At the Budget, the Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled policies to help with housing, the NHS and Brexit, but there was no mention of changes to university tuition fees. A new discounted railcard for those aged 26-30 was also announced, in an effort to reduce the cost of living for younger...
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Life finds a way... as do profitable franchises!
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Ryan Houston takes us on a tour of Warwick’s Library, giving Boar Books the low-down on the characters that you’ll most likely find yourself sat next to. Murmurs on the Library Floor They are the gossip royalty of campus. By the time you’ve unpacked, you’ve heard about their POP! shenanigans,...
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Boar TV offers its picks of the best television on air during Christmas 2017, from Christmas specials to dark comedy.
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Some might sneer at getting excited for the festive season so early, but Matt Allen explains why we should celebrate Christmas ASAP...
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The University and College Union (UCU) are balloting members on whether to take industrial strike action following proposed changes to the pensions of lecturers and tutors. The ballot closes on 19 January. In a consultative ballot in September 86.6% voted in favour of industrial strike action, before the UUK made...
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I’ve asked a few Italian students what Christmas means to them. Their response can definitely be summed up in “food and family”. “Italian Christmas is finding joy in quotidian things; it’s being reunited with my cousins,” said a girl from Rome. “It’s playing tombola with my grandad” answered a Law student...
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For many students the prospect of gift-buying can be daunting. One of our writers shares her ideas on effective Christmas shopping.
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Students at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), including two Warwick students on a year abroad, will not have a vacation period over Christmas or New Year’s to make up for the 6 week recess caused by the Category-4 hurricane that struck the island in September. The extensive one-month break...
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Our resident animal expert Alex Stevens reports on some of the many reasons that owning a dog is good for your health...
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Winston Churchill once dismissed a dessert he’d been served in a posh restaurant. “Take this pudding away,” he instructed the waiter, “it has no theme.” The great man might have levelled the same criticism at Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Budget. By trying to please an electorate allegedly tired of austerity,...
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“Hello? Is there anyone there?” comes the repeated distress call from somewhere in the darkness of London’s O2 Arena. It’s not long before this troubled voice is joined by the sound of a creeping guitar, and the sight of a distant green light above the stage – less in the...
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Bath University vice-chancellor Dame Glynis Breakwell, the highest-paid university head in the UK, has agreed to quit her post.
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