The University of Warwick considered the singing of a Nazi marching song to be protected under “freedom of expression” until footage was shared on social media, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The video, which emerged last summer, showed members of the University of Warwick Conservative Association (UWCA) dancing...
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Campus accommodation is undoubtedly the best place to live in your first year, helping you settle into university life, providing general convenience, and, most importantly, serving as a great way to make friends. Choosing the right accommodation is an important decision, and, no pressure, but it will likely have a...
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Warwick Students’ Union (SU) has said that the personal data of thousands of students, including some home addresses, was available for over 36 hours. The data breach – which took place from 2 to 4 August – saw all society members given ‘President’ permissions on the SU’s webpage, granting them...
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Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana has resigned from the Labour Party and announced she is founding a new party alongside former leader Jeremy Corbyn. Ms Sultana, who represents the University of Warwick’s constituency in Parliament, declared in a statement published on social media: “Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from...
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Alijah Taha has been named the winner of Warwick Students’ Union’s (SU) presidential election following the conclusion of a University complaints investigation. Published on the SU’s Instagram page, the announcement comes 70 days after polls closed on 7 March. The SU is yet to disclose vote totals but figures seen...
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Catholic students at the University of Warwick are mourning Pope Francis following news of the pontiff’s death on Easter Monday (21 April). The Argentinian, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, had held the prestigious office for over 12 years, and was the first Latin American and priest from the Jesuit Order to...
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Our outgoing Editorial Board for 2024–25 bid farewell, and describe their final thoughts about their time with The Boar.
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The gold and emerald squares of the once-inescapable Wordle puzzle no longer swamp our social media feeds quite as they did in January 2022, when The New York Times (NYT) acquired the game for a seven-figure sum and sealed its place in millions’ daily routines. Maybe the crushing humiliation of...
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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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To mark International Women’s Day, six of our writers celebrate women in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics that inspire them. Fionnghuala O’Reilly – Anna Bickerton Sharp, savvy and brilliantly articulate, Fionnghuala ‘Fig’ O’Reilly has made her mark in all things data science, media… and beauty pageantry? If...
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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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