“Wow, you have so many streaks,” a comment that many people would utter upon getting a glimpse of my Snapchat screen. It’s no exaggeration when I say that I had a Snapchat streak with anyone who was willing. I had streaks with all my housemates, my course mates, my sister,...
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After living in Leamington Spa for almost a year and exploring all the independent restaurants and cafes that the town has to offer, I thought that its vegan options couldn’t get any better. Then Cellar Club opened. When its menu popped up on my Facebook feed I expected it to...
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Exam season is in full swing, and if you’re not frantically studying from your textbooks, you feel guilty about not revising. Worry not, two of our former deputy editors at the Boar have chosen their picks of TV shows that help them study for their course, whilst simultaneously acting as...
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The last three years have seen a sharp increase in the number of cheating incidences at top universities, according to figures taken from freedom of information requests by The Guardian. According to these figures, the number of academic misconduct cases at Russell Group universities has risen by 40% between the...
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A student from the University of Warwick has won bronze at a judo grand prix in Tbilisi, Georgia. The competition took place on 30 March, and marked the first time that Lulu Piovesana, a first-year Politics student from Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, was able to participate in a competition since October after tearing a ligament in her ankle whilst training.
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Staff at Coventry University Group staged a protest yesterday against the company's "sham union", which denies them trade representation.
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The student loan repayment threshold has risen for this financial year, meaning that students from England and Wales who took out a student loan from September 2012 onwards will begin repaying it when they earn a salary of £25,000 a year, instead of £21,000. The government, who announced the change...
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The TV shows I watched growing up will always have a special place in my heart and one of these is Charmed, the iconic fantasy drama revolving around the lives of three sister witches, the ‘Charmed Ones’, who tackle demons, warlocks, and the dating scene a decade before the invention...
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A group of five students from the University of Manchester have been jailed for up to 15 years after making over £800, 000 selling drugs on the dark web before being intercepted by the FBI in 2013.
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The number of British students granted visas to study in the USA hit a seven-year low under Donald Trump, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
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The world’s largest Primark store is set to open in Birmingham in time for Christmas this year, featuring five floors.
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Addressing the ongoing UCU strike, the Universities Minister has stated that striking lecturers have no mandate to disrupt exam season.
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Female students in the Indian city of Delhi are protesting against sexual harassment during the Hindu festival of Holi.
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