Ross Mathers This year’s Glasgow University Sports Association Council elections are set to be the biggest for years, with many of its positions hotly contested. There are 16 positions to be filled with 12 of these requiring no past place in the council. One year in the council is needed to be elected as President, [...]
Ross Mathers The number of students enrolling in Scottish higher education institutions has fallen, according to new figures. The Higher Education Statistics Agency recently published a report showing that the number of students enrolling in Scottish universities, and some colleges, had fallen by 2 per cent in 2007-08. The number of enrolments in Scotland stood [...]
Ross Mathers Scientists at Glasgow University have made significant discoveries that could help patients awaiting kidney transplants. The research, carried out at the Western Infirmary, has shown that the ‘bio-age’ of a kidney is more important than its actual chronological age when judging its suitability for transplant. This information will allow doctors to calculate the [...]
Ross Mathers The higher eduction funding system in Scotland looks set to face considerable changes in the coming years. The Scottish Government have announced various plans to update the student support structure in line with the idea that people should have access to learning on the basis of their academic merits, not on their ability [...]
Ross Mathers A member of an opposing movement interrupted a recent rally held by the Glasgow chapter of OneVoice. The meeting, which called for an end to violence in the Middle East, took place in Glasgow University’s Chapel on November 10 and was one of the first public events since the founding of the Glasgow [...]
Ross Mathers Glasgow University’s Bell Tower was once again the scene for the annual charity abseil, which was, this year, raising money for The Beatson Pebble Appeal. The abseil, which took place on Sunday 12th October, saw over one hundred volunteers, the majority of which were Glasgow University students, scale the 177 feet tall tower. [...]
Ross Mathers Members and supporters of the Glasgow University Stop The War Coalition united recently with five thousand other protestors from across Britain to demonstrate outside Labour Party’s annual Conference in Manchester. The demonstration took place on the opening day of the Conference at Manchester’s Central Conference Centre, Saturday 20th September; a week after the [...]
