Rachel Gore

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Sent to Coventry: University had enough rooms to house all first years on campus

More than 600 Warwick freshers have been left “frustrated” and “frightened” after being placed in off-campus accommodation – only to later learn that returners and postgraduates occupy nearly 20% of on-campus rooms.   Rather than being given a bed on campus, these incoming first years were told that the University’s rooms...
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Posted Dec. 10, 2025
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A student’s guide on where to live after first year

There are many options for post-Freshers living, whether you’re rocking the Kasbah in Central Coventry, roaming the Victorian boulevards of northern Leamington, or attending village fetes in Kenilworth, the world of the West Midlands remains your oyster. However, it can be difficult to know where to settle, so we’ve gathered...
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Posted Nov. 6, 2025
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Uni leavers face unemployment crisis as graduate jobs in the UK fall by a third

Graduates across the UK are facing an unemployment epidemic, as declining vacancies and increasing competition for jobs have left four in 10 graduates out of full-time employment, two years after graduating.   In June, employment website Indeed stated that UK graduates are facing the worst job market since 2018. In August,...
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Posted Sep. 29, 2025
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Accommodation chaos continues for freshers as conference hotels offered as ‘temporary’ rooms

Some freshers arriving on campus ahead of Welcome Week are facing stays in temporary rooms in on-campus conference hotels, amid Warwick’s ongoing accommodation shortage. The Boar is aware of several individuals who have been allocated temporary accommodation by the University until a permanent alternative becomes available. Students allocated temporary accommodation...
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Posted Sep. 27, 2025
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Freshers allocated accommodation an hour from campus after University runs out of rooms

As many as 1,000 incoming Warwick freshers have been allocated accommodation in blocks as far as an hour away from campus after being told that University rooms were “fully allocated”. The affected students received emails from the University informing them that “rooms on campus are fully allocated” and that they...
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Posted Aug. 28, 2025
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Student protestors compare University bosses to “Nazis” in protest against recent trans policy changes

LGBTQUIA+ societies at Warwick staged a peaceful ‘Pride is a Protest’ demonstration on 12 June, arguing for a reassessment of the University’s trans policies following recent controversy. The protest, which was held on the Piazza, comes after the recent ruling by the Supreme Court that the definition of a ‘woman’,...
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Posted Jun. 20, 2025
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Tick-box training?: Warwick’s handling of sexual misconduct cases continues to fail students seven years on

Seven years on from the rape chat scandal, Warwick students are still faced with a “culture of sexual misconduct”, an investigation by The Boar has found.    From training for the Community Safety Team to awareness courses for students, it seems that on the surface the University is doing all that...
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Posted Jun. 7, 2025