E-voting technology developed by the Universities of Warwick and Newcastle, designed to maximise vote security and ballot integrity, has been successfully deployed in a real-world election for the first time. While it has previously been used in several test runs, SEEV (Self-Enforcing E-Voting) was used in its first official capacity...
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Plans to improve access to universities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds have been unveiled, including a consistent approach to contextual offers and new finance packages. Universities UK (UUK), a representative body for 141 different universities, revealed the plans for students as part of their ‘Access to Success’ action plan. It...
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This section – looking back at three stories from The Boar’s archive – originally appeared in Volume 47, Issue VI of The Boar, published on Wednesday 4 June, 2025. 1985: An explosive hoax In May 1985, a story titled ‘Bomb Scare’ appeared on the side of The Boar’s front page,...
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As of 1 June 2025, disposable vapes have been banned by the UK government following the rising damage to the environment and youths’ mental and physical health. The law now mandates vape retailers to only sell reusable e-cigarettes, defined by the requirements of a rechargeable battery, refillable container, or a...
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If you were to talk about any video on TikTok before 2021, everyone would ask if you meant ‘the dancing app’. Between 2019 and 2021, the app was dominated by strangers dancing to ‘Renegade’ or ‘Say So’. However, today, a mindless scroll on TikTok offers a social smorgasbord of skits,...
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Universities are scaling back on physical campus developments and shifting to digital investments which are “increasingly an either-or proposition”, research suggests. Analysis conducted by the Nous Group management consultancy has revealed that university administrators are being forced to “choose between physical and digital environments”, with the principal of Nous, Zac...
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This year’s Met Gala, hosted on May 5 2025, raised a record-breaking $31 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The Costume Institute is an integral part of fashion, playing a role in both showcasing and influencing fashion trends. The Met Gala, formally called The Costume Institute Benefit,...
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A US federal judge has temporarily blocked attempts by the Trump administration to ban Harvard University from enrolling international students, a move which comes amid the US government’s ongoing assault on foreign admissions. The Trump administration and Harvard have been engaged in an ongoing row, which has seen the...
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For the third year in a row, The Boar was given press access to The Podcast Show held in London’s Business Design Centre. With over 350 speakers and 130 sessions, this was by far the biggest one yet. Featuring the likes of Emily Maitlis, Russell Howard, Bradley Wiggins, Anthony Scaramucci,...
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Opinion Comedy Column Whether it will be replaced by an expanded Bluebell (to help the University scam more unsuspecting rich people), completely flattened to make way for a monorail, or burnt down as a symbolic statement against poor people, Whitefields is, by most accounts, destined for demolition. So, I thought...
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On a humid Wednesday night in Wroclaw, Chelsea lifted the UEFA Conference League after a comprehensive 4-1 win over Real Betis in the final. It marks a positive end to a largely encouraging debut season for head coach Enzo Maresca. The first half was one to forget for the English...
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Coastal and rural areas are becoming higher education ‘cold spots’, new research has found, with the government being warned it must tackle rural-urban disparities or risk exacerbating inequalities. The report, published by the Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (RISE), found that students from free school meal backgrounds in rural areas...
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British boarding schools have been romanticised for generations, with countless children dreaming of joining their favourite fictional institutions alongside beloved characters. Whether it’s heading down to Cornwall to join the girls at Malory Towers, or journeying north to the windswept Scottish Highlands to walk the halls of Hogwarts, these stories...
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