Recession, Yemen, and mail
It is January. Christmas is over, and I am wiped. A few of the reasons for this are largely personal –my brother, for example, has been in the Yemen for the last four months learning Arabic.
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Time to take Fair Trade seriously
Public education is vital to ensuring practical consumer ethics.
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Foot soldier
Different people will have different opinions of who has been the star of this holiday period: if you’re pro-reality TV you might feel that it is Alexandra Burke; if you are anti then you might have a newfound respect for the late Jeff Buckley. For me, though, the star of...
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Smarter than you think
Postgraduate student Stephen Lambert on why he feels Smarter Housing deserve credit.
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Human rights professor has affair with student
The university is said to be reviewing its policy on relationships between staff and students in light of a romance between a Law Professor and one of his students.
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OBE for Professor Martin Cave
Professor Martin Cave, President of WBS Centre for Management under Regulation, was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Cave is an economist specialising in the regulation of sectors such as airports, broadcasting, housing, legal services, posts, telecommunications and water. He has previously advised the government on various...
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Student death near Claycroft
The Boar regrets to report the death of Pragya Mehrotra, a postgraduate student in the School of Law. She graduated from the National Law School of India in 2008 and was working to earn a Masters degree following the LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights at Warwick. Mehrotra...
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Richard Lambert becomes fifth Warwick Chancellor
Richard Lambert, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, was formally installed as the fifth Chancellor of the University of Warwick during a ceremony in the Warwick Arts Centre theatre.
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Warwick entrepreneurs win ‘E-resistible’ reward
Warwick Business School undergraduates recently won an entrepreneurship competition, “Be Your Own Boss”. The winning students were awarded £1000 and free business mentoring for the next 12 months by Warwick Entrepreneurs.
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Warwick researchers find drug can reverse kidney damage
A study conducted by a team led by staff from the Warwick Medical School has demonstrated that thiamine (vitamin B1) can help reverse early kidney disease in diabetic patients.
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Union Rebuild is on schedule
The £11 million rebuild project is still in progress, with two main opening stages in plan. TES is to close in week four, entertainment events are to continue in the Grad and Tempo.
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Warwick well on its way for “environmental sustainability”
Vision 2015, the strategy set out by the University to coincide with its 50th birthday, includes a range of commendable ambitions, not least that of significantly improving the ‘green’ status of the establishment.
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Planned Gaza protest fails due to fear of being branded anti-Semitic
A planned protest of the Israeli ambassador’s visit to Warwick failed to materialise after students feared they might be branded anti-Semitic.
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