Adam Campbell Glasgow University students have joined with protestors from across Glasgow and the rest of the UK in a national demonstration against education cuts. Over 500 Glasgow University students turned out to join a protest against cuts to the higher education budget and increased tuition fees in England and Wales, which took place on [...]
Allan McKinnon The Beatson Pebble appeal has reached a Landmark £8 million of it’s required £10 million appeal, and has announced the name of the new cancer research centre. The Wolfson Wohl research centre (WWRC) was chosen as the name for the new Translational research centre for cancer research, to honour a joint donation of [...]
Jennifer Campbell Fears have been raised over the future of the historic Tennent’s Bar. Announced changes to the layout and services provided by the popular Byres Road institution, Tennent’s Bar, has led to fears that it is to become a modernized ‘gastro-pub’ or brasserie. Reports initially stated that Tennent’s was to become a ‘Nicholson’s pub,’ under a [...]
University of Glasgow Principal, Anton Muscatelli, has stated that staff cost cuts will be inevitable if cuts to higher education continue as predicted.
Student leaders have roundly condemned the “trial by media” of a leading Scottish activist involved in the Millbank protests on November 10.
Columbia University and Glasgow University, both prominent research-led universities, have created new research links which will allow the development of a range of academic collaborations.
Graduate unemployment is at its highest level for 17 years, with 8.9% of university leavers unable to find a job according to figures released earlier this month.
Allan McKinnon Students at the University of Glasgow have begun to grow moustaches to raise cash for men’s health charities during the month of November. “Movember” is when men around the world grow a moustache for a month, and get sponsored to do so. The money raised in this month is then given to charities [...]
News Staff The Principal of the University of Glasgow, Anton Muscatelli, has held his second open session with students on November 11. The session, which consisted of a talk by Muscatelli followed by a question and answer session with students, was held in the university’s Bute Hall. It was intended to address student concerns regarding [...]
Linda Weber Fraser Sutherland, Vice President of Student Support, has donated 32.9% of his salary from the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) to a charitable fund. Sutherland pledged in a heckling meeting for the SRC spring elections in March this year that he would work for the minimum wage. The remaining money from his salary would [...]
