2026 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2026! Allow your favourite student journalists to inspire you with our annual attempts at renewal – whether that's proper hydration, banishing doomscrolling, or perfecting the art of the Letterboxd review.
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Hannah Guthrie
Students oppose ‘frustrating’ tuition fee hikes
The announcement that university tuition fees will increase each year in line with inflation has had an overwhelmingly negative reception among Warwick students. Amid the continuing funding crisis in higher education, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson confirmed on 20 October that fees will increase for the next two years. She also...
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Climate News: International Youth Day sheds light on how young people are driving climate action
12 August each year marks International Youth Day (IYD), a day to celebrate how young activists around the globe are advocating for change. The theme for this year’s IYD was ‘Local Youth Actions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Beyond’, aiming to highlight how young people are driving community-driven...
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Warwick-led study reveals prenatal Down syndrome screens failed to support mothers
Tamar Rutter, a PhD student at the University of Warwick, is the lead author of a new study into the prenatal screening for Down syndrome focusing on the support given to expectant mothers. The report, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, is the largest UK study of its kind...
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A student’s guide to Warwick’s campus accommodation 2025
Campus accommodation is undoubtedly the best place to live in your first year, helping you settle into university life, providing general convenience, and, most importantly, serving as a great way to make friends. Choosing the right accommodation is an important decision, and, no pressure, but it will likely have a...
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‘I felt invisible’: Growing up alongside a disabled sibling
In the UK, it is estimated that eight in ten disabled children have siblings – young people whose lives are deeply shaped by their siblings’ needs. These siblings “have a different experience of family life compared with other young people” and are often forced to accept that their disabled siblings’...
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How has working from home changed society?
Hannah Guthrie discusses the societal impacts of working from home and their often contradictory nature.
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Arsenal Women set to play all WSL home games at the Emirates next season
Arsenal Women will play all 11 Barclays WSL home matches at Emirates Stadium in the 2025/26 season. The move aims to “reaffirm N5 as the main home of Arsenal Women”, after nine of the 11 WSL games were played at the Emirates during the 2024/25 season. Arsenal’s first WSL game...
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Pride profiles: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ figures in SciTech
To celebrate Pride month, to writers from the Boar two of the most influential LGBTQIA+ people in Science and Technology Dr Alan L. Hart: A ‘visionary figure’ in tuberculosis treatment – Hannah Guthrie Alan L. Hart (1890-1962), assigned female at birth, was one of the first documented people to undergo...
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Almost half of young people have been affected by knife crime as new measures introduced in West Midlands
A recent study has found that 46% of young people have been, or know someone who has been, a victim of knife crime, prompting new measures to be introduced across the country. The survey, undertaken by the Kiyan Prince Foundation, also uncovered that over eight in 10 young people (83%)...
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Marching to the beat of the same drum: pride protests across the globe
Over the past 50 years, Pride has become a staple in the British calendar. Around the world, numerous cities host marches in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and in protest against their ongoing discrimination. 101 countries worldwide hosted Pride back in 2023, but in more than 70 others laws still...
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Avoiding ‘pinkwashing’ companies this Pride Month
‘Rainbow-washing’, or as it is more commonly known, ‘pinkwashing’, refers to corporations and organisations that align themselves with the LGBTQ+ community purely for economic benefit. Pride Month typically appears with a wash of rainbow-coloured decorations and marketing for new ranges and editions of items. Because of this, it can be...
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Climate News: Warwick commits to ‘Nature Positive’ pledge
In a press release on 4 April, the University of Warwick announced that it had signed the ‘Nature Positive’ pledge in a bid to improve the campus’ biodiversity and ecosystem health. Nature Positive is an international network that aims to “halt and reverse nature loss so that species and ecosystems...
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