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Hundreds turn up for ‘Rally Against Misogyny’

Today’s ‘Rally Against Misogyny’ on campus, organised by the Glasgow University Feminist Society, saw a good turnout of supporters in favour of reforming the GU. All four SRC executives also attended the event in order to show support, as well as over 200 male and female...

Staging a war

Sitting quietly at a table with his on screen Sergeant, Adam McNamara turns to face me. Our online personalities are acquainted but to affirm a real-life connection, he brings forward a palm. I look, then accept....

5 songs for a good workout

The bikini body - I really thought I might achieve this holy grail of female form in 2012, but an excessive amount of hobnobs, rum and the most hideous pair of gym shorts on the planet (they were...

Prove your sexuality or face deportation

On January 9th, at a hearing convened by the Home Office, Serigne Tacko Mbengue, a gay Senegalese immigrant based as a student in Britain since 2008, was told that he must prove his sexuality...

Inspired by Dr. Livingstone

Roy Mwenechanya, a University of Glasgow PhD student within the Wellcome Trust Centre,  is  one of 10 children, born in the copper mining town of Kitwe  around 400km north of the Zambian capital,...

Glasgow Uni teaching and research fund cut in real terms

The University of Glasgow has received only a 1.3% increase in funding for teaching and research from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), 1.9% down from the Scottish average. Similar gaps in funding between the...

Helping the homeless in Glasgow

Returning to my flat after being at home for Christmas is always difficult; after home cooking and seemingly unlimited central heating, the prospect of dealing with my dodgy boiler seems particularly unpleasant. We may be poor...

Uni make £90k profit from library fines

The library at Glasgow University made over £90,000 in library fines between September 2011 and December 2012. Only 3.8% of this money was used to replace lost books. This statistic has come to light after a...

NUS Internship Campaign

A recent NUS campaign seeks to end University careers services promoting unpaid internships by passing legislation which will deal with the barriers that stop students being able to afford internships or traineeships when they graduate. The...