Rwandan genocide survivor Naila Kira shared her personal testimony at the University of Warwick on Thursday 28 February, under the invitation of Warwick History Society (HistSoc). (Content Warnings: Sexual assault, violence, death, blood) The talk is part of HistSoc’s speaker series for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, which bears the theme...
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Robert Halfon MP has recently come forward with a radical new suggestion for our exams system. He’s calling for the government to scrap GCSEs and replace them with a baccalaureate-style qualification that combines academic and vocational subjects to give “a broader curriculum” to students. But while it’s clear that school-leavers...
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There has been a significant rise in the number of ambulances called to Warwick campus for suicide or attempted suicide, a series of Freedom of Information requests by The Boar has revealed.
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When you think of the Far East, what comes to mind? Is it sweeping pagoda temples set against lakes strewn with water lilies? Or perhaps you think of garish skyscrapers housing robots of the future? Do you imagine tables full of sushi and Pekin duck, or ancient Japanese teas and...
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Sam Savelli looks at the ways in which religious characters are (or aren't) depicted in TV shows such as 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Fresh Meat'
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Should there be limits on what a writer is allowed to cover in their work, or do they have a “duty to be free”, as Zadie Smith claimed at the recent Hay Cartagena festival in Columbia? Should a straight, white, male author in Britain be allowed to write the story...
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Stephen Jackson reports on the Warwick research which rewrote a classic theory for the nanoscale.
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The results of the University of Warwick’s students’ union (SU) Spring Elections were announced tonight at The Dirty Duck. This year has seen a sharp increase in the number of voters, from 4,550 in 2018 to 6,347 – the highest voter turnout since 2013. There has also been an 81% increase...
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Stephen Jackson explores the potential merits and pitfalls of the newly proposed Future Circular Collider, a post-LHC particle accelerator able to engineer the collision of particles at drastically greater energies.
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Concubine is a brilliant and breath-taking, gritty portrayal of the abuse of young women in the urban music industry. Amarha Spence, who wrote and performed Concubine, delivers a masterpiece focused on womanhood, sexuality and faith in the face of acute abuse, mistrust and lack of consent. The play, focused on the...
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Like many others, I start most of my days with a piping hot cup of tea. Throughout my day, I then drink a cup or two of coffee and finish off with another cup of tea in the evening. What can I say, I like caffeine. As much as I...
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Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Chairman and founder, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, has passed away today Friday 1 March after a short illness. He was 78 years old.
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It’s the 21st century. You’d hope that a keen traveller could go anywhere their heart desired without much concern, but sadly issues like racism, amongst other ‘-isms’, are still common in some places. Even footballers can experience this on trips abroad, as the poor treatment of Raheem Sterling compared to...
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