New deals, new direction for UK trade
James Watson discusses the recent US and Indian trade agreements and their impact on the UK.
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Our home and sacred land: A look at the Canadian election
In light of a staunch anti-Trump sentiment within Canada, the nation’s conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre has moved to quickly backtrack and reframe many of his policies. The shift is part of Poilievre’s attempt to close a 25-point lead between himself and the prevailing Liberal party leader Prime Minister Mark...
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Windrush: A neglected population
The ‘Windrush generation’ is a term that has gone beyond a historical epithet used to describe a population of Caribbean Brits in the United Kingdom. It has become a fully-fledged movement. Around ½ a million Caribbeans came to Britain from their native countries between 1948 and 1971. These people became...
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A unique path: a journey across cultures
The essence of a university campus is that it is imbued with its own unique ethos, culture and community. This was something I had not fully appreciated until I had left Warwick. There is always talk that university will be some of the most transformative years of your life. I...
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‘Operation Varsity Blues’ and the world of US college admissions
Operation Varsity Blues was the single largest college admissions scandal to face the United States, with over 40 people indicted in a scheme that involved students gaining entrance to undergraduate programs at elite schools. William Rick Singer, the man who orchestrated the scheme, used the conceptual ‘side door’ to get...
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2025 to welcome ‘post-pandemic’ Generation Beta
2025 will mark the arrival of the new ‘Generation Beta’, children set to inherent a rapidly and consistently changing world, full of both technological and environmental uncertainty. Born between 2025 and 2039, this generation is said to be completely centred around a technology-based future and will pioneer new solutions to...
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2025 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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The impact of individual action in the Climate Crisis
On average, the typical shower in the United Kingdom uses 13 litres of water every minute. This means that those people, like myself, who take a 2.5 minute shower, use around 30 litres of water. The same household will get through around 66 plastic-packaged items within a 7-day period and...
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Over three-quarters of UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels
Out of 149 UK universities, 116 have now publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels, marking a record shift in the industry. Across the past 11 years, student activism groups such as People & Planet have been working to cut down universities’ connections to fossil fuels. This is an initiative that...
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US-UK relations: the death of the ‘special relationship’?
The term ‘special relationship’ has been carved out by a long and relatively well-trodden history. The term was originally coined by former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the wake of the Second World War. In a world where a victorious Britain had defeated Nazi Germany principally due to their alliance...
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Decision ‘24: Make Ham-erica Great Again
45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump will become the 47th. James Watson unpacks the historic result, and speaks to students at the University of Pennsylvania processing the results.
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The Boar’s State of the Race 2024: The swine-al countdown
With the US presidential election now just days away, the only certainty of the race is its unpredictability. Both contenders have recently put together closing statements for their respective campaigns. Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has used some of her party’s biggest stars to make her closing argument to...
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US election Boarlletin: Students prepare for the most important vote of their lives
Since 1992, the US state of Connecticut (CT) has consistently voted for Democratic candidates in presidential elections. The total population of the state in 2022 was 3.6 million, making it the 29th most populous state in the country – yet, as the third smallest, behind Rhode Island and Delaware, this...
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