This academic year, the Boar’s Travel Editor, Ben Ockrim, is studying at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) on an international exchange program through Warwick’s Politics Department. These are his updates: I knew I always wanted to spend a year abroad, but I did not know where I wanted to go. My...
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If you spend enough time at Soweto Primary School, you can tell which of the pupils are orphans by noticing that they wear different shoes each day. This is because the local orphanage does not let the children keep their own shoes. Each night, they must hand in the pair...
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During Easter, the Boar sat down with Sarath Varadarajan, a third-year Politics and International Studies student at Warwick, to talk to him about his ongoing year abroad, studying Social Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Sarath, it’s lovely to speak to you. Before we talk about your time at VUB,...
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The headlines in early April were dominated by the arrest of former US President Donald Trump, in New York. It is undoubtedly a historic moment in American history, however, a thousand miles away, an equally, if not more significant result was emerging in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. On April...
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In Rocky, there is a scene that stands out above the rest. It occurs midway through the film, just after Rocky accepts Apollo Creed’s challenge for a heavyweight title showdown. In the scene, Rocky is confronted in his apartment by Mickey Goldmill, the gym owner, who opportunistically proposes to be...
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A recent poll by The Boar revealed that Warwick Students are extremely dissatisfied with the Stagecoach bus service from Leamington Spa to Warwick Campus.
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I’ll be honest, I’m not sure that I’m qualified to write this article. I don’t know very much about love, and even less about relationships. I’ve only been on a Valentine’s date once, when I was 18 and it didn’t go very well. After a dinner where I showed off...
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Ben Ockrim discusses the theatrics of Harry's recent book and his hopes for the future.
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After a successful pilot in 2022, the University of Warwick’s School of Law launched the second year of its community outreach programme, School Tasking, in January. This project, which runs in widening participation schools across the West Midlands, aims to give disadvantaged primary school children their first taste of university.
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Last month, the student housing charity Unipol described the current housing situation in the UK as reaching a ‘crisis point’ as many students struggle to find suitable accommodation to rent.
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A recent report by Ulster University and the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) found that students’ risk of mental illness, substance disorder, suicidal thoughts and ADHD varied by course at university.
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It’s fair to say that Warwick is not famed for its nightlife. We’re definitely no Bristol, Leeds or even Durham (hmm, maybe the last one is a bit too far – at least we’re not all Oxbridge rejects…) However, this doesn’t mean that Warwick students don’t know how have a...
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Harvard made history by appointing a black female president for the first time.
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