News
12th January 09 - CAROLINE SPELMAN MP event this Thursday
Our first speaker event of the year is this Thursday in R0.14 at 7.30pm - MP for Meriden and Chairman of the Conservative Party, Caroline Spelman MP, will be coming to speak. Hope to see you there!! For more info contact Faye at f.a.lawson@warwick.ac.uk
5th January 09 - Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Term 2 - we have lots of events coming up, including an event with Caroline Spelman MP - keep checking the website and Facebook group for more info!
Annual Black Tie Dinner coming up - Chris Grayling MP
The annual Warwick & Leamington Conservatives' black tie dinner is on November 13th, with Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling MP the guest of honour. We're meeting in Rootes at 6pm and then going over to the dinner, which is at the Warwickshire Golf Club (transport has been arranged) - and then we'll be going out in Leam afterwards. It's always a great night!!! Contact Faye for tickets & info - f.a.lawson@warwick.ac.uk
US election night party, this Tuesday (4th November)
This Tuesday at 10pm the Union will open for the US election night party, organised jointly by all the political societies on campus. Bar open till 3pm - with American style food and 'Camp Obama' and 'Camp McCain' stalls - should be a great event! Hope to see you there
11th October 2008 - Chris White speaker event
After Jeremy Wright's excellent talk in week 3, come along to hear Chris White speak to us this Friday about life as the Parliamentary Candidate for Warwick & Leamington. Chris stood at the General Election in 2005 and lost out by just 266 votes. He'll be coming to speak about standing for Parliament this Friday in S0.18 at 7pm and will join us all in the bar afterwards. Email Faye for more info at f.a.lawson@warwick.ac.uk
11th October 2008 - Jeremy Wright MP
Join us this Friday for our first speaker of the year - Jeremy Wright, MP for Rugby and Kenilworth (and one of our local MPs for campus halls) will be coming to speak in S0.18 at 7pm. Followed by a few drinks !
6th October 2008 - Welcome Social
Welcome to all our new members who came along to the freshers fayre - nice to see so many new faces! If you've joined online or are interested in joining come along to our Welcome Social this Wednesday in Rootes and say hello!
Welcome to Warwick!
15th August 2008
Congratulations to those on their way to Warwick who just received their A-level results - we look forward to welcoming you to the society when you get here! We have lots of events planned for next year so if you're interested in joining come and find us at the Socieites Fayre at the start of term (more details to follow).
5th March 2008
Final speak of the year, Philip Bushill Matthews MEP and Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the EU. This Thursday (5th March) in SO.20 at 18:00.
29 February 2008
AGM
last night decided on the following issues:
Firstly, UWCA has unanimously voted to support the "This Union will
not ban speakers" motion currently proposed for Union referendum.
Secondly, next year's Executive Committee has been elected:
Chairman: Faye Lawson
Deputy Chairman (Financial): Thomas Wales
Deputy Chairman (Political): Andrew OBrien
Secretary: Paul Stark
Social Secretary: Dominic Dean
Committee Members: Joe Billeness, Chris Evans, William Holley, Charles Tongue.
Congratulations to all the candidates. The Society is certainly in good hands for next year.
28th February 2008
AGM tonight at 18.30 in SO.18. Come along to vote for next year's exec then onto the Real Ale festival for a few drinks.
12th February 2008
Results are in for the Students' Union elections:
James Berragan 290 - 3rd place (President)
Peter Thomas 346 - 4th place (Vice President)
Thomas Wales 133 - 6th place (Societies Officer)
Combined vote of 769 for 'The Right Direction' slate and new records for the Conservative Candidates. Next week, the House of Commons tour and lunch with Tim Loughton. Contact James for a place.
9th February 2008
After a long week of campaigning, the Students' Union elections have closed. Results announced at the election party tonight, come along and support James, Peter and Thomas.
2nd
February 2008
A
fascinating talk with Andrew Mitchell MP on Thursday. Next
Tuesday our Deputy-Chairman, Matt Alderson, will be hosting a Super Tuesday
evening - watch the results come in with some takeout and drinks.
Stay as late (or as early) as you can stand!
29th January 2008
Andrew Mitchell MP (Shadow Secretary of State for International Development), will be speaking on Thursday (31st January) at 18:30 in S0.18 (Social Studies Building).
22nd January 2008
Very entertaining talk with Charles Walker on Friday and a good turn out. TRG event tonight for those that have got tickets. Next week Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development will be coming to speak.
14th January 2008
House of Commons trip announced for week 7, contact James for tickets. This Friday 18th Janurary, Charles Walker MP for Broxbourne will be coming to speak at the earlier time of 18:30 in S0.28. Charles was elected MP for Broxbourne in 2005 and has worked hard to save the NHS in his area and (with the help of UWCA!) fight off the BNP in some of his wards. He is a very entertaining speaker and always speaks his mind!
8th Janurary 2008
Happy New Year! Welcome back, first social of the new year will be in Rootes Bar, Thursday 10th Janurary at 7:30pm. Come along and enter your predictions for the US primaries - closest guess wins a prize!
8th December, 2007
Merry Christmas! An enjoyable Christmas meal at King Baba's on Wednesday to round off the term. I hope everyone has a relaxing holiday and we'll be back in the new year for more.
2nd December, 2007
A very in depth talk and discussion with Malcolm Harbour MEP on Friday. Next and final event of term: Christmas Dinner, Wednesday 5th December. Meet in Robin's Well, Leamington (head towards the bottom of the parade, it's on the right opposite the church) at 19:30 for drinks then on for dinner afterwards.
27th November, 2007
Lots of news to report.
On Friday we had the Warwick and Leamington Black tie dinner, a
very enjoyable meal and interesting speech by Caroline Spelman
followed by a night out in Leamington.
On Monday we had a major event, Sir John Major that is, host by the TRG in the Royal Overseas League in London. He gave a fantastic speech and stayed just long enough to get nabbed for a photo opportunity with Warwick Conservatives.
This Friday we have Malcolm Harbour, MEP for West Midlands coming to speak. Malcolm was elected in 1999 and is also the spokesman on the Internal Market. Hosted in S0.03 on Friday 30th November at 19:30.
20th November, 2007
UWCA blog now up and running! Check it out!
18th November, 2007
An interesting talk by and a successful social with Chris White the parliamentary candidate for Warwick and Leaminton on Friday, followed by campaigning on Saturday. Next event the Warwick and Leamington Black Tie Dinner this Friday with Caroline Spelman MP!
12th November, 2007
Port and politics led to a successful discussion, even if the union banned our port half way through the meeting! The next meeting will be Chris White, PPC for Warwick and Leamington, on Friday the 16th in SO.13.
4th November, 2007
A fascinating speech by the previous Deputy Commanding General Multinational Corps Iraq on Friday, I think we all discovered how profoundly different Iraq is compared with the reported situation.
21st October, 2007
Website updated! An excellent talk by Jeremy White MP on Friday, followed by a social in Rootes bar and dinner at Xananas. Next event: this Thursday, Political Socities pub crawl with Lib dems and others - details to follow.
14th October, 2007
Jeremy Wright MP to speak - 7:30pm Friday 19th October in room S0.03 (Social Studies Building).
4th October, 2007
First social of the year: 7:30pm Tuesday 9th October in Rootes Bar. Check out the Events page for details of more events throughout the year.
3rd September, 2007
Look out for us at the Societies Freshes' Fair on Friday 5th October in the student union. Also, feel free to join our facebook group! http://warwick.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2203112472
5th August, 2007
Many thanks and good luck to all our outgoing members, we wish you the very best. Keep an eye out here for more news of upcoming events and the 2007 Freshers' Fair.
