Local Focus: Oxford
In this issue's regular feature focussing on a village or city in the UK, Timothy Daniell tells us about some of the great features of his hometown and what you can see and do there.
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Reimagining Tanzania
Yuka Murata shares her impressions of Dar es Salaam, a bustling, engaging city which she describes as being the heart of the nation and a place of surprising contrasts.
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Bradley’s first term
Andrew Bradley, the president of the Students' Union, defends his achievements in the first 10 weeks of this academic year in an interview with the _Boar_, while some students question his leadership.
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Warwick defeated in Uni Challenge
Warwick has been narrowly defeated in this year's University Challenge gameshow on the BBC, while the line-up for next year's team has just been announced.
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Student protestors may be on police watch-lists
Reports have surfaced that the personal details of thousands of activists are being retained by the police on a vast national intelligence database. This is referred to as the logging of "domestic extremists", despite the peaceful nature of the majority of protests.
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Masculinity societies spark controversy
Male students at some of Britain’s leading universities, including Oxford and Manchester, received widespread criticism last week for establishing so-called "men’s societies" aimed at celebrating and discussing the concept of masculinity.
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Campaigners cycle to Denmark for UN climate conference
People and Planet are gearing up for this week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Three members of the society, Owen Everett, Charlie Game and Jesse Meadows, will be cycling to the Danish capital.
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Sexual Health Awareness Week plagued by low attendance
Week 8 saw the first Sexual Health Awareness Week (SHAW) descend on campus, with a wide range of events aimed at educating and engaging students about the importance of sexual health.
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Job cuts threaten teaching quality
Record numbers of universities across the country are facing mass job cuts in response to proposed public spending cuts by the government. The reputations of some of Britain’s top universities are at risk.
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Student support society to relaunch
Warwick students will soon be able to benefit from a brand new service coming to campus. Support at Warwick, or S@W, will officially be launched at the beginning of term two in the re-fresher’s fair.
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Students help refurbish new home for community centre
Around sixty Warwick students turned out to help the Bath Place Community Centre on 21st November
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W Factor returns
The W Factor took place on 26th November for the second time in Warwick’s history. The modified version of the X Factor, organised by the Chinese Society, claimed to be Warwick’s biggest talent competition.
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Lecturers travel 8,836 miles to speak at Wids
The Warwick International Development Summit (Wids) took place on the weekend of the 20th – 22nd November and has been hailed as a “great success” by its chief organiser, Chessa O’Hara.
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