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York College win the Silver NUS Green Impact students’ Union award, President Joe Armer explains why this is so important for students, the SU and the College.

Hi All
AoC is about to launch a ‘No Free Lunch?’ campaign - calling on the Government to extend free meals for 16-18 year olds from a disadvantaged background who study at College (like their school sixth form counterparts).
A petition has been set up on the no.10 website and we would really appreciate if you could take a moment to sign it and circulate it to colleagues to sign. The link can be found here:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31069
The more people that sign this, the more chance we have of raising this issue widely.
You can also follow the campaign on…

RE: Hidden Course costs

Dear Dr Birkinshaw,

Every year, students at York College find themselves out of pocket by having to pay for extra resources and activities in order to carry out their studies. These ‘hidden costs’ are on top of any tuition fees and are often not advertised to students when they apply for a course. Students at York College think this is unfair and ask you to commit to the following:

Advertise all course costs at the point of application
Students should be told how much it will cost to complete their course before they apply for it.…

Statement regarding Industrial Action 30th November

York College Students’ Union support the sentiments behind the Industrial Action on the 30th November as poor pensions would undermine staff morale in the College and discourage high quality staff from remaining in or joining the Educational profession, furthermore impacting on teaching and learning and the best student experience within the College.

This unfair Pensions deal also discourages our students from joining public sector professions, something which we believe would be detrimental for hundreds of aspiring doctors, nurses, teachers and other public sector workers in the College.

We are concerned that the Government’s uncooperative…

Welcome!

A quick note to welcome you on behalf of York College Students’ Union. We hope that your first week went well and that you’re beginning to get to know the College a bit better.

Let me introduce the Students’ Union and a bit about what we do.
York College Students’ Union represents Students at York College, by being a member of the College, you are automatically a member of the Students’ Union.

The Executive Committee are an elected group of students who represent Students across the College. what we do is shaped by you, the students. You’ll no doubt…

HIGHER EDUCATION LEAVERS…

We’re holding an event for all Higher Education Students at the Royal York Hotel, starting at 7.30pm.

The event is FREE! Just bring your ID card, Guests are welcome too!

The entertainment is included and will consist of a DJ and a Comedian.

We would like this to be the first of many events provided for HE students
by the Students’ Union so please come along!

Hello!

I’m Joe Armer and I’m your Student Union President for the upcoming year. I’m currently studying my A2s and I was elected to represent all students in York College from April 2011.

As President, I really want to see The Student Union getting up and around College. We typically wear our Student Union hoodies around College with the name of roles on the back of the hoodie. We’re also around College with our Meet the exec stalls where you can come talk to us, ask any questions and find out more about what we can do for you as…

well just to tell you all that this week is chinese new year 2011 and as a college we are celebriting in style with loads of things happening around the college inculding lion dancing ( a traditional chinese dance) and lots of other stuff so keep your eyes opened to whats going to be happening. also lgbt history week is happening soon so keep your eyes open to whats going to be happening around hear

I just thought I would give everyone an update on the Unions recent activities and happenings. It was a very productive few weeks leading up to Christmas. We helped with the organisation of the EMA campaigns around college, including the “Holding On To Our Education” . I also did a live radio interview for BBC Radio York regarding this issue. I also went down to London for a meeting with Andy Burnham (MP), to put across the stories and opinions you gave us. The “EMA Fix It, Back It” card campaign we ran, had over 200 responses. Thank you for…

I would like to start the blog with a big thank you to all those who help raised funds for this years Children In Need. The college in total raised around £1400, and the Students Union raised around £300 of that.

I’m not liking the weather this week, some people are enjoying it, I’m really not. Snow is horrible stuff, looks nice, but causes traffic back logs and places inaccessible.

The big campaign this week is to save the EMA scheme. We have adapted the NUS Fix It, Back It campaign, to a postcard. We are asking you to put…

Hey everyone it has been am amazing week with children in need and at the minute i am unsure of how much we all pulled together to raise but as soon as i know i will tell everyone. in a feww weeks i am thinking of doing a charity week so get in touch with wha charties you want to raise money for, and i will get it sorted.

be in touch soon
Tasha

It was quite hectic last week. Trying to balance college work along side SU work is hard work, but worth it. The biggest news last week in the office was the NUS Demo. It was a major event, set up to protest the rise in student fee’s. Unfortunately there was a small minority who let the others down. York College SU does not condone the behaviour by these people, it was unnecessary and criminal. 

Besides the demo there was other things happening for us. Genie, Tasha and I had an introductory meeting with Deb Fowler, who I will be working…

ello all you out there, i thought it was time for you to get to know me, i’m Lauren bateson and I’m your new Equality Diversity and international officer and i’m hear to help you if you have any problems on the topics of race to sexuality and, promoting them around the college. im also hear to help any international students fit into there new surroundings, and help them out around college this means that i also sit on the Equality and Diversity committee, and bring up to date info to you from that ,this means if you need me…

Hi everyone. I thought I had better introduce myself. My name is James Savage and I am your Student Activities Officer. It’s my job to ensure that the Students’ Union (along with the college) provides a wide range of extra curricular activities. Whether this be ‘Ultimate Frisbee’ or ‘Volunteering’, its my job to ensure there is something for everyone.

If there is an activity you would like to see, and there are quite a few people interested, come down to the SU office in Lounge On 1 and have a chat with me. I will be meeting with members of…

Hi

Welcome to your new SU website.
Please have a look around and see what you think, were still working to get all of the info you want and need moved. If you have any ideas for info thats not there yet please email us at su@yorkcollege.ac.uk