N-Dubz pull out of Summer Ball

Headlining act N-Dubz have pulled out of the annual Summer Ball this evening

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Swimming pool campaign launched to encourage community access

A campaign to support the building of a swimming pool at the University of York for students, staff and residents in the local community has been launched

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Nouse fifty 2010

In May, we asked campus to nominate the people it thought were most deserving of recognition this year

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University Biology professor awarded OBE

Professor Debbie Smith, of the Department of Biology, has said that she is “surprised and delighted” to have been awarded an OBE this month

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