Rwandan genocide survivor Naila Kira shared her personal testimony at the University of Warwick on Thursday 28 February, under the invitation of Warwick History Society (HistSoc). (Content Warnings: Sexual assault, violence, death, blood) The talk is part of HistSoc’s speaker series for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, which bears the theme...
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The results of the University of Warwick’s students’ union (SU) Spring Elections were announced tonight at The Dirty Duck. This year has seen a sharp increase in the number of voters, from 4,550 in 2018 to 6,347 – the highest voter turnout since 2013. There has also been an 81% increase...
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Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Chairman and founder, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, has passed away today Friday 1 March after a short illness. He was 78 years old.
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Warwick Students’ Union (SU)’s Democracy Exec has passed a vote of confidence in Democracy and Development Officer (DDO) Ben Newsham. The vote of confidence was passed during a Democracy Exec meeting held this week and will progress to a student council review, after an official petition on the SU’s website was launched...
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A teenager was arrested for possessing a knife and drugs in Leamington Spa on Wednesday 13 February. Reports of two teenagers “acting suspiciously” in Leamington’s High Street led officers to find a knife near where the boy had been sitting. He was taken to Leamington Police Station, and received a...
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Professor Dominic Shellard, former vice-chancellor of De Montfort University (DMU), resigned this week amidst an investigation by regulators into the governance of UK universities, and after it was revealed that he received a 22% pay rise for the 2017/18 academic year. His resignation closely follows that of Ian Blatchford’s, who...
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The All Student Vote (ASV) for this term opened at 9am today. Warwick students can vote on motions discussed at yesterday’s ASV meeting until Friday noon, before the results are released. The ASV, put forward by the University of Warwick’s students’ union (SU), allows a chance for students to have their...
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On Thursday 24 January, under the invitation of Warwick Politics Society, Claire Fox gave a talk to students about the nature of free speech, its impact on younger generations today, and Brexit, and spoke to The Boar afterwards.
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In 2018, Warwick has fared well in a variety of avenues, be it in the rankings, development projects, etcetera. However, as the new year commences, there’s more than enough room for approval, especially for recurring issues that have yet to be addressed. Nothing unites Warwick students more than their mutual...
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The second eldest women’s college in the United States of America, Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, will accept transgender and non-binary students from the start of the 2019/2020 academic year.
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Students at universities across the UK have been fined £534,000 from 2015 to 2018, with the top reason being antisocial behaviour, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by The Independent has revealed.
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The Australian government will be legislating against contract cheating, a phenomenon which has been rising in the UK in recent years.
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Warwick Politics, Philosophy and Law (PPL) Society published a Facebook poll on whether gender is binary last week, which has led to opposition from the University of Warwick’s Students’ Union (SU) and societies such as Warwick Pride.
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