Less students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds are attending some of Britain’s top Russell Group universities, according to new data published last week. Nearly a third of Russell Group universities have seen the proportion of students from poor backgrounds drop over the last decade, in spite of frequent claims by ministers...
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Sarah Morland takes on this week's Global Student Stories, from North Korea to South Africa.
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Did you know that Berlin is the best university city for British students in Europe? Sarah Morland did as she takes on this week's Global Student Stories!
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The early 20th century building on Hales Street, which was run until recently as a restaurant and nightclub, is selling for a 150-year lease at just under £4m. The 14,500 sq ft property is expected to create at least 80 double en-suite rooms going at £450 per month. According to...
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Warwick’s Real Ale Festival returns on Thursday 18 February to Saturday 20 for its 37th anniversary. The festival will be taking place in the Copper Rooms and featuring over 120 British beers. There will also be 50 ciders, fruit wines and world beers alongside Dr Busker and Jabba Cartel entertainment....
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Get the latest of the smaller news stories this week, including bowling championship mayhem and porn in a church.
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Winter Support opened its shelter in Leamington Spa earlier on this term. It hosted 21 people for a meal, with 5 staying overnight on its first day of service.
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Two new West Midland rail stations were finally opened on Monday morning this week, following a £1.36m investment to improve services between Coventry and Nuneaton. The initiative also plans to develop the train route between Coventry to Leamington Spa.
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Incoming vice-chancellor, Stuart Croft, has agreed to a termly student Question Time which will begin on Monday 1 February, his first day of office. The first event, which begins at 6pm in the Maths & Statistics Building and will last approximately 2 hours, has no set topic; students are encouraged to be both “challenging and ambitious” about the University direction.
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An investment sum of £180m has been declared for the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), to be shared between the 6 Midland Innovation Universities, the British Geological Survey and the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG).
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A violent outbreak in Canley on Thursday 12 November saw an armed assault, car joust and collision. Events resulted in a man being taken to hospital.
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Gatecrasher closed: Birmingham’s biggest Broad Street Nightclub was officially shut down at a hearing on Wednesday 25, following a series of recent violent episodes.
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Reem Doukmak is a PhD student at the Centre of Applied Linguistics at Warwick. Having studied English Literature in her home country of Syria in 2003, she now specialises in teaching English as a foreign language.
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