Glasgow University’s Senior Management Group has been forced to shelve its plans to demolish the Glasgow University Union extension this January in order to expand the University’s sports facilities after facing intense pressure from the union and its supporters within the University. In a joint statement, handed to the Guardian, co-written by GUU President, Chris [...]
The High Court in Glasgow today heard the pleas of two men accused of the murder of University of Glasgow student Reamonn Gormley. Daryn Maxwell, aged 23, admitted murdering the nineteen year old, after having his plea earlier in the year for culpable homicide rejected by the Crown office. Maxwell confessed that while masking his [...]
In a story first published by qmunicate, the QMU’s magazine, emails obtained through Freedom of Information laws show that SRC President Stuart Ritchie has suggested keeping the SRC’s Vice President Media & Communications, Iain Smith, in the dark. In an email to Susan Stewart, Director of Glasgow University Corporate Communications and a member of the [...]
Just 42% of full-time postgraduates enrolled are in the new MyCampus system. Academics say “entire project appears to have been driven by the SMG’s need to control and command us more effectively”. University Senate will today discuss a report on the implementation of the new MyCampus system. The paper, submitted by David Newall,Chair of the [...]
A family has appealed for members of the public to help them find their son who went missing on the 27th September. Jordan McGinty, aged 20, was last seen at 8:30 on Tuesday morning heading to Cardonald College where he is studying to be an electrician. However, he failed to appear for classes and has [...]
Glasgow University today announced its fee plans for students from the Rest of the United Kingdom (RUK). Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be charged £6,750 per year, with the exception of those studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine who will be expected to pay £9,000 per year. The Students’ Representative Council (GUSRC) [...]
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, formally known as the RSAMD, has announced that it intends to charge undergraduate fees of £9000 per academic year to students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The changes are in line with the developing trend in Scottish higher education which has seen SNP Education Secretary, Mike Russell, scrapping the [...]
Their placards read ‘No Chopin Polish’ and ‘Czech your priorities’, but an altogether more serious message lay behind these comic puns. Over 50 students and staff members from the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde travelled to the Scottish Parliament yesterday for the hearing of a petition seeking ring-fenced funding for ‘strategically important but vulnerable languages [...]
Glasgow University Court will be asked to review its decision to close the Slavonic Studies program, after professors from Glasgow University’s own Law School expressed the view that the move may be unlawful. Dr Aileen McHarg and Professor Tom Mullen, specialists in administrative law, wrote to the Convener of Court, the Principal and the Clerk [...]
Students at Edinburgh University have entered into an occupation in response to the recent decision by the University Court to impose fees of £36,000 on Students from outside Scotland. The occupation began at 12:45 this afternoon when between 30-40 students, who came from across Scotland, entered the George Square lecture theatre. The Occupiers have released [...]
