Lecture performance anxiety at university
As a high achiever in school with a constant anxiety to keep up top grades in school, coming to university meant keeping up the same high level of grades that is expected of me.
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Warwick alumnus awarded Nobel Prize for Economics
The Nobel Prize in Economics 2016 was presented to Warwick alumnus Professor Oliver Hart yesterday for his work on Contract Theory. Professor Hart graduated from Warwick with a M.A in Economics in 1972, and is currently the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He has also received...
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The weekend highlights: 8-9 October
The weekend highlights is back! On a big weekend for British teams, our athletes represented the good, the bad and the ugly sides of sport.
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New Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education announced
Professor Chris Hughes has been announced as Warwick’s new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education. He will begin his five-year term on 1 November, having previously been the Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences. His predecessor, Professor Christina Hughes, will move to Sheffield Hallam University. Chris will join the other two Pro-Vice-Chancellors,...
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Choose your challenge with Warwick RAG: mountain hiking in Machu Picchu
At this time of year, many students will sign up to one of Warwick RAG’s exciting challenges, from climbing Kilimanjaro to trekking through the Andes mountains to the ‘lost’ Incan city of Machu Picchu. Having recently achieved the latter, I can confidently say that the Machu Picchu trek was the...
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The race to Mars: Elon Musk stakes his claim
Elon Musk believes that as a species we have two options for our future: we either stay on Earth and eventually become extinct, or we become a ‘multi-planetary species’ and create a new civilisation on Mars. At an inspiring conference on the 27 September in Mexico, Musk- the co-founder of...
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Why I joined as a Fresher: Film Societies on Campus
BFT Film Production I was a bit of a dilettante before coming to Warwick, consuming as much pop culture as I physically could. So when I came across BFT at the Fresher’s Fair, I jumped at the chance to look behind the celluloid screen and learn the process behind it....
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Competition launched to find design for new Faculty of Arts building
An international competition has been launched by the University of Warwick and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to design a new building for the Faculty of Arts. The university is seeking proposals from architect-led multidisciplinary design teams to create the new learning space, which will be known as...
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Elsewhere at Warwick – 9/10/16
New Freshers events announced The full schedule for Freshers’ fortnight has been released by the Student Union (SU), on top of other events announced at the beginning of September. Tuesday Week 1 will see Warwick Snow present Avalanche, their annual tour launch party with headliner Eton Messy. Tuesday Week 2...
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TV’s home truths: Does student living on TV reflect reality?
We don’t just invite our favourite TV shows into our homes every night – we also become familiar with their living spaces. While we may have grown out of styling our bedrooms to imitate our teenage TV obsessions, some argue that our shows shouldn’t be a million miles away from...
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Review: ‘The Good Canary’
John Malkovich’s London directorial debut does not disappoint. The ensemble and visuals are superb in displaying the harrowing journey for Jack (Harry Lloyd) and Annie (Freya Mavor) that leads from drug addiction. It would be easy to assume that a non West End theatre would struggle immensely in attracting A-list...
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Government warns freshers to avoid study drugs
A new government initiative is warning freshers to avoid study drugs such as modafinil. The ‘Fake Meds Campaign’, run by a subsidiary of the Department of Health, is aimed at awareness of the problem of fake and unlicensed medical products. Students allegedly purchase study drugs primarily online, from unlicensed dealers....
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Global Student Stories – 8/10/16
Here is this week’s set of Global Student Stories, featuring news from the USA, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. USA: Two racist incidents in 48 hours Four white students are being investigated by the University of North Dakota after a photo was posted on Snapchat showing them in black...
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