On 13th April, the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University Peter Horrocks was forced to resign “with immediate effect” following a vote of no confidence by the university’s academic staff. Alongside proposed cuts to staff and courses, academics were outraged by his public claims that they had “got away with not...
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The Warwick Summer Festival last June may not have been the highlight of everyone’s year, nor was it anyone’s idea of good value for money. However, that doesn’t mean we should lose faith in the festival scene in Warwick’s local area. There are a multitude of artsy and cultural festivals...
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If you’re like me and have an unexplainable inability to concentrate on work in your bedroom, then you know the pain of fruitlessly searching for a seat in the library during term 3. You’ll also know that if you don’t find somewhere to work quickly, any hopes of getting revision...
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The world’s first ‘blockchain university’, Woolf University, is being launched by a group of Oxford academics. It will be organised via an app, allowing individual students to connect with academics through methods such as one-on-one Skype tutorials and eliminating the need for a physical campus.
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A recent report by the Office for Students (OfS) entitled ‘Value for money: the student perspective’, has highlighted the problems regarding the education and confidence of young people on issues of student finance. The study, produced by a consortium of students’ unions, assesses the opinions of 6,000 young people including...
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Arthur Miller’s 1955 tragic play A View from the Bridge is the latest offering from the Warwick University Drama Society (WUDS), and does not disappoint. The play deals with what America represented to the outside world in the post-war era: a beacon of hope for immigrants. This theme is brought...
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The former Olympic USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor, Larry Nassar, has been sentenced to 175 years in prison on the basis of over 150 claims of sexual abuse during a period of over 20 years. The crimes were committed against young gymnasts and athletes, most of whom were...
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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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Jacqueline Wilson was a fixture in the lives of most young girls in the UK. Although her novels follow a similar template of strong-minded young girls facing hardship, she has created a whole range of characters that are easy to relate to. It’s a simple and foolproof formula, which is...
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I think we can all agree that 2017 was quite the year, packed so full of crazy events that it seemed to last forever. Whether 2017 was your year or whether you’re hoping for positive change in the next, the past twelve months have seen the publication of some great...
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Both Oxford and Cambridge have secured the top two positions within The Times 2018 Higher Education World University Rankings.
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Flat Christmas Dinner 2017. I post a poll up on our group chat asking what meat people wanted to eat, and conflict ensued. The flat was torn over chicken versus turkey. “Turkey is tradition! It’s not Christmas without a turkey!” were the arguments of the turkey lovers, while the rest...
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It was Friday 24th November, the day of the supposed Oxford Street ‘terror attack’. I was home for the weekend, shopping with my mum on Oxford Street, which was packed with people out for Black Friday. We had stopped for a cup of tea, then got up to catch the...
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