Hiran Adhia

Editor-in-Chief (2015-2016) - Comment Editor (2014-2015) - Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at the University of Warwick - Twitter: @Hiran_Adhia - Email: H.Adhia@warwick.ac.uk

Days of Judgement: Cat 1

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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Posted Jul. 7, 2016

Breaking the seal on alleged racism at Warwick

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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Posted May. 20, 2016

Five students that are more representative than Malia Bouattia

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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Posted Apr. 28, 2016

TEDx Warwick: Female Genital Mutilation

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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Posted Mar. 29, 2016

TEDx Warwick: Happily never after?

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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Posted Mar. 29, 2016

TEDx Warwick: The taboo of mental health

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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Posted Mar. 29, 2016

“Jihadi John” is a real issue, not a cartoon villain

[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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Posted Jan. 19, 2016