10th December 2011 - The Glasgow Guardian



Stuart Ritchie & the University of Glasgow: rotten all the way down

10th December 2011

Tom Coles PhD student Mr Ritchie’s main problem has not been his sub-Machiavellian backdoor dealings, but his incompetence. While we have come to expect SRC presidents to be either inconsequential or complicit, we hope that, at the very least, they can be subtle about furthering their own interests. As GUU president Chris Sibbald noted recently, ...


A defence of the SRC’s role on campus

10th December 2011

Amy Johnson Glasgow University SRC – Vice President Student Support The last issue of Glasgow Guardian contained an article by Tom Coles in which he articulated some fairly damning opinions of the Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council. While it is no secret that the organisation has experienced some considerable difficulties in recent months I feel ...


Ritchie given £3.8k golden parachute before resignation

10th December 2011

In a move to “protect the organisation”, former Glasgow University SRC president Stuart Ritchie is set to receive a resignation pay-off of nearly four thousand pounds. This payment was agreed upon before he tendered his resignation. The payment comes despite a resignation that concluded a divisive term of office ...