Chay Quinn

Chay has written 31 articles for York Vision.

The Big Short: A Patronising, Dark, but Rapturously Funny Take on the Great Recession

Chay Quinn reviews Adam McKay's take on the Great Recession, tackled with irreverence, comedy, and a dark satirical tone

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Dunkirk: A Masterclass in How War Films Should Be Made

Chay Quinn reviews Christopher Nolan's take on the Dunkirk evacuations, saying it could be the director's masterpiece

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University Confirms Large Lectures to Be Online in 2020/21 Academic Year

The University has confirmed that large lectures will take place solely online at the beginning of the 2020/21 academic year with changeover times staggered to limit contact between students.

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Yorfess publishes far-right conspiracy theory

Yorfess, the popular online confessions page for York students, published submissions which contain allusions to a far-right conspiracy theory. The page, not affiliated with similar page Yorfess III, posted a submission which […]

8 months old

Note from the Editor

On February 12, I used the @YorkVision twitter account to retweet my own tweet in regards to unsuccessful Union President candidate Joshua Mackenzie. This was a contravention of YUSU Elections rules regarding media […]

8 months old

Yorfess Impact on Elections: Assessed

Popular online confessions pages have taken centre stage in this elections cycle as two YUSU Sabb candidates were revealed to be admins of Yorfess III during the campaign. The racist posts of […]

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College Committees Fuel Split Speculation After Open Letter to YUSU

The College Committees' open letter lays bare gripes with YUSU's administration of their activities

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Student With Coronavirus Spent Night in Vita Private Halls

York's confirmed coronavirus patient spent time in student accommodation before testing positive

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York lecturers to strike again

The UCU has confirmed two weeks worth of walk outs of a period of a month beginning February 20.

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Yorfess publishes racist coronavirus submissions

Yorfess, the popular York-based anonymous confessions page, has published a number of racist comments about Chinese students in the wake of the UK’s case of coronavirus being discovered in York. The platform, […]

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UK’s Coronavirus Case is York Student

The virus which originates from Wuhan has been contracted by a student and a family member at StayCity Hotel in York

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Just 34% of York’s Recent Honorary Graduates Are Women

Only 34% of honorary degrees in the last five years have been bestowed to women, a York Vision investigation has found. This revelation comes despite the University’s supposed commitment to tackling gender […]

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York Falls in Ranking of Employers’ Most Desirable Universities

York fall to 22nd in list of graduate employer targets made by High Fliers

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Maskell and Sturdy keep seats in Tory landslide

Conservative Julian Sturdy and Labour’s Rachael Maskell have been re-elected as York Outer and York Central MPs respectively

11 months old

English students saddled with book bill

English literature undergrads are being charged hundreds of pounds per year out of their own pocket to access the core texts required for modules, York Vision has found. The core texts required […]

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Knock-Out Evening at D-Bar Fight Night

Combat sport has returned to campus after the massive success of Roses boxing in Central Hall this May. The University of York’s MMA Club put on the event in D-Bar alongside the […]

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