New figures reveal 95 student suicides over the past year
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released figures showing 95 recorded student suicides in the 12 months to July 2017 in England and Wales.
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Insulin pens for diabetics could soon be a thing of the past thanks to caffeine
Juhie Radia reports on a potential revolutionary advancement in the treatment of diabetes - one without insulin injections.
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How Channel 5 showed that a nunnery is more liberating than a nightclub
Sam Savelli reviews Channel 5's reality show 'Bad Habits, Holy Orders' which sees the clash of modern 'party girls' with an order of nuns. Is this just another exploitative reality show or is it actually a worthwhile piece of television?
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Warwick UCU raises concerns over meeting to discuss academic employment rights
The Warwick branch of the University and College Union (Warwick UCU) has raised concerns over an assembly to discuss proposed changes to employment rights of academic staff due to take place on Friday 29 June, stating on their website that the meeting being called on this date would not allow...
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Warwick graduates in top 10 for highest earnings in over a dozen subjects
Warwick graduates are ranked 6th in the UK for high earnings five years after graduation, evidenced by the government’s 2018 Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.
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What’s in a passport?
Passports have hit the headlines in recent months with the Home Office confirming that navy blue passports will be rolled out after Brexit to replace the current European burgundy ones; with immigration minister Brandon Lewis claiming that the move will “restore national identity”. This raises the questions: what is in...
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How Gareth Southgate has changed the perception of England
Let me begin by stressing that Gareth Southgate’s England may yet crash out of the World Cup in the quarter finals, and that familiar feeling of failure may fester once again. However, that does not mean that the current England manager has not already achieved something that his predecessors did...
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Ditching the University ball
It’s coming up to the end of the academic year here at Warwick, and that can only mean one thing – it’s ball season. Time to splash out on a fancy outfit, head off to a hotel far away and have one big party before summer, right? Well, you know...
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Majority of lawyers recommended to be judges went to state school
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) released their first social mobility statistics, showing almost two-thirds of lawyers – who attended state schools in the past – were recommended to become judges.
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A summer of internships or relaxation?
To get ahead at university, you need to stand out. One way of doing that is to build a stellar CV sprinkled with references from internships. But, is wasting your hard-earned summer making cups of tea really worth the pressure and anxiety? Summer has connotations of being a time of...
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Love Island: A step towards a better genre of TV entertainment?
Stephanie Courtney looks at what makes Love Island a better form of reality TV than most other reality shows - the enormously popular ITV show seems to have the power to bring Britain together
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Obesity linked to five more cancers that previously thought
Jessie Kolvin explores new research which links obesity to 12 cancers, five more than previously thought, and what action is being taken by the government to improve public health.
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Economics and medicine graduates are the most financially successful
A study has found that economics or medicine graduates at universities in the UK are most likely to gain the largest financial benefits from their degrees, exceeding private school students or students from wealthy backgrounds.
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