Learning languages: The cultural and neurological significance of travel
Sophie Hurst explores the benefits of language acquisition on the brain, and the importance of travel for language learning.
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Katrina Matthews breaks previous women’s ironman record in Sub7/Sub8 Triathlon
Triathlon is a tricky multidiscipline event which requires both mental and physical strength. This is most tested when competing over the Ironman distance. Consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a marathon, an ironman distance tri is not for the faint hearted. The average finishing time is...
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Organisation: A helping hand or counterproductive pressure?
Organisation – it’s that idealistic, calm-inducing entity which we all strive to achieve. Whether it’s arranging pens in colour order, or collating the perfect system to never loose track of deadlines, an expectation has emerged within society that we must be on top of every element of our day-to-day lives....
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How can we bring girls back to sport?
As with everything in life, not everybody has to enjoy or take part in the same activities. But a recent study by the charity Women in Sport revealed the worrying statistic that, of the 4,000 teenage girls they interviewed, 43% of those who used to consider themselves sporty, had disengaged...
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Shane Warne: Life of a legend
As a legend of the cricketing world, since the passing of Shane Warne on 4 March, people from across the world have been shaken by the loss of such a well-known sporting great. Although his career was touched by scandal and difficulty, the Melbourne-born leg spinner had carved himself into...
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Have reusable cups been trashed?
Reusable cups were sacrificed during the pandemic, for the sake of people's health. But has it been used as an excuse to get rid of them completely?
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Warwick’s cross-country season so far
On the 13th November, Warwick’s cross-country squad, WUAX, travelled to Bentley Court Farm in Newcastle-under-Lyme to compete in the first of four Midlands XC League races. The event saw runners covering distances between 6.5km and 8km, in near perfect racing conditions. Freshers, Tom, and Katie were the first WUAX athletes...
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Three types of reactions you get when you tell someone you’re British and what I’ve learnt from them so far
The phrase, “Hello, I’m Sophie, a ERASMUS student from Britain”, felt like my best friend when I arrived in Spain. I thought introductions would be a routine operation for the first week and then things would move on. However, one of the most surprising realisations I’ve made so far is that declaring your British roots creates a wide variety of responses.
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Letesenbet Gidey smashes women’s half marathon world record
On 24 October, Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia broke the women’s half marathon world record by an astounding 70 seconds. In achieving a time of 1.02.52, she became the first woman to break the 63-minute barrier. After a handful of other marathon and half marathon records have been broken over the...
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Sport and mental health: pressure is part of the game
Mental health in the sporting world is something which is little spoken about. However, over the last few months, it has become a topic which has become more noticeable among the sporting headlines. Having seen Simone Biles cite mental health as the reason for pulling out of some events at...
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Student Guide: Sustainable Living
Sustainable living can seem like a daunting prospect but, to put it simply, it boils down to “making choices that aim to reduce our individual and collective environmental impact”. For students, this is something which can easily be pushed aside, considered too expensive and time consuming. However, as easily as...
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Covid and crochet: the rise of a new craze
While knitting was once seen as an elderly activity, Sophie Hurst explores the rise of crochet.
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Emma Raducanu and a Wimbledon like no other
With a Wimbledon set in the aftermath of the pandemic, it was likely it would be a tournament like no other, and for 18-year-old Emma Raducanu it was just that. Ranking 338th in the world at the time, Raducanu had initially applied for Wimbledon in the wildcard slot and been...
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