During term, our College Administrator, Sarah Hay, sends regular emails to all Goodricke students. This contains the latest news, messages from members of the JCRC or College Staff and reminders about forthcoming events. A summary of the main points in the newsletter are also displayed on this page.
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Dear all,
Welcome back!
It's so good to have you here on campus again. I know many of you have had essays to submit and exams to sit so good luck to all and don't forget our wonderful tutors are here if you need a cuppa and a chat.
So, what news?.
Don't forget to make your accommodation applications on the accommodation website from Monday 16th Jan till 20th Jan if you are an international Undergraduate/Postgraduate requiring accommodation on campus next year.
Also, anyone requiring a room due to a medical or additional requirement reason can also apply from Monday 16th till 27th Jan.
Continuing students entering their final year can apply from 23rd Jan.
The Wentworth Graduate Common Room Committee have organised a Chinese New Year event to take place on Sun 22 January, from 8.30pm in The Edge, Wentworth.
Enjoy traditional Chinese musical instruments & singing and dancing Enjoy fruits, snacks & dumplings
All welcome! This is an important time for friends to get together - you can't miss it!
Ticket price is £3.50 and tickets can be bought online from the GSA: http://www.yorkgsa.org/site/events/chinese-new-year
Tickets are sold on a first come first served basis - hurry, don't miss out!
Hi everyone! Just to let you know that toasties will be starting up again this Wednesday (18th). Come along to the GCR and pick up your FREE toastie from 10.30pm till 2am courtesy of the Goodricke Christian Union! Why not stay for a chat afterwards and talk about God? :) lots of Toastie love, Goodricke C.U
Marrow, (the student arm of Anthony Nolan) are running a recruitment event in the GCR on Saturday 14th January from 13:00 - 16:00 so come along and GIVE A SPIT!
Every 23 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia. For many of these people, their only chance of life isa blood stem cell (or bone marrow) transplant.
Anthony Nolan is a pioneering charity that helps save the lives of people with blood cancer by matching them with potential donors from their register. These potential donors are remarkable people who are willing to give up their time to donate their blood stem cells to help save the life of someone with blood cancer.
It's really simple to join the register and anyone can, so long as they are over 18 and are going to be in the UK for 3 years or more. All you have to do is come along to a recruitment event, fill in a form and then, so long as you pass the medical criteria, spit in a tube. This saliva sample is all that we need, just don't eat, drink anything (even water), smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes before you come along.
The criteria are different from blood donation so even if you've been turned down for giving blood, you may still be able to join.
Come down to Market Square on Friday 13th of January 10:00-15:00 to the Good Food Market where you can buy delicious cakes and soup for lunch, local meat and vegetables for the weekend, flour, bread and crafts. A great chance to meet the producers, support local businesses and stock up on good food for the weekend!
That's it from me this week, enjoy your weekend everybody!
Love Sarah xxx
Nick Clegg (the leader of the Liberal Democratic party and currently the Deputy Prime Minister of the UK), has a Master's Degree in European studies.
(In fact he has some European connections: He is multilingual, and speaks English, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish. He also spent agap year working as a ski instructor in Austria, and when he was 16 he served a community service sentence in Germany, when on an exchange trip in Munich, he and a friend got drunk and set fire to two greenhouses full of exotic plants.
Dear all,
I hope you all had a fabulous break and are looking forward to starting your next term. It's been too quiet over here so I am looking forward to seeing you all return over the weekend sporting your new Christmas jumpers.
Mel Fox from YUSU is here every Monday from 3-6pm in the meetingroom in the Goodricke Nucleus to give advice and discuss anything student related. Please drop in even just to say hello, I'm sure Mel would love to see a friendly face!
There may be some job opportunities coming up within college forstudents if you are interested in earning a few extra pennies. If you areinterested, please pop into the admin office and register your interest.
Are you a student volunteer? Are you enthusiastic about helping others and encouraging others to do so?
Your Local Link magazine is hoping to celebrate National Student Volunteering Week (20-26 of February) by highlighting several students from the University of York and profiling them within our magazine. We'd like to know why you're interested in volunteering, how you got involved, and what projects you're actively supporting.
Please note that we're only looking for students who volunteer in and around York itself, rather than volunteering within the university or for one-off fundraising. We'd like to let all of York's residents realise that students really are doing some brilliant work to make life in York brighter. Don't be modest - we're especially interested in unsung heroes!
If you're interested in talking about your voluntary work and being profiled, please contact Joe Burnham at Joe@Yourlocallink.co.uk or call 01904 767881. If you're chosen to be profiled you'll need to provide a picture for the magazine.
Our deadline is Jan 12th, but (due to time restrictions) we'll put priority on students who contact us earlier.
Enjoy your last couple of days break and I wish you all safe journeys back to college and I will look forward to seeing you soon.
Love Sarah xxx
This week, staff at London zoo are doing an annual stock check of alltheir animals. Apparently there are an estimated 18, 500 animals.
Dear All,
Well it's very quiet around college this week; it's just not the same without you.I hope you are all enjoying the break away and enjoying some good home cooked food.
There won't be a Newsletter now until Friday 6th January as the office will be closed from today until Wednesday 4th January 2012. If you area resident, please ring the Porters on 5100 if you have an enquiry or Security on 3333 if it is an emergency.
Just a short one this week!
If you are a resident and in College today, please join us today forChristmas Curry, Christmas Cake and Mulled Wine in the GCR from 4pm -6pm. It's due to arrive at 4pm so come while it's still hot!
Don't forget that your current key cards have now been changed overso you won't be able to access your accommodation with your old keycard. If you find your key card is suddenly not working, please go to the Hub and see the porters who will issue you with a new one.When you return from your Christmas holiday, please go to the Hub first thing on your return to College and collect your new card as your current key won't work. New keys will also be distributed from the Security office in the Nucleus on the weekend of 8th/9th January.
From the 9th January 2012, there will be new rules around parking at Badger Hill.
City of York Council will introduce a trial Traffic Regulation Order to cover all of Field Lane service road, Low Mill Close, the section of BadgerWood Walk accessible from Field Lane and Deramore Drive from itsjunction with Field Lane to the junction of Yarburgh Way.
There will be double yellow lines on Deramore Drive- Yarburgh Wayjunction Access through and across the junction of Deramore Drive and Yarburgh Way.
There will be a single yellow line highlighting no parking on both sides ofthe road from 8am till 6pm Mon to Fri between Deramore Drive'sYarburgh Way and Field Lane junctions.
Low Mill Close, Field Lane & Badger Wood Walk will be Resident permitholder parking. A timed resident permit holder only parking scheme will be implemented within the three streets outlined above. This means thatfrom 8am till 6pm Monday to Friday any vehicle not correctly displaying the appropriate permit will receive a penalty charge notice and potential further enforcement action.
A Civil Enforcement Officer will allow a 5 minute observation period for avehicle not displaying a permit. If no loading activity is witnessed during this time, a penalty charge notice will be issued.
I told you it would be short!
I am really looking forward to seeing you all again after the Christmas break and I hope Santa is kind to you. Have a fab time whatever you'redoing and wherever you are.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Festive love
Sarah xxx
In Catalonia, one Christmas tradition is the 'Caga Tió', or 'pooping log' a hollow log with a face who must be 'fed' for weeks, then beaten witha stick on Christmas Day to make it excrete small food gifts.
As an extra special Christmas treat, check out the clip below and see how it's done
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