Dan Gordon-Potts

Dan has written 55 articles for York Vision.

‘What and who are our universities really for?’

‘International student fees are the only thing propping up the University,’ Uni of York Vice Chancellor says.

Cuts, Cuts, Cuts: University Making ‘huge error’, Union Says

UCU fears higher staff workloads, health and wellbeing issues and damage to department communities, as services will be centralised in new management-led cost-cutting plan

News 6 months ago

Assessments Cut as University ‘Changes the Work’

The University is set to impose wide-ranging changes to modules, assessment and departmental structures in a bid to save money.

News 7 months ago

Jane Ferguson: From Pulling Pints at The Last Drop Inn to Reporting From Afghanistan

“I slept on a lot of sofas, ate a lot of cheese triangles and flew a lot of budget airlines around the Middle East and Africa.” Vision catches up with our ex-News Editor and now PBS Special Correspondent

Features 7 months ago

Sanctity, Soul and “Sex Appeal”: The Blazers at Holy Trinity Church

Soul band The Blazers bring life to 12th Century Church in Candlelit performance

Music 7 months ago

‘Constantine has gone from strength-to-strength!’

‘Connie’ College celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend

News 7 months ago

Monet in York: ‘He literally painted this scene over two hundred and fifty times over 27 years’

An Interview with the Curator: Monet in York Art Gallery

Art 7 months ago

A Performance Full of Dynamic and Hypnotic Movement

SCENE reviews Tess, a stage adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d’Urbervilles, at the York Theatre Royal.

Stage 7 months ago

Introducing the First Mayor for York North Yorkshire

David Skaith (Labour and Co-operative Party) has been announced as the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire.

News 8 months ago

‘This is a Story About the Boredom of War’

A film review: Nezouh

Screen 8 months ago

Meet Your Maybe Mayor: Keane Duncan (Conservative)

Dan speaks to campervan driver, Keane

News 8 months ago

The end of a Music Scene in York

SCENE interviewed the bands from a very nostalgic Farewell Fest at The Crescent, York’s biggest community venue

Music 8 months ago

Track by Track: Don’t Forget Me by Maggie Rogers

SCENE gets a sneaky preview of Maggie’s new album and gives a critical ear…

Music 8 months ago

Chocolatier Makes Giant Chocolate House

“You can sort of just zone out and not worry about what’s going on around you,” Chef and Chocolate-maker Ashley McCarthy talks to SCENE at York Chocolate Festival 2024

Food 9 months ago