Warwick students gathered together for a candle-lit vigil last Thursday to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. Approximately 50 students, Union Officers and University representatives gathered on the Piazza to reflect on the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. A vigil was held, with the participants each being given a given a candle to...
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Warwick University Students’ Union is preparing a response to the University’s decision to review their tuition fees for the start of the 2012/13 academic year with serious criticism reserved for the transparency of the process. Education Officer Sean Ruston expressed his anger at how “inaccessible” information about executive decisions was...
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The 21st United Kingdom census, which is taking place on 27 March this year, will have to be completed by every student before the end of this term. The census, which has taken place every ten years since 1801, is a survey that the Government requires everyone in the UK...
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The annual Christian Union Mission Week will begin 31 January and run throughout Week 4, alongside One World Week. This year, the week is themed ‘This Is Love’. The Christian Union website encourages students to get involved, urging them to ‘Come see what true love costs’. The Christian Union will...
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Competition remains high at Warwick despite a decrease in the number of applications to the University this year
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It was revealed this week that the Students’ Union website is to undergo a total overhaul through this and the next academic year. The primary feature of this new site will be an interactive calendar including all Union, society and sporting events, and Copper Rooms listings for the coming months....
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The Students’ Union has been accused of acting questionably regarding the finances of certain societies. Suggestions were made to the _Boar_ that money had been unjustly removed from Warwick Student Cinema’s account. Speculations were also made regarding the amount of profit that the Union was to receive from the Real...
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Students from Warwick demonstrate against higher fees with other universities and trade unions
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Over 50 Warwick students attended a debate hosted by Amnesty International on the topic of human rights and terrorism last Wednesday, 2 February. The two guest speakers invited to the event were Anthony Glees, a right wing academic and expert on terrorism, currently head of the Buckingham University Centre for...
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Throughout the week Warwick was host to a variety of events designed to foster a spirit of cultural diversity, appreciation and acceptance. Coordinator Conor Rooney took time to praise the efforts of the One World Week (OWW) team. “I think the passion, commitment and effort of the students who organise...
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Proposals announced last Monday could see fewer students from outside the EU being permitted to come to the UK to study pre-foundation degree courses, and the required standard of English to be raised. “The Student Immigration System” report also looked at the possibility of limiting international students to work on...
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For 11 days from 27 January, Coventry buses were diverted from Earlsdon Avenue North due to road resurfacing, affecting the Travel Coventry 1, 12 and 12W services. The National Express number 12 diverted via Earlsdon Street and Beechwood Avenue in both directions, whilst the number 1 service diverted at Albany...
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Alex Russell analyses the motives behind the transfer deadline day activity, including Fernando Torres’ move to Chelsea
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