The Boar

1 week ago | theboar.org | Martin Day |Nikolai Morton

A bear, an elephant, a book, and an atom: not the set-up to a bar joke, but features of a crest unveiled today as the University of Warwick’s new logo for its 60th anniversary. The “evolved brand” was unveiled in an exhibition held in Warwick Arts Centre’s Helen Martin Studio, where digital screens replayed eye-catching close-ups of the crest’s constituent parts.

3 weeks ago | theboar.org | Tom Ryan

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in April, universities and students’ unions across the UK have come under increasing pressure to reassess their transgender policies over concerns that existing legislation may be ‘unlawful’. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the definition of a ‘woman’, as defined by the Equality Act 2010, is based on an individual’s biological sex at birth, rather than their gender identity, regardless of whether they have a Gender Recognition Certificate or not.

3 weeks ago | theboar.org | Tom Ryan |Nikolai Morton

This section – looking back at three stories from The Boar’s archive – originally appeared in Volume 47, Issue VI of The Boar, published on Wednesday 4 June, 2025. In May 1985, a story titled ‘Bomb Scare’ appeared on the side of The Boar’s front page, after an incident the week before which saw Warwick Arts Centre evacuated due to a mysterious phone call.

4 weeks ago | theboar.org | Jack Kingston

Sunderland became the third and final club to secure promotion to the Premier League last Saturday, beating fellow hopefuls Sheffield United in an exhilarating Wembley showpiece. It was a day to forget for Sheffield, who were denied promotion despite finishing 14 points above Sunderland in the league stage. The Blades swept aside Bristol City in the playoff semi-final with an aggregate score of 6-0, and came into the final as clear favourites despite a poor end to the season.

4 weeks ago | theboar.org | Kate Jordan

On Monday 28 April, there were massive power outages in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France from noon onwards. They caused disruption, panic, and perhaps surprisingly, demonstrations of human goodwill and unity. After two successive “disconnection events” across the grid, a cascade caused Spain and the other affected areas to lose power after the systems in place to protect the wider European grid isolated them, in order to protect other countries from the same event.