Madeleine Jenkins

Madeleine has written 20 articles for York Vision.

Will Dodgy Student Landlords Meet Their Match?

ACORN YORK launched on Sunday: a national community organisation that focuses on fighting dodgy landlords, slum housing, and scrapping ‘no-fault’ evictions. Only six years old in the UK, Acorn has scored some […]

News 4 years ago

Painted Sky’s Debut Album: Dawn

For as long as they can remember, siblings George and Holly Brandon (pictured) have been playing folk music together. Painted Sky has only recently emerged as a duo in the UK folk […]

Music 4 years ago

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Developers Visited JORVIK Viking Centre

The newest Assassin’s Creed game has been unveiled: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Set to be the bloodiest chapter yet, just where did the game creators find such gory inspiration? It was only your […]

Games 4 years ago

Love York Awards 2020 – The Results!

The Love York Awards aired tonight, and though it was sad not to report from the event itself, URY hosts Alex West and Naomi Prongs Gildert did a great job making the […]

News 4 years ago

Five Perks of Lockdown

Scroll through these lockdown perks and read their explanations if you can be bothered. In this 2020 shitstorm, there are still silver linings. Here are some that I hope we have in […]

Lifestyle 4 years ago

York Scientists Provide Covid-19 Protein In Development of Antibody Tests

The University of York has reported a new protein which stores and protects the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. This may lay the groundwork for possible antiviral therapies for […]

News 5 years ago

Sinclair Properties Announce £200 Refund for Tenants

According to Sinclair, this goodwill gesture will amount to £250k in refunds to all their student tenants. On April 16, Sinclair sent an email to tenants announcing eligibility for a £200 refund. […]

News 5 years ago

Make York Green Again

Did you know you can help save the planet from the comfort of quarantine? Did you know you – and the Uni – can do this by ditching Google? By switching your […]

Environment 5 years ago

An Interview With Horrible Histories Writer Greg Jenner

Returning to York at twice the age that he first arrived, ex-Vision writer Greg Jenner speaks to Vision about his second book: Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age […]

Literature 5 years ago

How Social Lockdown Will Affect the Gastronomy

Five months ago, Stonegate welcomed York’s latest cafe. Correction: York’s latest Insta-worthy venue. But with new restrictions on social gathering due to the novel Coronavirus, business has had to take a break. […]

Food 5 years ago

York’s Women More Likely to Get Firsts but Expect Lower Graduate Pay than Men

Female students at York are 6% more likely to get a First than male students, despite national £3k drop for future salary expectations. A national survey released by Save the Student revealed […]

News 5 years ago

York to Launch Emergency Student Support Fund & Drop Accommodation Costs

In the most recent Covid-19 update, the Vice Chancellor Charlie Jefferey outlined new ways for students to receive financial aid. Starting 5pm tomorrow (Wednesday 25 March 2020), students can now apply for […]

News 5 years ago

Ex Machina, Ex Pay Roll?

Doomsday narratives surround artificial intelligence. But what should we really worry about: enslavement by robotic overlords, or the gap of global inequality widening ever more? Bee Taylor, an Electronic Engineering PhD student […]

Science 5 years ago

Why Students Should Volunteer

If you want to learn about people: volunteer in a homeless shelter. You will never laugh so much or be so quickly moved by perfect strangers. Whether it’s being gifted clearly stolen […]

Lifestyle 5 years ago

A Tourist’s Itinerary For South Japan

Hiroshi is an exchange student from Japan. One night in Morrell, we struck up conversation about differences between university in Japan and the UK. Hiro’s top three notes were how many potatoes […]

Travel 5 years ago

James Wins Tennis Against St Mary’s College

James has won yet another victory during College Varsity. York won 3-0 against Durham’s St Mary’s College in Tennis A earlier today. All three James teams won in half the time that […]

Sport 5 years ago