In a report by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) entitled ““Lackademia: Why do academics lean Left?” new findings have found an overrepresentation in academia of individuals with left-wing and liberal views. The report, written by Noah Carl, details the significant left-liberal skew in British academia with there being a great...
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This week’s global student stories include outrage in the USA over the decision to invite the Dalai Lama as a speaker, intense debate in Greece over the future of private colleges, the rise of campus violence in Pakistan and the issue of universities in occupied areas of Ukraine. USA: The...
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Warwick has been hosting Insight Days for local schools to give students awareness into what university is like. Pupils from Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, based in Coventry, were given a day of workshops addressing an array of issues in social sciences such as immigrations, human rights and Brexit. The day...
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Warwick University has confirmed plans to implement gender neutral toilets across campus in 2017. It is part of the University’s policy to implement gender neutral toilets in all new buildings, and, according to the University, sites have been confirmed for the conversion of single occupancy toilets into gender neutral ones....
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A new nightclub with a focus on catering to those outside of the student community, has recently opened in Coventry. The club, Catch 22, is Coventry’s newest addition to the nightlife scene, and had its opening night on Friday 16 December. It has been marketed as a club for the...
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As another academic year draws to a close, here is a roundup of this year’s biggest and most important Boar News stories. 1. One of the biggest stories on campus was about the racist incident that occurred within student accommodation to a first year Biomedical Sciences student, Faramade Ifaturoti, who...
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This week’s global student stories come from India, Wales and Scotland, covering the arrest of the president of the Students’ Union from a leading Indian university, the possible scrapping of tuition fee debt in Wales and strong backlash to changes in the way that Scottish universities are ran. ___ Indian...
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Warwick’s new vice-chancellor Professor Stuart Croft’s starting salary is £280, 000. This represents a £68,000 pay cut for the position compared to Nigel’s Thrift’s last salary.
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David Cameron has announced that all universities are to routinely publish statistical data regarding their successful applicants under new transparency rules.
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Warwick Law Society hosted their inaugural Careers Summit, which was a two-day event that took place on campus. The Warwick Law Careers summit adds to the Warwick summit calendar which already includes events such as Warwick Economics Summit.
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Warwick students gathered on Friday afternoon to protest the recent government decision to carry out airstrikes in Syria.
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