April 2020 was a bleak time for all of us. Locked indoors, binge-watching Netflix and occasionally gracing a Microsoft Teams call—as most students will recall— got boring eventually. For working parents of young children, however, the era may stand out as one of the greatest challenges of their lives. With...
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Results have been announced for the 2025 SU Spring Officer Elections, with The Boar speaking to the new officers for 2026's Students' Union.
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Voting has closed in the SU Spring Elections 2025. Follow The Boar’s live coverage throughout Warwick Students’ Union’s (SU) Results Night. 8:42pm The Boar understands that the Students’ Union aims to announce a winner for SU President in the next week. 8:06pm Thank you all for joining The Boar‘s election...
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The number of students charged with antisocial behaviour in on-campus accommodation has increased twenty-fold this year, a Freedom of Information request by The Boar has revealed. In Term 1 alone, 208 incidents classified as ‘antisocial behaviour’ were recorded – seven times the number recorded across the entirety of the preceding...
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Cathal Ó Gaillín never expected his love for hurling to take him beyond the shores of Ireland, let alone to the West Bank. Yet, just months after reaching out to GAA Palestine, the student from Donegal found himself stepping off a plane and heading into the occupied Palestinian territories, hurls...
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In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar and RAW 1251AM collaborated to offer all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Ollie Seal, the only candidate running for the position of Vice President for Sports, spoke to The Boar to discuss their...
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In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar and RAW 1251AM collaborated to offer all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Summer Jones, one of seven candidates running for the position of Vice President for Welfare & Campaigns, spoke to RAW 1251AM...
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In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar and RAW 1251AM collaborated to offer all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Anish Pani, one of twelve candidates in the race for Vice President for Postgraduate Students, spoke to RAW 1251AM. The interview...
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“Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine…” Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord – except, in this case, the dearly departed is not a soul but the green, unblinking menace of language learners everywhere: the Duolingo owl. But fear not, for like any good horror movie villain, Duo is never truly...
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Student activists affiliated with protest group Warwick Stands With Palestine (WSWP) have occupied an entrance to the Materials and Analytical Sciences block in a day-long sit-in. From 8am this morning (Thursday 20 February), demonstrators blocked off the Physics Concourse entrance to the MAS block, hanging up banners reading “Rolls-Royce off...
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You finally summit the seemingly endless FAB stairs, breathless and dreading the two-hour seminar that awaits. You’re rummaging for a pen when you glance up, and there they are. They’re perfect. Your heart skips a beat, you lock eyes and suddenly you know – or at least you think you...
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Ah, Dublin. Home of the Liffey, the Guinness Storehouse and, how could anyone forget, Paul Mescal in his GAA shorts. It’s a popular destination amongst students looking for a cheap weekend getaway. 8.6 million tourists passed through the city last year. And with returns from Birmingham from £28 (God bless...
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Students at Warwick searching for housing face a market of neglect, lawbreaking, and exploitation across Coventry and Leamington Spa, an investigation by The Boar has found. A survey of students conducted by the paper found many living in substandard and even dangerous conditions. Issues ranging from untreated mould-ridden rooms to...
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