Tuesday 10 November XXXOPVTFDPVLt ZPSLOPVTFt!ZPSLOPVTFt!ZPSLOPVTF Balmain x H&M Wolf Alice Fashion unpack the Interview anticipated collection Est. 1964 NouseShortlisted for Guardian Student Publication of the Year 2015 Sponsored by Suffragette Director Sarah Gavron speaks to Features PAGE M4 Pot heads A walk- through tour of York Art Gallery PAGE M7 Meditation How it can make you healthier and happier PAGE 21 New Chancellor claims “austerity not favourable to university funding” Malcolm Grant also said tuition fee model needs “revisiting” and Britain leaving EU is “major threat for research funding” in comments to Nouse Chris Owen that he believes “continued eco- EU is a major threat for research world leaders. the government to research fund- Liam Mullally nomic austerity will not be favour- funding and also to the flow of in- “But things are going to be dif- ing that he claimed would “prevent able to university funding” and also ternational students.” ficult. The current tuition fee model hundreds of PhD students from em- THE CHAIRMAN of NHS Eng- that “the current tuition fee model is “It often sounds trite to say is going to have to be revisited; con- barking on pioneering research”. land Malcolm Grant has spoken going to have to be revisited”. it, but we still have one of the fin- tinued economic austerity will not Former Director-General of the out against the Conservative gov- Professor Sir Grant, who was est higher education systems in the be favourable to university funding.” BBC and Chairman of the FA Greg ernment’s ongoing line of austerity, formerly inaugurated two weeks world, though not the most richly This is not the first time that Dyke, Grant’s predecessor as Chan- claiming it will have a negative ef- ago followed by a lavish fireworks funded,” the Cambridge alumnus Sir Malcolm has spoken out about cellor, also questioned the current fect on how universities are funded. display, also weighed in on the de- said in the feature length interview. the dangers of government cuts to model of how university tuition is He made the claims prior to his bate surrounding Britain’s member- “In research in particular, university finances. During his time paid in recent comments to Nouse. inauguration as the University of ship of the EU. He told Nouse that measured both in terms of excel- as chairman of the Russell Group of York’s new Chancellor, telling Nouse “the possibility of Britain leaving the lence and value for money, we are universities, Grant criticised cuts by Continued on Page 5 NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 10 November 2015 2 www.ey.com/uk/careers Editorial A note from the Editor... Nouse I’d like to say that I spent the can’t escape from it anyway). ily of my election as Editor, I would erations, and forays into the deeper Est. 1964 last week lovingly crafting this, my Armed with a shiny new team embark on a cul-de-sac of conversa- ends of both tabloid and broadsheet first Editor’s Note, with the due care led by yours truly, our 49 Editors tion that would take us from “What’s territory, that name endures, in all and attention that such a billing have created 48 pages across 14 sec- a Nowse?” through to “What do you its awkward, overthought glory. Email us: deserves. But, like all good Editor’s tions in 7 days, mainly for our pleas- mean, like the river?” before arriv- Somewhere along the way, ‘Muse’ [email protected] Notes, I’m churning it out at 1am on ure, but also for yours too. We do ing at a definitive “I don’t get it.” got thrown into the mix, to make up Deadline Day. 0.58am, to be exact. this to bring you the guarantee that As I sit on the office sofa writ- for the fact that ‘Nouse’ had stuck. The smell of stale Doritos and stress when you pick up of a copy of Nouse, ing this, that name leers down at me But the damage was done. Nouse, Grimston House, has settled over the Nouse office. you know what you’re getting: qual- from the walls plastered with for- Yet that’s the beauty of history. Sport still isn’t finished. I’m keeping ity student journalism, a diverse mix mer covers. The covers date back as It isn’t always pretty. And this pa- University of York, YO10 myself going on Skittles. The end of content and opinion, and, if noth- far as 2008 and, if I were to dive into per is as old as our woefully ugly 5DD would be in sight if my vision wasn’t ing else, some quite nice pictures our extensive set of filing cabinets, I University itself. So, while the name blurred by too much InDesign and here and there. could trace that questionable port- might be as dreadful as sin, it’s an too little sleep. I recently had a discussion with manteau all the way back through absolute honour to be a part of it. It It’s been a whirlwind week a friend of mine about changing that its history, via the god-awful mono- isn’t going anywhere. A bit like me. crafting this flimsy wodge of paper very name. Nouse. It really is truly, chrome Central Hall logo, to the For a year at least. Fingers crossed. Nouse online you’re holding. (If you’re reading truly dreadful. Like something half- very first edition – all the way back 1.23am. Nailed it. over someone’s shoulder, pick up way between a slur and a sneeze. to 1964. /yorknouse your own copy – it’s free and you When notifying friends and fam- 51 years. Through various it- Chris Owen @yorknouse @yorknouse Got a news story? Is there something news related that you would like Nouse to follow up? Get in touch by emailing Germaine Greer P10 One-child policy P17 Garden Bridge P18 Vegan experiment M17 [email protected] Comment Politics Business Food and Drink All correspondence will be treated with the utmost confidentiality News in brief Tory society fox-hunting Evolution of chickens Petition started for lighting Remembrance services social returns faster than expected on Walmgate Stray held across York Advertise in Nouse: email The University’s Conservative Soci- Combined Research by the Univer- A petition has been started by Ben Remembrance Day services were [email protected] ety saw a return to its ‘fox hunting’ sity of York and Oxford University Leatham, YUSU president, to get held across York on Sunday. The themed social. A similar event was has discovered that the evolution lighting put on Walmgate Stray. main parade departed from Clif- cancelled in 2013 amid claims of of chickens occurs at a much faster The path provides a quicker route ford’s Tower to the Memorial Gar- sexism. The format of the social has rate than previously thought with from the University campus to Ful- dens where a service was held. A been modified from previous years two mutations occurring in their ford but the path does not have any student Remembrance service will The opinions expressed in this pub- with committee members dressing mitochondrial genomes in 50 years. lighting and has been described by be held on the grass by the Quiet up as foxes and other members as The lead author and lecturer of Bio- students, staff and local residents as Place on Wednesday 11 November lication do not necessarily reflect hounds, as opposed to women as archaeology at The University of “unsafe”. Due to the lack of lighting at 10.50am. The University has those of the editors, writers, pub- foxes and men as hounds. A mem- York said: “The one thing everyone it is particularly inaccessible to peo- invited students to observe a two ber of the society who took part in knew about mitochondria is that it ple with certain disabilities such as minutes’ silence and ask those who lishers or advertisers. Contact edi- the social said that: “I would like is almost exclusively passed down visual impairments. A number of in- do not “to respect those who do, and [email protected] with letters and next year’s social to be an actual fox the maternal line, but we identified juries have been reported from peo- understand that service within the hunt.” The Hockey Club also decid- chicks who inherited their mito- University may be briefly suspended complaints. ple who have slipped on ice or had ed to run a fox hunt themed social. chondria from their father.” collisions involving bikes or wildlife. at 11.00am.” Nouse Est. 1964 Want to write for us? Get in touch: [email protected] We are always on the lookout for writers, photographers and cartoonists to join our team. It doesn’t matter if you have never written for Nouse before, send an email to [email protected], or to [email protected] for Muse sections, to get involved. 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