Warwick, Leamington Spa and Coventry have been prone to recent flooding with widespread surface water affecting multiple areas of Warwickshire. Warwick District Council (WDC) have since put in place recovery measures for flood victims in the Leamington area affected by the storm which has been labelled Storm Henk. Up to...
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University students are still being buffeted by the UK’s economic turmoil. Despite the fact that inflation is falling, prices still remain substantially higher than they were prior to the cost-of-living crisis. The National Union of Students (NUS) found that some are having to work “up to 50 hours a week”...
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The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, the UK’s first Covid-19 testing “mega lab”, has been put up for sale. The Leamington-based test centre opened in July 2021 and was intended to speed up Covid testing, processing 300,000 tests a day. However, plans never fully materialised, and the lab has stood empty for...
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WMG at The University of Warwick helped more than 50 small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in the West Midlands become more sustainable after the energy crisis left 60% of these critical UK manufacturers threatened with closure. Laura Downey, the technical lead of the Innovation programme at Warwick, said “The Net...
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The University College Admissions Service (UCAS) has shown white students to be in the minority of Oxbridge applicants for the first time. This marks a steep 17% drop between 2015-2023 spanning 8 years. The total number of white applicants this year, set at 25,530, is the lowest in over a...
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The University of Warwick hosted events as part of Birmingham Tech Week, a festival that brought over 30 sessions and 150 speakers together. Warwick ran two events for the week encompassing 16-20 October: a session on the ‘mobility revolution’ at the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) and a networking dinner...
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Coventry has been ranked ninth among ten cities most susceptible to Fresher’s flu for the upcoming cohort of students for the next academic year. According to Save the Student, Freshers’ flu refers to “a mixture of physical and psychological factors, which together batter away at your immune system and make...
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The US Supreme Court is now holding the fate of up to 40 million students in their hands as they deliberate on the legality of the Biden administration’s proposed loan forgiveness plan.
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