It was a disaster from start to finish really. My Mum, my Nan and I on a coach trip to Disneyland Paris. At the time, I’d never been to Disney so I was pretty excited. Not even the lack of air conditioning and the screaming kids on the coach could...
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The University of Warwick will be given funds from the £2.45 million Higher Education Funding Council for England to address sexual harassment on campus, and provide safer campuses for students. Back in 2016, The Guardian conducted a survey of students’ experiences of harassment, revealing an epidemic of sexual abuse within...
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It’s no question that students suffering with physical illnesses should be allowed to get extensions on deadlines. If someone is suffering to the point it is having a detrimental impact on their work it is a way universities can help to relieve stress. Within the University it is possible for...
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It was around term two of first year when I received a text from my bank checking it was really me that was spending a ridiculous amount of money online shopping. Yes, yes it was. Except I wasn’t actually browsing the latest sales, I was buying books for my degree....
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8am Saturday morning, I was up braving the cold weather to send off this years intrepid ‘Jail breakers’. Enthusiasm and spirits were high, costumes were on point and teams were optimist about where they might end up. Hawaii, Barbados and Australia were all popular choices. Despite no team managing to...
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TW: Harassment, sexual harassment and sexual violence As I awkwardly laughed off the unsolicited groping and crude chat up lines in the middle of the Copper Rooms, it suddenly hit me. I shouldn’t be awkwardly laughing and excusing this stranger’s behaviour. This was harassment and this was inappropriate.Unfortunately, this was...
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s I proudly showed my ‘HistSoc Hits Berlin’ photo album to my family, I found myself looking at photos of things that I didn’t remember seeing myself. “Were you even there?”, I was asked, as I justified another over-edited picture of a unknown statue with, “I don’t remember what it...
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Warwick’s new Vice-Chancellor, Stuart Croft, took part in a Question Time session last night. This event was the first of its type and current plans suggest a question time will happen each term.
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