Joseph Walters

Vice Chancellor defends privatisation of universities

Tensions between management, staff and students at Warwick University were voiced on Friday 13 May in a debate entitled “The Future of the Public University”. Vice Chancellor, Nigel Thrift, argued for the need to accept privatisation, co-operate and move forward, a view that conflicted with those of the other speakers,...
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Posted May. 26, 2011

Israel Palestine Forum sparks debate

Approximately 150 students, staff and locals attended Warwick University’s Israel Palestine Forum’s (IPF) impassioned debate on the subject of the West Bank Barrier on Thursday 17 February. The IPF aims to provide a platform for informative debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thursday’s event, entitled “Wall versus Fence” sought to explore...
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Posted Feb. 27, 2011

Students attacked near Coventry club

Three Warwick University students were attacked outside a nightclub in Coventry by a man who was later found to be in possession of cocaine. The students, Owen Evans, Ben Keene and another who preferred to remain anonymous, were on their way to Kasbah nightclub on Saturday 8 January, when the...
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Posted Jan. 19, 2011