Global Student Stories: Calls to protect academic freedom in Hong Kong
A report for NGO Hong Kong Watch has found that universities are increasingly restricting freedom of speech and removing outspoken professors.
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Tête-à-tête: What’s love got to do with it?
Two of our writers go head to head on whether or not Valentine’s Day is a holiday worth celebrating. Georgie Head: After two long months, I am going to be reunited with my boyfriend just one week before Valentine’s Day. He has been travelling in Australia while I have been...
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Gaming addiction recognised by WHO as a mental health condition
'Gaming disorder' will be included in the draft version of the 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD), to provide signs and symptoms to aid the diagnosis of gaming addiction.
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Hostiles: Is the western a finite frontier?
Some genres seem to have no limits. Comedy, science fiction, action, and horror continue to evolve, inspire and produce a regular output of films every year. But the Western, a genre known for its American iconography, examines masculinity and violence on a seemingly finite frontier. It is comparatively rare to...
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Strikes at Warwick: everything you need to know
With the UCU strikes set to begin over the next few weeks, here is a lowdown of everything you need to know.
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Desmond John’s eclectic repertoire teaches us about introversion
Three years, three locations – South Africa, USA and the UK – but this is the 19-year-old’s first ever tour. Desmond John crossed paths with a musical career unconventionally, being discovered in a Johannesburg studio by an American comedian, taking a chance offer to go to the States and then...
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‘Date Night’ Apple and Date Tartlet
The perfect ‘date’ night recipe by Kate Preston. Ingredients: 100g pitted dates 1 apple, finely sliced into long segments 2tsp sugar Pinch cinnamon 75g plain flour 25g butter Pinch of salt Approx. 50ml cold water Method: Soak dates in a bowl of boiling water for 20 mins whilst you make...
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Brilliant Adventures interview: “A gaggle of glorious males” with a hidden message
The latest play to be staged at the Goose Nest promises “a gaggle of glorious males”, assembled to perform Brilliant Adventures by Alistair McDowall. The play, presented by WUDS, follows the adventures of a band of brothers on a Middlesbrough housing estate after one of them builds a time machine....
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Conservatives back rented accommodation bill
After two years of voting down a bill that could improve the housing conditions of an estimated three million people, Conservative MPs have now decided to back the policy which would see landlords being required by law to ensure rented properties are fit for human habitation. At present, national legislation...
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Crossed Wires – The Good, Bad, and Ugly World of the Crossover
In a bid to solve Supernatural's originality issue, this season will bring a crossover episode with Scooby Doo.
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We must all learn emotional first aid
‘Time to Talk’ Day – a movement that encourages people to speak up about mental health – took place on February 1 this year. It came and went too quietly for a movement that aims to inspire people to be loud and talk amongst others about the still misunderstood subject...
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New escape room to be opened in Leamington
A second escape room is set to be opened on the Parade in Leamington Spa, after plans were
approved by Warwick District Council.
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How to speed read your way to success
Every student will find themselves with an insurmountable pile of reading in front of them at some point. Whether you’ve left it to the last minute, or your module convenors refuse to acknowledge the existence of other modules, these tips will help with the task ahead. The important thing is...
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