It has been over six months since I passed on my role as YUSU’s Policy Coordinator to my elected successor. Since then, I’ve taken some time to think about how […]
Author: Jack Harvey
Comment and Politics Editor 2015/2016, Editor 2016/2017, Alumni & Public Relations Officer 2017/2018 and acting, 2018/2019. Waiting to graduate with MA in Philosophy at University of York in 2019.
LGBTQ Officer warns students of “transphobic” posters on campus
“Transphobic” posters have been put up in bathrooms at the University of York campus, according to the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU)’s elected representative for LGBTQ students. In an […]
Enrolment in ‘Languages For All’ drops by over 30% in 2017/2018
The number of students enrolled in the University of York’s ‘Languages For All’ programme dropped by almost a third in the 2017/2018 academic year. 1125 students enrolled in the University […]
One thousand University of York students required to resit exams in August 2018
Over one thousand students were required to return to the University of York in August 2018 to resit academic assessments, The Yorker can report. 1106 students were expected to return to campus to […]
Sabbs decline to take position on YUSU membership of NUS
All five Sabbatical Officers of the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) have declined to state whether they believe YUSU should remain affiliated to the National Union of Students. In the […]
Unity Health crisis: Hayle responds to “inaccuracies currently circulating”
The YUSU Community & Wellbeing Officer has responded publicly to “inaccuracies” concerning the public perception of the Students’ Union’s work on supporting students’ access to medical treatment. In a Facebook […]
YUSU Policy Coordinator to leave role at York Vision after controversy
Josh Mackenzie, the Policy Coordinator of the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU), will resign from his role at York Vision at the newspaper’s Extraordinary General Meeting in October, it was […]
First York raises bus fares for students
New bus timetables released by First York yesterday will mean higher fares for York students using the ’66’ service in the 2018/2019 academic year. In an online announcement yesterday, First York stated […]
Author of motion of no confidence against Policy Coordinator letter identified as ex-York Vision MD
The author of the complaint that called for a vote of no confidence against the YUSU Policy Coordinator, which led to an investigation, the suspension of the policy process and calls […]
Could the damning of Boris Johnson backfire?
Calls to take back his words from the Prime Minister and members of his own party; damnation across the newspapers; described as engaging in “casual courting of fascism,” his career “a […]