The University of Warwick has moved up one place from 9th to 8th in the Guardian UK University League Table for 2018. Warwick ranked 3rd in the country for Accounting and Finance, Politics and History of Art, as well as coming 2nd for Media and Film Studies. The guide ranks...
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The University of Warwick has lifted an injunction that prohibited protest on campus. The injunction had been in place since December 2014. The move follows the University’s promise to fully repeal the injunction after “meaningful negotiations” took place to end Warwick for Free Education’s (WFFE) 10-day occupation of the Slate...
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The Conservative party have taken control of Warwickshire County Council, winning 36 of the 57 available seats. Labour won 10 seats, the Liberal Democrats won seven seats and the Greens held their two. The remaining two seats went to candidates for Stratford First and Whitnash Residents Association. No party previously...
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The Jug and Jester, one of Leamington Spa’s two JD Wetherspoon pubs and a regular spot for Warwick students, has closed down. No formal announcement was made prior to the pub’s closure, although The Jug and Jester was purchased by pub company Stonegate, who own brands including the Slug and...
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Bill Gates, the world’s richest man and co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has praised researchers at the University of Warwick for their role in protecting the world’s poorest people from Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Gates stated: “UK aid and Britain’s world-leading research institutions like the University of...
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Prime minister Theresa May has called for a snap election this 8 June, despite repeated promises that there would not be an early election before 2020, to ensure stability. In a short statement outside Number 10, the prime minister confirmed that a vote on whether to hold the early ballot...
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Work on a new £11.5million railway station in Kenilworth continues, with the station set to open in December 2017. An hourly service to Coventry and Leamington Spa will operate from the station, linking the town to national routes to both London and Birmingham. Over 40 students studying Civil Engineering at...
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Vice-Chancellor Stuart Croft today announced the sale of the University’s main campus to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), which plans to create the country’s first protected goose reservation on the site by 2019. A spokesman for the University said that Warwick’s existing geese population made it...
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited campus on Thursday 30 March to officially open the University’s newest teaching building, the Oculus. The Princess Royal was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Mr John Crabtree, and dignitaries including the High Sheriff of the West Midlands Dr Keith Bradshaw...
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The Student Council voted yesterday in favour of a motion to create the part-time role of Trans Officer at the University. As it currently stands Warwick’s first Trans Officer is set to be elected in the Autumn elections of this year, however this may be delayed until next Spring due to the...
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“Magic” Mike Kynaston has been elected as Democracy and Developmnet Officer at Warwick Students’ Union (SU) for the next academic year. He beat three other candidates, Felix Lang, Ellie King and Sebastian Randell. He won 60% of the vote in the final round. Mike has served on the SU Democracy...
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This week’s Elsewhere at Warwick stories include an honorary Warwick graduate being tipped as the potential new Bake Off host, the 2017 Warwick Economic Summit, and the return of the popular Doggy De-Stress day to campus, to raise money for Guide Dogs UK. Honorary Warwick Graduate tipped as new Bake...
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Concerns have been raised that the legitimacy of the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) may be damaged by the continued campaign to boycott the National Student Survey (NSS). Warwick Students’ Union (SU) is among 25 SUs nationwide who have so far opted to support the National Union of Students’ (NUS)...
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