A Labour government would reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged students, the shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, and Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, have announced. The decision to cut maintenance grants and replace them with loans was announced as part of then Chancellor, George Osborne’s, 2015 budget, and was implemented earlier this month. Labour...
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A research team in the School of Life Sciences at Warwick has paved the way for a new generation of drugs that could be used to prevent cancer and Alzheimer’s. The team, led by Dr Ioannis Nezis, has identified and created a database of proteins that are needed for a...
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After numerous years of campaigning and proposals, the Kenilworth station that received government support in December 2013 is being built. The Priory road construction, which will cost £11.3 million, will be built on the site of the previous station, which opened in 1844, but was closed as part of the...
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Maintenance grants from the UK Government have been replaced with additional loans for the poorest students from Monday 8 August 2016. The switchover from grants to loans, announced in 2015 by the then chancellor, George Osbourne, came into effect this week. The grants, which were available for around half a...
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In a report on the ‘Migration Crisis’ by the Home Affairs Committee published Wednesday, Coventry was named the local authority where the highest number of refugees are to be resettled under a scheme to relocate Syrian refugees and their dependants in the UK. The refugee crisis saw a sharp increase...
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Warwick has launched scholarships worth £500,000 in total for under-represented Postgraduate students starting their course in the upcoming academic year. The Warwick Taught Masters Scholarships Scheme 2016/17 invites under-represented students to apply for these scholarships. The scholarships consist of 100 individual student awards of £5000 for both eligible Home and...
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A recent Warwick graduate, Stephen Pithouse is in the process of finishing the designing and manufacturing of a new robotics interface. Earlier this week, Stephen graduated with a first class degree in Engineering and is going on to take up a job with Industrial Automation company FANUC. The interface that...
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It has been announced that the brand new Teaching and Learning building will have free charging lockers available for phones, laptops and tablets. The new building will also have premiere 500 and 250 seat lecture theatres with various other seminar and social spaces for students, and advanced technology. Construction work...
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As the academic year draws to a close, Boar News have conducted their annual review of the Sabbatical Officers. Firstly, a recent survey conducted by the Boar questioned students on their views towards this year’s Sabbatical Team. The average ranking overall was 6/10 for the Sabbatical Team’s performance this year,...
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On Wednesday 8 June, comedian Eddie Izzard spoke at the University of Warwick on behalf of Stand Up for Europe, a national campaign which aims to encourage young people to vote Remain in the upcoming EU Referendum In advance of his tour, which will see Eddie visiting 31 universities in...
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The government has recently announced that students starting a Masters degree after 1 August 2016 can apply for a Postgraduate Loan, enabling them to borrow up to £10,000 to pay fees and help with living costs. At present, students studying postgraduate degrees have to arrange to pay their fees by...
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On Thursday 23 June, the UK will vote on whether to retain EU membership or call it quits. Here are some impartial facts about the EU to help you make up your mind, without any of the scaremongering or warnings of World War Three. Sovereignty EU make directives and regulations...
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Students who graduate from English universities have some of the highest debt in the Anglophone world, according to a new study. The study, carried out by the Sutton Trust, revealed that English students who graduated last year faced higher debts than other English-speaking countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand....
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