A University of York professor is heading to Hollywood to collect an award for his film recreating the dramatic events of England’s worst mining disaster.

The University of York’s annual report on student volunteering has revealed that in the last academic year students donated nearly 66,000 hours of their time to helping the local community – raising more than £120,000.

A University of York professor has made a film recreating the dramatic events of the Oaks Colliery explosions in Barnsley in December 1866.

A campaign to establish York as the UK’s first Human Rights City - initiated by Professor Paul Gready at the University of York - will culminate with a formal declaration by the Lord Mayor later this month.

Organisations in the York area are being invited to nominate student volunteers from the University who they feel deserve recognition.

The University’s new Staff Race Equality Network was launched last week as part of a drive to create an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees.