The United Kingdom will face an unexpected summer general election, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called one for 4 July, in an audacious bid to retain power against the odds. At 5pm on Wednesday 22 May, Mr Sunak announced that he had sought the King’s permission to dissolve Parliament, triggering...
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The Council of the University of Warwick has dismissed demands by student protestors for the ‘demilitarisation’ of campus, following a meeting on Wednesday. In a statement, the Council rejected claims by demonstrators that the University had direct ties to the war in Gaza, asserting that whilst it holds agreements with...
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A Warwick student has won election to Coventry City Council, following local elections across the country which saw significant losses for the Conservative Party. Grace Lewis, 20, a third-year student in Politics and International Studies, won a council seat for Westwood ward, defeating Conservative incumbent Asha Masih in the process....
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The University of Warwick has cancelled the annual screening of the Eurovision finale in the piazza due to safety concerns, it has emerged. Though neither the University nor the Students’ Union has issued a public formal statement, The Boar understands that the decision was made as a result of the...
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The video showed stacks of shelves piled high with canvasses and paintings. Some sat in golden, ornate frames; others were bare, the markings still visible from the moment they had been torn from the walls of their original museum. The collection of 100 paintings broadcast in a video on Russian...
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As part of its coverage of the 2024 Local Elections, The Boar approached all candidates standing for West Midlands Mayor with a series of questions on student concerns. Four candidates agreed, with one, the Green Party’s Siobhan Harper-Nunes, responding within The Boar’s allotted timeframe. Harper-Nunes is a charity executive who...
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The University of Warwick has dropped out of the global top 25 for two subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, but remains world-leading in two, The Boar can report. A slip in standing saw Warwick’s rankings for Mathematics, and Business and Management Studies, fall from 19th...
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Martin Day describes the strange effects global warming is having on timekeeping and current theories in the science community as to why climate change slowing down time may actually be a good thing.
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The Boat Race 2024 saw the University of Cambridge romp to victory over their age-old rival Oxford, securing a double win in the men’s and women’s races for the fifth time in six years. Yet, it’s likely that the race won’t be remembered so much for this feat as it...
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A Chinese corporate giant is on the brink of a massive investment into Coventry, it has been revealed, as the debate grows over the threat posed by China towards the UK. First reported by The Sunday Times, EVE Energy is in “advanced negotiations” to construct what would be the largest...
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Response from students has been mixed following the launch of ‘Discourse Dan’ by the University of Warwick, in a bid to promote conversation around hot-topic social issues. Billed as “Disco Dave’s socially conscious cousin”, Discourse Dan is set to make his first appearance on campus as early as Term 3’s...
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Academics at three Western universities collaborated with an Iranian university linked to the country’s military to develop drone technology, an investigation has revealed. Researchers from the UK’s University of Southampton, Australia’s University of New South Wales, and the US’s University of Houston worked alongside the Sharif University of Technology, an...
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As part of preparations for the Spring 2024 Students’ Union (SU) Elections, The Boar recently attended a Q&A session involving the candidates vying for Warwick’s National Union of Students (NUS) Conference Delegate positions. The NUS is a collective of over 600 students’ unions across the UK and aims to act...
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