Sarah Smith Exclusive Guardian has obtained minutes detailing the extent of the Hetherington Research Club’s (HRC) problems in the months before it was forced to cease trading in February. The minutes, from a meeting of the Committee of Management (CoM) on January 25, 2010, indicate that the Club had been in trouble for months before [...]
Sarah Smith Hetherington House has closed its doors for business after the Hetherington Research Club (HRC) Committee of Management (CoM) were told that any continued trading would be illegal. After 54 years, Scotland’s only club dedicated to postgraduate, mature and international students ceased trading on February 19, after a period of operating on a [...]
Sarah Smith A Glasgow University Student has pled guilty to 32 charges related to the sexual abuse of children . Andrew Byrne, 20, submitted his guilty pleas at the High Court in Glasgow on February 11. The court heard that Byrne used the internet to groom children aged between nine and sixteen years and manipulate [...]
Sarah Smith The founder of Scotland’s oldest public museum has been linked with murder and grave robbery in new research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JSRM). According to respected historian Don Shelton, Dr. William Hunter, widely considered one of the fathers of modern obstetrics and founder of Glasgow University’s Hunterian Museum [...]
Sarah Smith The University’s plans for restructure were passed by the University Court on December 16, despite the fact that many members of staff still have concerns and that many students have still received no information about the plans. A Guardian poll of 116 students has revealed that 73% are unaware of the plans for [...]
Sarah Smith New Principal, Anton Muscatelli, is facing “the worst piece of staff relations … in a very long time”, according to one senior academic, after announcing plans for a complete overhaul of Glasgow University’s teaching and management structure. The restructure is to help Glasgow become one of the top fifty universities in the world, [...]
Sarah Smith The Scottish Government has indicated to Guardian that, due to the economic climate and “a lack of parliamentary support”, a lesser priority is now being placed on its manifesto pledge to abolish student debt in Scotland. The Government is instead changing its focus to reduce the overall levels of debt and offer more [...]
Sarah Smith A 17 year-old woman was raped during the early hours of September 20 whilst walking down Bank Street in the direction of Great Western Road. At around 3am, the victim was grabbed from behind before being forced into a doorway where she was subjected to what police are describing as a “horrifying” assault. [...]
It is sad to start the year with news of a girl being raped just a few hundred metres from the University, but it is also vital that students, particularly those new to Glasgow, are aware of the need to look after themselves in a city of this size. The West End is often thought [...]
As he prepares to say goodbye to Glasgow University, Sir Muir Russell looks back on his six years as Principal and Vice Chancellor with Sarah Smith
