Boarsity Clockwatch: Day One
Our Boarsity Clockwatch returns as we bring you all the action from the opening fixture of the Varsity weekend, live from Planet Ice
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Varsity 2017: sports clubs speak
With Varsity set for its grand opening tonight, we hear from an array of figures looking to stamp their mark on this year's competition
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Press release – Warwick and Coventry get set for Ricoh rumble
Wasps RFC talked to the Coventry and Warwick captains ahead of this Sunday's Varsity finale at the Ricoh Arena
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Warwick student awarded prestigious Young Astronomer Award
A second-year Physics student at Warwick University, Thomas Killestein, has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Sir Patrick Moore Prize for his contribution to astronomy. He was presented the prize at a meeting of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) in London, at the end of January 2017. The Prize was made...
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OFFA – Universities should do more to help disadvantaged students
The UK’s top universities should do more to help pupils in poor areas of the country obtain places at their institutions, according to Professor Les Ebdon, the Director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). Despite a continued increase in the number of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds gaining places at...
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Student Mental Health: What’s it like being treated for a personality disorder?
I live with a mental illness which requires me to take a number of prescribed psychiatric medications including antipsychotics and antidepressants. My diagnosis is borderline personality disorder and I also have symptoms of psychosis/underlying which is why I take the antipsychotics. I was seen at an NHS specialist unit every...
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Free speech rankings: Don’t silence, argue
Spiked has just released its 2017 ‘Free Speech University Rankings,’ with the result that over 63.5% of universities place ‘severe restrictions’ upon free speech, including Warwick. In response, NUS President Malia Bouattia penned a piece for the Independent explaining why she found the rankings to be nonsense and her defence...
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Are state students disadvantaged at Warwick?
It was recently announced that 77.1% of Warwick students were state-educated which is not a terrible figure when compared to the 55.7% in Oxford. However perhaps it is shameful in the face of 88.8% at Liverpool for example. Despite coming from a very modest background where my house didn’t even...
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The games are over: Could Warwick actually lose Varsity?
"All great teams must lose." Put away the party poppers, here's why this year could be Cov's year. Shingi Mararike reports.
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Design for new Faculty of Arts building revealed
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCB) will design the new Faculty of Arts building after winning the international competition run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The building will accommodate the 7 departments and research centres that are currently spread between the Humanities building and Milburn house. The new...
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Could the pain of paying save the NHS?
A scan of the health section on BBC news reveals a great deal about the current state of the NHS. Articles such as “multi-tasking in the operating theatre” and “nine in 10 hospitals overcrowded” to “2000 doctors write a letter to the PM” paint a torrid picture. It’s no secret...
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Inside No 9 – ‘The Bill’
Inside No 9 returns with a tale of a meal gone bad - Reece Goodall reviews 'The Bill'.
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The Boar’s Mental Health Survey: 1 in 4 unable to get a counselling appointment
As part of our Student Focus on mental health, the Boar conducted a survey to investigate Warwick students’ experiences with the mental health services at the University. Of the 389 respondents, 93.03% said they had suffered from a mental health issue. Whilst the most common responses were depression and anxiety...
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