To be perfectly honest, this article seemed like a much better idea when I asked for it. Now that I’m sitting in a cafe trying to write it, worried that I’ve picked the wrong place and soon I’ll be expected to order food, the task seems small and impossible. If...
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Higher education in this country is, at its most basic level, an attempt to soothe one of society’s greatest injustices: that people from different backgrounds have unequal rights to education. Our tertiary education system is unsustainable in its current form, but it is at least trying. It’s a broken system,...
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“The day the pub dies, England dies; for within the pub, you will find the heart of England.” – SPB Mais Those words were written on the cellar door of the first pub I worked in, and I often read them several times a shift to distract myself from the...
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In recent months, financial pressure on universities and the Department for Education (DfE) have reached new heights, but a report has found that institutions could be making substantial savings through “smarter use of shared services”. Amid several major UK universities facing bankruptcy, Secretary for Education, Bridget Phillipson, has made it...
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As the 2024/2025 academic year came to an end, so too did the iconic ‘W’ brand of the University of Warwick. Replacing it is a brand-new image for the University, complete with a new crest, colour palette, and font. Needless to say, the changes have caused some controversy among the...
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Private universities in the UK have come under increasing fire due to the amount of money being paid to their most senior members. Much criticism has been levelled at the pay gap between the individuals leading private institutions and those heading the elite public universities which educate most of the...
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It was in the holiday between years eight and nine that I first seriously considered attending Warwick. I was on a summer engineering course for three days, and a big selling point was that it meant spending three days on Warwick campus. This news of being unaccompanied by parents for...
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Liberal globalism is coming to an end, although I would argue that it never truly took hold in the first place. The consensus of the past twenty or thirty years was flawed in a lot of different ways, but the new one on the horizon (or lack thereof) makes me...
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People are drawn to the personalities of universities and the older they are, the more unique ‘personality’ and identity they seem to develop. However, anyone who thinks that age is a guarantee of personality has clearly never watched an interview with Nigel Farage or Allistair Campbell. The University of Warwick...
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Independent auditors have called into question the ability of the Coventry University Group “to continue” in light of their most recent financial report. In a recent audit, the group, which consists of the university itself as well as its holdings within Coventry and external campuses in London and Scarborough, was...
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Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th President of the United States was set to be a victory for the working American, seeing the vanquishing of the global elites with Trump coming to power in front of thousands of his MAGA faithful. However, in typical Trump fashion, he almost completely flipped his...
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Justin Trudeau, likely best known for legalising marijuana and his impeccable cheek bones, has been leader of the ninth richest country in the world for almost a decade. Yet his global popularity has not been matched by the average Canadian for some time now, as an increasingly large proportion of...
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Elon Musk recently sent shockwaves through the British political media by announcing his intention to donate £100 million to Reform UK. This is an example of the billionaire pseudo-fascism peddled by Musk’s political boyfriend Donald Trump and it poses a tangible threat to the UK’s democracy. The wealthy and powerful...
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