SOMETIMES waiting for a bus, two come along together. York waited centuries for a university and now we have two. Surely one is enough?
Your article in The Press (July 14) said that 69 acres of land had been allocated in the draft local plan for continued expansion of the University of York’s Heslington east campus. This will make it huge and cover every academic discipline.
The York St John University should be absorbed into the superior university and the duplicate vice-chancellor and associated administration dispensed with.
I used to enjoy the view of the White Horse of Kilburn from the section of the city walls from Bootham Bar to Lord Mayor’s Walk, until the monstrous St John’s building at the junction with Clarence Street blocked the view.
Bill Heppell, Riseborough House, Rawcliffe Lane, York.
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