This year, we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to many Warwick startups, but our year’s work would be incomplete without speaking to organisations like WarwickTECH, which helps future founders find their feet. With this in mind, I sat down with Artur Safaryan, who has been with WarwickTECH since its inception...
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“So, who knows what this is?” says James da Costa, as he pulls an old Nokia phone out of his back pocket. The TEDxWarwick audience, including myself, chuckles with nostalgia. James’ social enterprise startup, Mandala Group, uses these pieces of technology to change the world. I was intrigued to find...
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Timothy Armoo, is a Warwick student and founder of ‘Fanbytes’; a start-up that helps brands to build viral social media and video campaigns. The second-year computer science student recently won the Black British Business Award, demonstrating a recognition by the wider community of his endeavours in tapping into a new...
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In both my second and final years, the Warwick SU sabbatical team has been all-white and annoyingly bureaucratic. I’m pleased to see that an international student, Hok Chiu, ran for SU president. Although change is happening, we still have a long way to go before we elect international student sabbatical...
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We hope you’ve enjoyed our articles on startups so far this year. This week, we teamed up with Save The Student to provide ideas on how to start up a university business at Warwick. Whether you’re looking to add startup experience and gain a whole host of skills, our list...
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University is an expensive investment. Many students try to rectify their cash-strapped situations by taking up part time jobs. This takes time and energy away from a degree, but doing a degree requires money, and so begins the downward spiral. In order to see how this issue could be tackled,...
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LiftIn claims to be the University of Warwick’s first car-sharing app. It aims to help students get to university in spite of bus delays, by carpooling with students who have cars and free seats. Co-founders Alistair Duff, a fourth year mechanical engineering student, and Luke Breen, who graduated in...
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Coventry can be considered a “city of invention and innovation”. It was a hub for the nation’s motor industry and had to rebuild itself after World War Two, having been the most bombed region of the UK. It has also been famous for watchmaking and ribbon weaving in the past....
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A study by Deloitte suggests that graduates from under-privileged families earn 10% less than their peers from wealthier backgrounds. The study found that the biggest wage gap (at 15%) is found among Law graduates, while those who study Computer Science or Social Sciences can expect to be paid 13% less...
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With the Austrian general election and Italian constitutional referendum now behind us, we turn our attention to the impact these two events will likely have on the ever-threatened process of globalisation and attempt to understand the shocking divergence in voting patterns. As we glance back at the year drawing to...
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Richard Apletree graduated from Warwick with an integrated Masters in Engineering Management. After a succession of positions at Proctor & Gamble, Telefonica, O2, Tesco Mobile and now giffgaff, he is spearheading the new giffgaff Money venture. The notable and wide-ranging resumé Richard has built for himself would be a dream...
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With the end of term looming we ask the all important question. Has your time at University been worth it?
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A career in banking was almost definitely on the cards for Warwick 2016 graduate, Dan Sethna. Despite wanting to study economics at university, Dan emulated his father, and chose to work in banking. The Boar caught up with Dan to discuss his insights on getting into banking, living as an...
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