Ladies Hockey: a week in a life
As Ladies’ Hockey get set for Varsity, Molly Adkin takes us through a normal week of training, training, and more training.
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Why should you boycott the National Student Survey?
The National Student Survey (NSS) has been an issue of tension within student groups for a year now, following the release of the Green Paper that proposed drastic changes to Higher Education, a bill that would monetise education further, making university even less accessible to the most marginalised by society....
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WFFE climb Senate House to protest NSS
Activists from Warwick For Free Education (WFFE) climbed to the roof of Senate House earlier today to protest the National Student Survey (NSS). The three students and WFFE members lit red flares and hung a banner urging: “Boycott the NSS”. The NSS is an annual survey for final-year undergraduates to...
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Warwick staff and students say: “All migrants welcome here”
Warwick staff and students gathered at The Koan on Monday 20 February to demonstrate solidarity with migrants living, working, and studying in the UK, following a recent protest on campus against new US President Donald Trump. It coincided on the same day as “One Day Without Us”, and the UK...
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Warwick and Coventry Vice-Chancellors costly flight expenditure revealed
Vice Chancellors and Deputy Vice-Chancellors of both Warwick and Coventry Universities spent a total of £371,737 on flight expenses from September 2013 to September 2016, as revealed by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from The Telegraph. Within three years the Vice-Chancellors spent the high amount with flights listed as...
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TV after Trump
Over the past few months, you haven’t been able to turn on the TV without the face of the new president staring back – for a man who prizes ratings and attention, this level of network coverage must be a dream. However, Trump will touch TV by more than just...
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One athlete’s mission to cast off a most unwanted Varsity record
Riding Club President Becca Wrelton has never won a Varsity fixture. She tells Alex Jennings of her desire to put that right
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KGB Museum: An Unusual Tourist Attraction
My Christmas holiday ended on a good note with a romantic three-day getaway to Prague. Our first two days in the city were lovely and, thanks to a comprehensive free walking tour, we quickly ticked off all the ‘musts’—from exploring the Old Town square to visiting the Jewish Quarter and...
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A Student Guide to Middle Eastern Travel
The Middle East has always been a rather hot region. Historically and meteorologically speaking. Without delving too deep into the matter of politics, the Middle East has an odd capacity to both affront and captivate the Western psyche. Whatever criticism this ‘near Orient’ is subjected to (justified or not) and...
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Red ranking for free speech at Warwick for third year running
Warwick University has “banned and actively censored” ideas on campus, according to the Spiked Magazine 2017 Free Speech University Rankings. The findings have been criticised by the Students’ Union (SU) and societies on campus. The report surveyed 115 universities across the UK, assigning a “green”, “amber” and “red” ranking for...
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Warwick student organises event for Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Heather Milstead, a second-year History student, is hosting a Night of Song and Poetry on the 27th February at Bedford Street Bar in Leamington, as a fundraiser for Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity. The event is to be held on the first night of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an...
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#TeamWarwick athlete profiles: Riding
Ahead of our interview with Becca Wrelton, Katie Voss and riding captain Jaime Thorn give us the lowdown on all things #TeamWarwick
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Warwick Riding Club in 2017
Ahead of our interview with Riding Club President Becca Wrelton, Club Captain Jaime Thorne runs us through a very decent 2017 of competing
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