This year, 5620 students voted in the Warwick Students’ Union elections to determine the next Sabbatical Team – down from the record-high of 5750 who voted last year. For the second year running, there were live updates of demographic statistics during polling, meaning it is possible to see who the...
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Ellen Holmes has been elected as Welfare and Campaigns Officer at Warwick Students’ Union for the next academic year. She beat two other candidates, Sara Boiten and Naomi Hyde, winning 57% against Sara in the final round. Ellen has been a member of the SU’s Welfare Exec this year, and...
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Emily Dunford has been elected as the next Postgraduate Officer for Warwick Students’ Union (SU). Emily was the only candidate standing, she won with 84% of votes. RON got 16% of the votes. She is a current Master’s student at Warwick, having also done her undergraduate degree here. Whilst an...
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Liam Jackson has been elected as Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Education Officer for the 2017/18 academic year. Liam won the vote by 60% to 34%. Liam has been Chair of the Education Exec this academic year. Some of his main policies are to ensure substantial and appropriate study spaces, and...
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Hope Worsdale has been elected as the new President of Warwick Students’ Union (SU). Hope has been Education Officer for the SU during this academic year. Some of her top manifesto points are for more investment in mental health, fighting for fair and affordable housing, and tackling sexual violence on...
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The Student Council at Warwick Students’ Union (SU) are submitting a number of motions to be debated at this year’s National Union of Students (NUS) Conference, including one about the abolishment of the British monarchy. The Student Council is made up of the Chairs of each SU Exec, voted on...
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The recently revealed design for the new Faculty of Arts building is to include outdoor classrooms and “a clear dialogue between the internal and external landscape”. There is lots of research to suggest that outdoor learning has highly positive benefits on students of all ages. In 2011, Warwick’s own Institute...
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Voting for this year’s Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections opened at 9am on Wednesday 1 March, and will close at 9pm on Friday 3 March. The full-time 7 Sabbatical Officer roles, Part-Time Officer roles as well as Warwick’s delegates for the National Union of Students (NUS) Conference are the...
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Campaigning for this year’s Students’ Union Spring Elections started at 9am this morning, with voting for candidates opening at 9am on Wednesday 1 March. The full-time 7 Sabbatical Officer roles are up for grabs, alongside the wide range of Part-Time Officer roles as well as Warwick’s delegates for the National...
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Tarell McCraney, an honorary Warwick graduate, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at last night’s Oscars. McCraney co-wrote the screenplay for Moonlight, a coming-of-age tale about a black American coming to terms with his sexuality, with director Barry Jenkins. The screenplay is based of McCraney’s own play, In...
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As part of our Student Focus on mental health, the Boar conducted a survey to investigate Warwick students’ experiences with the mental health services at the University. Of the 389 respondents, 93.03% said they had suffered from a mental health issue. Whilst the most common responses were depression and anxiety...
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Activists from Warwick For Free Education (WFFE) climbed to the roof of Senate House earlier today to protest the National Student Survey (NSS). The three students and WFFE members lit red flares and hung a banner urging: “Boycott the NSS”. The NSS is an annual survey for final-year undergraduates to...
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Two students share their experiences of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS mental health services
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