Warwick Students’ Union (SU) succeeded in preventing a tuition fee rise for the 2016/17 academic year. In September, the University of Warwick suggested it was going to raise tuition fee by £250 per year for both incoming and returning students. The SU’s statement on Facebook on Monday 28 November claimed:...
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The University of Warwick has achieved 34th place in this year’s Green League after rising 95 places since last year. The Green League is an annual UK competition which ranks UK universities in order of highest environmental and ethical performance. It is run by the student campaigning society People &...
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The number of EU students applying to study at UK universities has dropped by 9%, latest UCAS figures have revealed. These figures concern applications to courses with the early deadline of 15 October, such as medicine and dentistry and Oxbridge applications. 6,240 EU students have applied for these courses, 620...
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Warwick Societies collaborate for Black History Month Warwick Anti-Racism Society hosted its last Black History Month (BHM) event on Wednesday 26 October. The event’s theme was racism in sport and discussed how racial prejudice is still present in sport and athletic competition today. This month Anti-Racism Society worked with Warwick...
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Luke Pilot, President of Warwick Students’ Union (SU), was elected onto the National Union of Students (NUS) Welfare Zone Committee on 27 October. Luke was elected during the Welfare Zone Conference, which took place in Stratford-upon-Avon. Before being elected as President for this academic year, Luke was the Welfare Officer...
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The government has announced that EU students applying to study at UK universities for the 2017/18 academic year will continue to have access to student funding support with no changes made to the cost of their university fees. The announcement was made on 11 October. EU students applying for the...
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Student Accommodation Awards conclude without a winner for their Student Experience category after judges refused to pick a winner on the grounds that none of the nominees offer afforable accommodation. The panel consisted of ten judges, all students themselves, who were invited by the publication Property Week to pick a...
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Warwick’s new teaching and learning centre The Oculus opens tomorrow, Monday 17 October at 9am. The centre is the first interdisciplinary building at the University, providing teaching space for all departments. One of the chief aims for the building was to provide innovative teaching areas, with rooms that can be...
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Warwick’s Students’ Union (SU) launched “Are You OK?” day today, the start of a new campaign wherein the SU will host one a month. It aims to promote more open discussion amongst students about mental health and encourages them to ask each other if they are doing alright – similar...
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A number of British universities, including Warwick, are beginning to use Snapchat as a promotional tool to engage prospective and current students. Newcastle University was one of the first UK universities to use Snapchat as a means of communication with its students. Their Snapchat account is mainly used to document...
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The University of Warwick has been ranked amongst the top 100 universities in a major league table. On the 21 September, The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-17 were released. Warwick was placed 82nd top university in the world. The ranking also places Warwick as 10th best university...
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Following a Freedom of Information request, the Boar can reveal the University of Warwick receives £13 million worth of research funding from the EU each year. The 10 largest EU funded grants sponsor research into medicine, chemistry, mathematics, physics, business and economics. The largest of these is the Health Research...
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Warwick’s new medical school extension enjoyed an impressive opening ceremony with the keynote speech being given by Nobel Prize winner Dr Randy Schekman. Dr Schekman attended the opening of the Mechanochemical Cell Biology Building (MCBB) extension having flown in from the USA where he is a professor in the Department...
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