The coronavirus pandemic has upended higher education as we know it. Over the course of two weeks, universities across the UK have had to devise methods to move all teaching online. A previous Boar article reported that students feel disadvantaged by online learning, and that it does not provide an...
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The theme for World Environment Day 2020, ‘Time for Nature’, could not be any more fitting for our current circumstances. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the amount of damage human activity can have on the planet. CO2 emissions are predicted to fall by 4-8% this year, mainly due to a...
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While waiting in queue for coffee on a dreary Leamington morning, a conversation between a customer and the shop owner piqued my curiosity. “At first it was difficult for everyone, but now, I think I’m starting to enjoy this quite a bit,” the customer murmurs conspiratorially. “How so?”, asks the...
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Private equity firms have been making the news as the beneficiaries of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19. While the stock market has gone through a jarring decline, private equity may benefit from discounted buyouts of established businesses, such as Virgin Australia, as businesses are strapped for cash. As reported...
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Alicia writes about her experiences in a consulting summer internship, where she learnt many valuable skills.
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The Augar review, an independent report commissioned by the government published at the end of May, argued that the tuition fee cap should be reduced to £7,500. The review suggested that some courses cost significantly below the current £9,250 students are paying to run. It reports that the average cost...
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Pret is to takeover brances of Eat to convert to new Veggie Prets to appeal to a meat-free audience in the UK.
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Uber is set to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a bid to raise $10bn, raising concerns of whether Uber can deliver to shareholders.
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O n 3 April 2019, Brunei’s new penal code based on strict Sharia laws fully came into effect, punishing homosexual sex between men and adultery with death by stoning. Sharia law was first introduced in the miniscule nation-state in 2014, despite strong condemnation from international bodies. The new laws were...
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The rise in prominence of e-books is a phenomenon that has undoubtedly served the interests of readers and researchers everywhere. Through the digitisation of books, the cost of obtaining material for research has been significantly reduced, both in terms of time and money. This technology has also relieved libraries from...
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The release of unedited video footage of the MAGA hat-donning high school students and a Native American veteran has brought outrage in right-wing circles. As some accuse the mainstream media of blatant “false reporting”, one viewer even commented “CNN and MSNBC owe an apology to those sophomores. Oh wait, they’re Leftists...
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The release of farming simulator Stardew Valley on iOS last October has been greeted with much excitement, earning $1m in its first three weeks, as Sensor Tower reports. The 8-bit game, first released in 2016 on Switch and PC, has successfully captured the hearts of casual gamers looking for a...
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Last December, recruitment posters for a pan-European nationalist group named ‘Generation Identity’ appeared across Glasgow Caledonian University. Bearing the declaration, “You are not alone. Patriots walk among you. Join the patriotic revolution”, the posters formed a clear attempt at appealing to the so-called ‘silent majority’. They may have been taken...
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