Jasper Pearce

Just Vote hits campus for national referendum

Week 2 is to be branded by the Students’ Union as Just Vote Week, in honour of a campaign by the organisation of the same name to raise awareness of the referendum on electoral reform that will take place on Thursday, May 5th. Just Vote is a student run campaign...
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Posted May. 3, 2011

Lecturers strike out over pensions as seminars and lectures cancelled

Lecturers and tutors at Warwick University went on strike on Thursday, protesting against planned changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the pension scheme for employees in higher education. The strike was organised by the University and College Union (UCU). Throughout Thursday morning many lecturers and supportive students set up...
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Posted Mar. 23, 2011

Queen visits Leamington

The home of Spicy Bites and Smack justified its name on Friday March 4 as Queen Elizabeth II made an official visit to Royal Leamington Spa. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Leamington to open Warwickshire Justice Centre, a new one-stop judicial complex on Newbold Terrace. She...
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Posted Mar. 17, 2011

Warwick Amnesty sleepout lights up piazza

On Friday, Warwick Amnesty teamed up with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to design and build a slum on the Piazza which kicks off Warwick Amnesty’s flagship project, ‘Protect the Human Week.’ Warwick Amnesty aimed to raise awareness of the billion people across the world who live in slums, which Amnesty...
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Posted Mar. 17, 2011

Mental Health Awareness week

In the latest of this term’s ‘issue weeks,’ the Warwick Psychology Society in conjunction with the Department of Psychology and the Students’ Union, last week held a ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ (MHAW) which focused on raising awareness of several issues related to mental illness. The week featured talks covering various...
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Posted Mar. 9, 2011

It’s not easy being green – but we’re doing our best

Warwick campus was inspired by environmentalism last week, as Warwick People and Planet collaborated with the Students’ Union and societies to produce Go Green 2011, a week-long campaign to raise awareness of and inspire interest in environmental and ecological issues. The week featured a number of lectures, discussions and activities...
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Posted Mar. 2, 2011