Travel torture
The new campus car parking scheme has led to an increase in demand for bus services, frustration from some student drivers, and disruption to the area around the university.
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Derek Hatley
Parking Prohibited
The University has removed all student parking permits this year, creating an outcry from student drivers, many of whom have already paid for their insurance.
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University axes CTCCS
The University has decided to close the Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies (CTCCS), following a review process that was completed last June.
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Mandelson takes HE reins in new department
The government’s Department of Innovation, Universities, and Skills has been disbanded in Gordon Brown’s cabinet reshuffle, and replaced by a new Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
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Students run in local elections
The Conservative Party won an outright majority in the Warwickshire County Council elections on 4 June
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Lecturers boycott new visa rules
A group of academics have pledged to boycott their role in the government’s new immigration scheme.
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Warwick students hitch-hike for charity
Eighty-six Warwick students hitchhiked to Morocco and Prague over the Easter holiday as part of the annual Warwick Hitch.
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Calls for overhaul of university system
Universities Secretary John Denham has announced that he will draw up plans for an overhaul of the Higher Education system, following last year’s Research Assessment Exercise.
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University to spy on students
The University of Warwick has started its implementation of the new requirements for international student visas.
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999 – the number for UoW security
I was recently involved in an incident in my halls of residence that resulted in me phoning for an ambulance. However, in accordance with the University’s policy, campus security responded instead of an ambulance or first aider.
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Post-election controversy
Post election fallout sees one candidate claiming his disqualification was political, as the second place candidate concedes
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Andrew Bradley takes the reins
Andrew Bradley defeated four rivals in this year’s union elections to become the next president of Warwick’s Students’ Union
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Rebuild to disrupt buses
The second phase of the Students’ Union rebuild will begin near the end of this term, closing of Tempo from week ten and most of the Piazza from week eight. The bus stops and taxi rank will be relocated.
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