You’ve definitely seen it on your way into campus. A black, shadowy figure cemented into the turf outside the new bus complex. I have to admit when I first saw it, it looked like a prank, but it is actually a part of Laura Ford’s “Days of Judgement” sculpture series....
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What effect will Brexit have on us as students, and what do Warwick students think of the Brexit result?
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Ultimately, the figures speak for themselves. The level of BAME academics at Warwick is below the national average; BAME students are less likely to get a first; and the gap between ethnic minority and white students seems to be increasing.
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Rather than look to the NUS for representation and role models, and rather than give Miss Bouattia any more publicity that she has already garnered; I wanted to change tact and focus on the other ethnic minority students you might not know about that are representing you in a much better way.
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In the wake of the bombings at Maalbeek Metro station and Zaventem airport, it seems that the lives of many Belgians will not return to normal for months. Reportedly, in 2016, there have been no less than 532 terrorist attacks across 39 countries which have killed thousands of people and...
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Aissa Edon was absolutely fearless from the moment that she walked onto the stage. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been an increasingly controversial issue, and Edon’s honest story put the picture in a stark context. Having been taken from Mali at the age of six, she was transported to France where...
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Fairytales always have happy endings, don’t they? You would think so. However Dr Shelley Gilbert MBE, after losing both of her parents by the age of 10, didn’t have such a fantastic start. She is the CEO of Grief Encounter, a child bereavement charity which looks at dealing with the...
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The taboo behind mental health needs to be lifted. This was the message from Cecilia Knapp, a performance poet and writer, who has used ‘creative self-expression’ to help heal some of the wounds from her childhood. Speaking openly about the suicide of her older brother, she made it very clear...
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Recently, university staff and students stood in solidarity as they chose to condemn the recent green paper on higher education and the Prevent strategy. Regardless of your viewpoint, this is a monumental decision.
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The Boar predicts who they think will be winning the Sabbatical Officer Elections in 2016
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I can completely understand if you have stopped caring. The irony in being a green university and then plastering cardboard and tape around for Elections Week is something that I have heard laughed at on the U1 more than once this week.
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter watching the abhorrent 10-minute video released by ISIS earlier this week, it is clear what their intentions are. What is unclear is why the breadth of the international media, and notably the tabloid titles, feel the urge to immediately distil the complex story into a soundbite. The nauseous namesake billed by The Sun’s front page a day after the video...
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The Editors of the Boar, Hiran Adhia, and Warwick Globalist, Connor Woodman, condemn revelations that Warwick is lobbying to be exempt from Freedom of Information legislation
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