university of warwick – Bethan Ackerley

Meet Dan Parsloe, underwater hockey player for Team GB

31st May 20173rd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

Does your university have an underwater hockey club? It may not be the biggest society on campus, but underwater hockey is a globally popular sport that’s taking universities by storm.

Recently picked for Team GB’s Men’s Under 23 Team, Warwick engineering student Dan Parsloe will be travelling to Hobart, Australia in July to compete at the Underwater Hockey World Championships.

I asked Dan for his thoughts on underwater hockey and what it’s like to train for Team GB.

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Parliamentary candidates take part in Education Question Time event in Leamington

25th May 20172nd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

Photo: Max Connelly-Webster

(Original post at The Boar)

Parliamentary candidates for Leamington and Warwick took part in an Education Question Time event on Monday 22 May, in the run up to this months snap General Election.

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Warwick Goose fails to secure funding for political campaign

15th May 20172nd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

(Original post at The Boar)

The 2017 parliamentary campaign of the Warwick Goose may have come to an end, after news emerged that he was not listed as an official candidate for the Warwick and Leamington constituency.

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Warwick’s Dr. Michael Scott uncovers Italy in new BBC documentary

4th Jan 20172nd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

(Original post at The Boar)

Warwick classicist Dr. Michael Scott will be exploring subterranean Italy in the new BBC documentary Italy’s Invisible Cities.

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Competition launched to find design for new Faculty of Arts building

9th Oct 20162nd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

(Original post at The Boar)

An international competition has been launched by the University of Warwick and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to design a new building for the Faculty of Arts.

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Holmes for Rent, Edinburgh Fringe

17th Aug 20162nd Oct 2018 inkerleyLeave a comment

(Original post at The Boar)

At the Edinburgh Fringe- that great festival into which all the actors and comedians of the world are irresistibly drained- there are more musicals than you could see in a week. Perhaps more surprisingly, there are a great many shows about Sherlock Holmes. Musical Theatre Warwick’s Holmes For Rent, an adaptation of Christian Blex’s German musical Sherlock H., is perhaps the only production that is both.

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