York students questioned their Union’s Sabbatical Officers at the Union’s Annual General Meeting earlier this week, asking about topics including past staff misdemeanours, referenda, dental health and the Big Student […]
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York Pride Festival: 9th June 2018
York Pride Festival is on Saturday 9th June 2018. The festival is a free event and the parade will begin outside York Minster at approximately 11:45am. The official York Pride […]
Review: Birdsong – York Theatre Royal
There have been a wide variety of artistic performances marking the centenary of the First World War in recent years. They all remember the horrors that young men […]
Poll for YUSU Big Student Debate motion pulled after voting error
A poll to decide the topic for the final Big Student Debate of the year was pulled on Friday after the online voting system erroneously suggested that over 12,000 students […]
Report from the York Union: This House Believes Britain Needs Socialism
Since the rise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, socialism is a term that has risen to prominence in the national consciousness. Some see the gains that Labour made in […]
Celebrating UK Coffee Week
It is the ultimate debate – are you a coffee or tea person? Lets face it, warm beverages are essential for many of us and the caffeine can power us […]
“Embarrassing”: revived York Vision angers alumni and readers
This week’s edition of York Vision, the first printed edition for over half a year, has received much criticism from its former editors, current members of campus media and other readers. The troubled […]
New YUSU BAME Officer criticises election of “another white cisgender college chair” to President role
An incoming Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Officer of the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU), elected less than a week ago, has attacked “those who trade on their race […]
Report from The York Union: Is Generation Snowflake a slur or reality?
On 20th February, The York Union hosted libertarian writer, Claire Fox, to lead a discussion on whether the term ‘Generation Snowflake’ is a slur or a reality, as debated in […]
James Durcan wins YUSU President role in 2018 Officer Elections
James Durcan has become President of the University of York Students’ Union for the 2018/2019 academic year. Durcan, a former Chair of James College, defeated fellow students Hector Macduff, Has’san Suhail […]