It’s a bright, chilly Sunday afternoon and I’m sitting in the rehearsal room for WUD’s newest production: The Bacchae. Euripides’ swan song, originally performed posthumously after his death, is a play that was made to rattle an audience. It’s amoral, it’s cynical, it’s dialectal, with the central demigod Dionysius seducing...
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Nearly half of all higher education providers are facing a deficit this year, despite rising tuition fees and attempts to reduce costs. 124 institutions, representing 45% of those analysed by the Office for Students (OfS), are likely to post a deficit in 2025-26. This is an increase from universities’ individual...
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Recent data shows that the majority of higher education institutions across the UK have failed to reach gender pay equity in the past year. The gender pay gap, by definition, is a measure of equality that shows the difference in average earnings between women and men. Since 2017, any organisation...
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Odette Dyer in conversation with the Warwick Filmmaking Society
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‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ has never been a preferred Yuletide anthem of mine, but now I can confidently say I will turn it off at the very first twinkle of bells. Mariah Carey has been defrosted once again this year (whoopee), and, whether crudely aware or brazenly ignorant, she has cemented herself as the voice...
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Across the globe, sea levels are on the rise at an unprecedented rate, and they pose a significant risk to coastlines across the UK. Fairbourne, a coastal village off the west coast of Wales, is no exception. On the Gwynedd coast, and at the mouth of the Mawddach Estuary, its...
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Men don’t talk about their mental health. This fact is as salient today as it was 60 years ago. With another November wrapping up, it is important to seriously consider exactly why. There are just over 28,000 students at Warwick and around half of this population are men. These men...
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Paddington has become a name as synonymous with London culture as the London Eye or Big Ben, so on hearing that the character was due to make his West-End debut in November 2025, I, alongside many others, was incredibly excited. The project has reportedly been in the works for close...
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We’re back with the third edition of this column, and until now we’ve been rather Eurocentric, focusing on Slovenia and Cyprus. So, I thought it was time for a change, something a little more exotic. This next destination is one I’ve always wanted to visit, and I’m sure many of...
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Tanaaya Vinod urges everyone to listen to Alex Warren.
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At first glance, The University of Warwick seems well-connected, with up to 10 modes of available transport listed on the University’s official website. Travelling around Warwickshire and beyond should theoretically be efficient and reliable, with multiple bus operators (Stagecoach, Arriva, National Express, etc.) running services to and from Coventry, Leamington, and...
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Coventry City Council has lost a legal battle against the Home Office over a decision to house more asylum seekers in the city. The council argued that, while they welcome accommodating their fair share of asylum seekers, the burden placed on the city by the Home Office was “excessive”. They...
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