Warwick in London took part in an international conference in Rome hosted by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the end of January. Warwick in London is a small project team from the University, based in Warwick’s London offices in the cities ‘Knowledge Quarter’ between St Pancras...
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In July 1957, an optimistic Harold MacMillan declared during a speech in Bedford that “most of our people have never had it so good.” The then Prime Minister’s assertion has been fiercely contested ever since, but a new study by Warwick University researchers seems to suggest MacMillan was correct. The...
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A competition organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to design a new £33 million faculty of arts building at the University of Warwick has narrowed its shortlist to five firms. The five firms are Foster + Partners, who designed London City Hall, Grimshaw whose notable projects include...
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The annual nomination period for Warwick SU Executive Officers, Sabbatical Officers, Undergraduate Faculty Reps, part-time officers and NUS Delegates opened on 16 January. Nominations will remain open until 14 February ahead of the start of campaigning at the end of the month. Democracy and Development Officer, Becky Gittins, stressed the...
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This week’s global student stories include a scandal about admissions at a University in South Korea, study abroad programmes declining amongst Norwegian students, and the scrapping of tuition fees across all state universities in the Philippines. South Korea: Admissions Scandal Continues Several arrests have been made following the continuing admissions...
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Two academics from Warwick Business School (WBS), Rachel Dickinson and Peter Corvi, have been awarded with National Teaching Fellowships. Awarded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), the National Teaching Fellowship is described as “the most prestigious individual award for excellence in teaching in higher education.” Rachel Dickinson, Principal Teaching Fellow...
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The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) debated last week whether to cut all ties with the National Union of Students (NUS) over comments made by President Malia Bouattia. They ultimately chose to maintain the relationship in a vote passed on Sunday 11 December. The motion, proposed by Binyomin Gilbert, a...
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Warwick For Free Education’s (WFFE) Occupation of the University’s new £5.3 million conference facility, the Slate, has lasted a full week as of this morning, Friday 9 December. The initial Occupation, which began on the morning of Friday 2 December, was bolstered by students who joined following a solidarity march...
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Concerns have been raised over the bouncers at two nightclubs in Leamington Spa, following allegations of physical altercations involving female students in recent weeks. The incidents, which allegedly took place at Neon and Smack, have caused concerns over the safety of Warwick students on nights out to resurface. One student,...
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A campaign has been launched to raise the £25,000 required to restore Leamington Spa’s fountain which commemorates the Czech and Slovak soldiers killed during Operation Anthropoid in 1942, responsible for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The soldiers were part of the Free Czechoslovak Army during the Second World War. They...
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The US Presidential Election on 8 November will undoubtedly have global repercussions and as such it is being marked across the University, both on the night itself and in the week leading up to the long awaited event. As part of the build up to Election Day, the Politics Society...
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The results for the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) 2016 Autumn Elections were published today, Friday 21 October, after voting opened on Tuesday 18th October. With nineteen positions open to nominations, this is a major election in Warwick student politics. In the Autumn Elections student get the opportunity to nominate themselves...
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