One Vauxhall Corsa. 14 wild boars. 307 first-year physics textbooks, and 1,535 copies of The Boar. That isn’t the Editor-in-Chief’s slightly perplexing shopping list but is instead a list of items equal in weight to the world’s largest pumpkin. The titanic vegetable was crowned on 14 October at the annual...
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The science will have you binning your tupperware — but is there any point to panicking? Martin Day explores the true scale of our plastic problem in food, looking at what scientists know, the huge amount they don't, and whether it might be pointless after all to try avoiding plastic's effects.
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Student groups have reacted with anger after Warwick Students’ Union appeared to cancel this term’s All Student Vote (ASV), in an unprecedented move. In its Impact Assessment report, available online, the SU rejected all eight motions proposed by students to be voted on in Week 9. The decision has effectively...
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Articles in this section originally appeared in Volume 47, Issue II of The Boar, published Tuesday 29 October, 2024. Houseplant sales wither Among other staples of the start of term, students this month were tempted with an exotic array of miniature greenery at the annual houseplant pop-up sale. Browsing the...
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In what represents a genuinely seismic step, the UK has become the first major global economy to move on entirely from coal power with the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the last coal power plant left in Britain.
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The Chair of the Warwick Conservative Association has resigned weeks after the end of a University investigation into misconduct that led to sanctions on the group. Lewis Wakeford, who had been Chairman of the society from March 2024, stood down from his position in October, The Boar can reveal. He...
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators have attempted to block access to the Rootes building today in response to the presence of BAE Systems at a careers fair. At 10:45am, seven protestors stood in front of two entrances to the Rootes building on campus to prevent students from accessing the STEM Careers fair. ...
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The University of Warwick has launched a consultation with students as it considers major changes to its brand identity, including ditching its iconic two-triangle logo. The so-called ‘Brand Evolution’ is aiming to modernise the University’s image as it approaches its 60th anniversary in 2025. An online survey running from 1...
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Academics have warned of a ‘catastrophe’ facing Britain’s universities this year, as rising costs and falling enrolment numbers place huge pressure on institutions’ finances. It has led to suggestions that universities could be forced to abandon courses, cut staff, or even merge to avoid bankruptcy and closure. Such an event...
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Articles in this section originally appeared in Volume 47, Issue I of The Boar, published Tuesday 24 September, 2024. HistSoc magazine launch The Warwick History Society has become the latest society on campus to field its own publication with the launch of Rewind magazine. Pitching itself as “the home of...
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Truth is often stranger than fiction, but this time fiction might just have gotten there first. Martin Day examines the bizarre effects a household food-dye could have on the body, its roots in a science-fiction classic, and what implications the discovery holds for the future.
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In an exclusive statement issued to The Boar, the University of Warwick has revealed the sanctions imposed on students involved in the Warwick Conservative Association ‘Nazi video’. The video, which shows students dancing and singing along to ‘Erika’ – a marching song associated with Nazi Germany – went viral after...
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Cooking: some people love it, others couldn’t hate it more – what is undeniable, however, is that it’s an essential rite of passage for a university student. Just as a baby owl must learn how to catch mice before it can fly the nest, you too must learn how to...
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