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Post-Brexit job prospects

The result of UK’s Brexit Referendum, on the 23 June 2016, left many of us unprepared. Social media exploded with questions and confusion as soon as the results were announced all over the world. Among such reactions, there were those of EU students. Young people, who had been born and...
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By , Dec. 2, 2017

Is the number up for the lottery?

On November 19, 1994, 25 million people tuned in to an incredible TV event – the first ever live UK National Lottery draw. Nowadays, Camelot (the company that operates the National Lottery) would give anything for a share of that number. Sales have been dropping, ticket sales across all the...
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By , Dec. 2, 2017

Plucking up the courage to perform

I barely ever wrote poetry before starting university. I’d had a stab at it a few times, but everything I had produced was quite frankly terrible. Then, all of a sudden I had to, because I was a creative writing student and it was compulsory, and I soon discovered that...
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By , Dec. 2, 2017

Are Warwick’s reading lists diverse?

At the beginning of term, you may have heard about the push at Cambridge University to “decolonise” their literature reading lists and include more BAME writers. This effort was led partly by Lola Olufemi, Women’s Officer at Cambridge SU, who was then targeted by The Telegraph’s headline “Student forces Cambridge...
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By , Dec. 1, 2017