The Student Council voted yesterday in favour of a motion to create the part-time role of Trans Officer at the University. As it currently stands Warwick’s first Trans Officer is set to be elected in the Autumn elections of this year, however this may be delayed until next Spring due to the...
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A joint initiative from local Syrian refugees and the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre (CRMC) is organising a “Syrian Dinner” on Saturday 3 December to raise funds to support the area’s destitute. The event, which will seat approximately 150 guests and 20 refugees, was organised by the CRMC’s Syrian Integration...
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In a recent survey carried out by Boar News, 85% of students said that Warwick University did not help them at all when securing a summer internship. The survey, which consisted mainly of second and third-year Humanities and Social Science students, found that out of the 57% who interned over...
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Over 120 people gathered outside the All Saints Church in central Leamington Spa on Friday night, in a public sleep out to raise funds and awareness to support local homeless rough sleepers. The event raised just over £7880. Raised by the funds gathered from the tickets of the event, Helping...
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Warwick STAR (Student Action for Refugees) launched its first “Big Event” in the Chaplaincy last Monday at 1.30pm, raising nearly £250 for the Destitution Fund in Coventry. The money was raised from donation buckets and the proceeds of a £2 three-course buffet, with over 20 volunteers contributing with home-made dishes....
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Dramatic overnight cuts to Warwickshire’s homelessness support services have led to the closure of three hostels in Warwick and Leamington Spa, slashing the number of beds from 120 to 57. The increased pressure on local hostels is causing a hold-up in accommodating the area’s homeless. The cuts are the result...
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The motion to oppose the opening of new grammar schools in Warwickshire was passed by 28 votes to 25 at a Warwickshire County Council meeting in late September. The proposal, led by Labour representatives, aims to block the Prime Minister’s bid to spend £50m a year on expanding grammar schools,...
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Following a motion from the Home Office which went into effect on 6 April, nearly 200 of Warwick’s non-EU employees could be among the 40,000 nationwide to risk deportation for earning under £35,000, an FOI by the Boar has revealed.
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are several ways of getting to Prague from our small, midlands campus on a Saturday night: plane, train, luxury private jet. We opted for the for the 22-hour coach ride. Five countries and too many hours later, we piled out of the bus and into our beautiful hostel in...
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Few of Le Gusta's range of student, professional and visiting customers chose to leave tips at at all, let alone the customary 10%.
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Tesco has introduced a new food-saving scheme which would save tens of thousands of tonnes of food in hopes of reducing food wastage to 0 by December 2017
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Sarah Morland takes a look at this week's student stories from around the world.
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The number of sexual offences reported by the Warwickshire Police has almost doubled in the last 2 years, according to new information released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The county, with a population of just over half a million, has seen an 80.9% increase in reported sex crimes since 2013, with 959 offences and 893 victims recorded in the last year alone.
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