NUS Conference 2016: voting round-up
This year’s NUS National Conference took place from Tuesday 19 April to Thursday 21 April. Several hundred motions were voted on. Here is a round-up of how Warwick delegates voted.
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Warwick ranked 8th in latest league table
Warwick University has been ranked eighth in the UK in the 2017 UK University league table, published on Monday 28 April, by the Complete University Guide.
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The Weekend Preview: 7-8 May
Khan v Alvarez and Doncaster Rovers v Burton Albion. Where else but 'The Weekend Preview' would these fixtures sit side by side?
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Almost 200 Warwick jobs threatened by new immigration policy
Following a motion from the Home Office which went into effect on 6 April, nearly 200 of Warwick’s non-EU employees could be among the 40,000 nationwide to risk deportation for earning under £35,000, an FOI by the Boar has revealed.
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Multiple protests in Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa has been a buzz of protests this week with two consecutive days of demonstration marches taking place. On 30 April, Leamington residents were opposing Warwick and Leamington MP Chris White’s decision to vote against a new amendment which would mean the UK providing asylum for refugee children. The...
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Review: Tosca
A tragic, romantic yet sinister opera: Puccini’s Tosca is dramatically set under the threat of Napoleon’s invasion of Rome at the turn of the 19th century. Director Ellen Kent, assisted by conductor Nicolae Dohotaru and his talented orchestra, has brought this tour de force masterfully to life at the Warwick...
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Warwick postgraduate stands in Police and Crime Commissioner election
A series of local elections are set to take place across the country this Thursday. Ben Twomey, a postgraduate student at Warwick, is one of the candidates for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in Warwickshire.
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Mark Selby wins 2016 World Snooker Championship
Mark Selby has won the 2016 World Snooker Championship, defeating China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 in the final. It is Selby’s second world title – his first came in 2014, when he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan by the same score line. Ding had hoped to make history as the sport’s first ever...
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BREAKING: Anti-Semitic annotations found in Warwick library book
Anti-Semitic annotations have been found written in a book in Warwick library. Amongst the annotations includes the line: "Belsen was a gas, right?"
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Jessica Jones: AKA I’ve Got The Blues
So much has happened this week that I can barely fit it in one review. To my immense relief, in AKA I’ve Got The Blues, Jessica and Trish finally found out quite how off the rails Simpson is. Even before he murdered Clemons, Simpson’s behaviour was menacing with Kozlov’s drugs intensifying his hero...
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Berlinale: A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery
Films with inordinately long running times are not only intensely emotional experiences, they are physically hard to complete too. There is only so long I can watch a movie for without succumbing to inertia, boredom, or a sore behind. A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery is truly next-level in this...
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The Weekend Highlights: 30 April-1 May
In need of a whistle-stop catch-up of this weekend's biggest sporting stories? Then look no further. Introducing 'The Weekend Highlights'
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Undercover security in Arts Centre and Library
Two phone thieves were arrested on Warwick Campus on 17 February, after a joint operation between Warwick Security and the West Midlands Police.
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