Tata Steel this week announced that it plans to sell its entire UK business, putting 15,000 UK jobs at risk. The company’s recently opened research and development (R&D) facility at Warwick, however, is not expected to be affected.
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Careless ignorance or calculated risk? Joe Irwin believes that Maria Sharapova's positive drug test is not as damning as it appears
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As much as I love cuddling up in bed with a cup of tea and a film, TV shows are my main love in life. I honestly get a bit too wrapped up in a tense, new storyline. In fact, from watching a documentary when getting ready in the morning...
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On February 10, 1996 – coincidentally, the day that I was born – a new age in the history of man’s relationship with machines began. Sadly, I was not born an unholy alliance of flesh and metal. Rather, the world’s reigning chess champion was beaten by Deep Blue, a chess-playing...
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It was found that privately educated students are twice as likely to attend Russell Group universities, like Warwick. But is this completely predictable?
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Political correctness, or as I like to call it “being a decent human being”, is key within Universities such as Warwick. The problem is that those who complain about political correctness are usually very privileged.
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A lot of classical literature seems centred on the idea of, or at least in the end is cheerfully resolved by, the female protagonist getting married – think Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre. But is this really relevant for the modern day audience? Back in the first half of the 19th...
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5,750 students voted in this year’s Students’ Union (SU) elections. This number was around 500 voters higher than last year.
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Controversy arose last term over the attendance of Dr Subramanian Swamy, a leading MP for the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a guest speaker at the University on February 13th due to his alleged ‘extremist and fundamentalist views’.
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Few of Le Gusta's range of student, professional and visiting customers chose to leave tips at at all, let alone the customary 10%.
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The second season of Daredevil, in more ways than one, starts with a bang. The first episode chooses to hit the ground running, showing us a Matt Murdock/Daredevil that is much more comfortable with the duality of his life, even enjoying both sides. This is quickly and bloodily brought to a...
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Aissa Edon was absolutely fearless from the moment that she walked onto the stage. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been an increasingly controversial issue, and Edon’s honest story put the picture in a stark context. Having been taken from Mali at the age of six, she was transported to France where...
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Fairytales always have happy endings, don’t they? You would think so. However Dr Shelley Gilbert MBE, after losing both of her parents by the age of 10, didn’t have such a fantastic start. She is the CEO of Grief Encounter, a child bereavement charity which looks at dealing with the...
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