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Living at university with an eating disorder

What is it like living at university with an eating disorder? One writer shares it all. (Trigger Warnings: Eating disorder, Bulimia) One of the many infuriating aspects of having mental health issues is the desire to combat the stigma surrounding them, yet wanting to maintain as much normality in your own...
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Posted Dec. 4, 2018

Lessons learnt from a gap year: part two

In the second part of this gap year series, we explore how different cultural experiences can provide you with lifelong lessons.    Your family aren’t just those related to you Staying with a Filipino family for two weeks during my year off, I learned how accepting their culture is of welcoming others...
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Posted Nov. 16, 2018

Lessons learnt from a gap year: part one

No, I didn’t do any of my recommended summer reading, nor did I learn the suggested vocab list. However, my ‘gap yah’ wasn’t all just party-hostels either. I ended up working at an international school in Malaysia. 6,584 miles away from my family, I started my first ever serious job,...
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Posted Nov. 9, 2018

Why Boris Johnson should not apologise for his Burka comments

Another day, another reason why national icon BoJo finds himself in the headlines. This time, the former foreign secretary has come under fire after comparing those who wear the Burka, a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women, to ‘letterboxes’ and ‘bank robbers’. Following the publication of the comments in...
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Posted Aug. 19, 2018

University dropouts have nothing at all to be ashamed of

Advice for freshers starting university? Be nice to your halls cleaner. Cooked chicken is white all the way through. Don’t lie about how much sex you’ve had. Simple. Second and third years love to patronise first-time students with banal common sense. However, there is one particular piece of advice that...
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Posted Aug. 16, 2018

Understanding the British Asian identity

Following a survey conducted by ComRes, it was revealed that more than half of British Asians had toned down their Asian identity to fit in. In light of this, five Warwick students share their thoughts on the results of this survey, and their own personal experiences. Aamena Patel It’s not...
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Posted Aug. 15, 2018

Reflections on the Royal Wedding

Jessie Kolvin    Two people fell in love and it was hard not to be very happy for them. It was also hard not to be excited about what their union suggested for an outdated institution: a non-white person married into the royal family for the first time; a divorcee...
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Posted Jul. 5, 2018

Anything you can do (I can do just as well)

Flashback to 100 years ago in Britain. A select group of women had only just obtained the right to vote. Politics was seen as ‘The Old Boys Club’. Men were given power to shape all political affairs while women were expected to focus on domestic issues. Privately educated men, with...
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Posted Jul. 4, 2018

I write this as a survivor of rape

I am writing this as a survivor of rape and as someone who has escaped a violent partner. The ‘Warwick group chat’ story has brought shame upon the University. The story is so much more than a private conversation between Neanderthals who lack the wit for successful dark humour and...
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Posted May. 18, 2018

Bursting Warwick’s business bubble

Warwick was my insurance choice, so after the dreaded results day had come and gone and I learned that I was going to be spending the next three years of my life here, I endeavored to learn as much as possible about the university. Besides the comments that “Warwick is...
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Posted Mar. 18, 2018