Several European universities and student groups have called on the European Commission to raise funding for Erasmus+ by an additional €20 billion, just weeks after the UK announced it would rejoin the scheme in 2027. The European Commission had initially proposed a €40.8 billion budget for the Erasmus+ programme from...
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The Vice-Chancellor of King’s College London (KCL), Professor Shitij Kapur, has claimed there are too many graduates in the UK, which is decreasing the value of university degrees and making the job market overcrowded. In an age where more than half of the population are now entering higher education and...
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The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has issued a warning that West Midlands Police could lose up to 80 officers following a ‘frustrating’ budget cut. The announced budget would cut £41 million from police funding in the West Midlands. In response, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has expressed “deep concern and frustration”. After years of austerity, the progress...
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This section – looking back at stories from The Boar’s archive – originally appeared in Volume 48, Issue IV of The Boar, published on Thursday 5 February, 2026. 1983: A Liber-ale Mix-up Preparations for the 46th edition of the Warwick Real Ale Festival are well underway, with the event set...
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By now, almost everyone knows about the feud between the Beckhams. But what are the facts? “I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but...
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Whether it be a marathon, a Tough Mudder, or a charity rugby match in a local park, sporting challenges are a great way to raise money for charity. Many clubs at the University use sport as a way of fundraising for good causes; there’s seemingly not a week that passes...
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The sporting spectacle that is the Ashes, cricket’s greatest rivalry, has concluded with Australia’s dominant 4-1 series win over England. Prior to the first test, there was much back-and-forth media warfare between the two countries. Now-retired England cricket legend, Stuart Broad stated that the current Aussie side was ‘probably the...
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If you’ve ever taken a GCSE-level biology course, you may vaguely recognise the term CRISPR-Cas9 (or just CRISPR for short); it has been a buzzword in biotech circles for quite a few years now. Within wider western culture you might have noticed how the societal fear of bioweaponry and biowarfare has proliferated and developed partially due to the upsurge of technologies like CRISPR and an increase in the general public’s awareness of...
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The year of 2025 was undoubtedly one of huge scientific advancement, with new and exciting findings in every field ranging from chemistry, biology, physics, and even colour science. I’ve picked out a couple of the year’s biggest discoveries and highlighted their impact on science and the world. In April, biotech company Colossal Biosciences claimed to have created the “first modern dire wolves” 10,000 years...
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Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly growing business sector, with investments in big development companies increasing by year, more job positions offered related to AI, and the emergence of data centres that are causing a computer RAM (random access memory) shortage. We, as a society, are experiencing what is referred to as the AI boom right now. However, some sceptics have compared the growth...
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Cancer is a terrifying and ruthless disease, and unfortunately its treatment can be just as brutal. A cancer diagnosis is life-changing at any age, and teens and young adults face a unique set of problems when dealing with cancer on top of everything else. Treatment can cause major disruptions to daily life, leaving young people...
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In a collaborative effort between universities, national research institutions, and industry, the University of Warwick’s facilities and expertise played a crucial role in discovering ‘hot spots’ around atomic defects (imperfections of a material’s microscopic structure) in diamonds, thereby challenging assumptions about the material known to be the world’s best natural heat conductor. Researchers discovered that when light hits certain molecular-scale defects inside a diamond,...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a trad-wife, a mistress, therapy, or indeed all three. I believe it was Stevie Wonder that said that love is blind (no, it wasn’t), but in today’s generation of hook-up...
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