The Green Party has launched three policies aimed at university students, including scrapping tuition fees and reinstating maintenance grants. The Party has also pledged to continue the Erasmus program after Brexit, and match the funding the EU currently provides to universities. The policies were announced by the Party’s co-leader Jonathan...
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Warwick Students’ Union (SU) elections took place on 3 March last week, leading to the third consecutive all-white Sabbatical Team at the University. Only 2 out of the 19 candidates were non-white; Hok “the Builder” Chiu who ran for President and Behram Khan who ran for Education Officer. Neither of...
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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCB) will design the new Faculty of Arts building after winning the international competition run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The building will accommodate the 7 departments and research centres that are currently spread between the Humanities building and Milburn house. The new...
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Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, was at the University of Warwick this morning speaking at the annual Labour Local Government Conference.
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The Vice-Chancellor of Warwick, Stuart Croft, published a blog post today in the Times Higher Education explaining how many UK universities, including Warwick, felt forced to join the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The TEF sees the government assessing the teaching quality within UK universities. However, in his post, Croft describes...
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Work Zone opens in SU Headquarters This month, Warwick Students’ Union (SU) developed a new area for staff and students to work in. The Central Meeting Area in SU Headquarters, which was previously used to hold meetings or workshops, has now been transformed into a SU Work Zone available to...
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University towns are reaching their capacity for purpose-built student accommodation. However, demand for such housing may fall due to demographic and international visa changes. The last two years saw record-high investments put into purpose-built student accommodation, according to the Financial Times. The consultancy EY said that approximately 9 university towns...
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Thirty-seven historians at the University of Warwick have published a statement voicing their concerns surrounding racism in Britain, particularly since the Brexit vote in June. The article, entitled “Bigotry seeks company in the UK”, was published on openDemocracy, self described as an “independent global media platform” which tackles social and...
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The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD) Young Writer of the Year Award announced on 9 December that it would be collaborating with the University of Warwick for 2017. The award is given annually to a British or Irish author for the best piece of fiction, non-fiction or...
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The 14-day long occupation of the Slate ended today, with Warwick for Free Education (WFFE) winning concessions from the University after engaging in “meaningful negotiations”. In a letter penned by Vice-Chancellor Stuart Croft this morning, the University agreed to fully repeal the injunction against occupation-style protest on campus, and agreed...
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Warwick University has partnered with Waitrose to create a doctoral training collaboration focused on developing food security. The project will provide PhD students with academic development and industry training in agriculture and sustainable crop development. The collaboration will provide students with business skills and employment opportunities in the fresh produce industry,...
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The price of train tickets from Coventry train station are set to go up by an average of 2.3% on January 2 2017. This has raised fears that some people will no longer be able to afford travelling from Coventry’s railway station. The station has already undergone other price increases...
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Brexit could mean a rise in tuition fees and the closing down of UK universities, warns one of the most senior academic in the UK. Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University, has raised his concerns regarding Brexit and the consequences for British universities in a recent Sky News interview....
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