6th March 2012
Wednesday and Thursday March 7th-8th will see the SRC’s spring election, the larger of its two annual polls. It will select the majority of council. This includes the president and three vice presidents, who are full-time sabbatical officers and play the most important role in terms of working with the university. Elections are taking place ...
6th March 2012
Oliver Milne This year’s SRC election sees a slate of left wing candidates under the banner of Our Glasgow vying for your votes on a platform of transparency and democracy. Our Glasgow are running nine candidates for positions, Lucky Dhillon for president, Megan Cowie for vice president learning and development and seven other candidates in ...
5th March 2012
Ross Hetherington “Ghosts of Mars! – Holy Fuck!” “Did I hear right?” “Yes, you did.” “Ghosts of Mars! – Holy Fuck!” I do not know if it is possible to do a double take within one’s internal monologue. But if it is… I am seated here in the GFT. First Minister Alex Salmond is the ...
5th March 2012
Claire Diamond Gareth Davis Romanian and Bulgarian students studying in the UK are facing major obstacles in being able to work due to the UK Border Agency’s (UKBA) delay in processing work permit applications as part of the restrictions placed on migrants from both nations by the government. The policy has sparked widespread criticism of ...
5th March 2012
Hannah McNeill A survey recently conducted by the online company Student Beans has shown that students studying at Glasgow University have high levels of dissatisfaction in the quality of their housing and university-run accommodation. The survey uncovered higher levels of vermin and lower levels of safety and security than the UK average for students. Less ...
5th March 2012
Rosannah Jones The University of Glasgow has scored highly in a recent assessment of sexual health facilities amongst the 23 other Russell Group institutions surveyed. However, there is still room for improvement according to experts. Glasgow ranked joint 7th with Queen Mary’s University London and received 5 ‘A’ grades out of 10 core assessment areas. This ...
5th March 2012
Louise Wilson Calum MacInnes beat opposition James Ansell for the QM President position for next year, with a narrow victory of just 13 votes. Overall turnout for the QM elections was 476 votes, around 12% of those who hold memberships to the Union. Thirteen of these votes were submitted online by absentee voters. MacInnes passed ...
5th March 2012
Sam Wigglesworth It’s that age old problem, you can’t get a job without experience, but nobody is willing to hire you so you can’t get it. Internships, it has been proposed are a solution to this catch-22 problem. However, they’re not accessible to everyone, for two key reasons. Firstly, given that many internships require students ...
5th March 2012
The yoga phenomenon that’s sweeping across campus Rebecca Day When I told friends I was taking part in a yoga class, the age old quips were thrown back at me with a wry smile: ‘are you a 45 year old fruitarian?’, ‘that’s not a proper sport…’ yet I was determined to enter the William’s room ...
1st March 2012
Harry Tattersall Smith David Lockhart has won the GUU presidential election after defeating rival Christopher Bush by 727 votes to 219. Lockhart, who stepped in as Libraries convenor in November after Michael Gray resigned from the position, was strong favourite throughout the race with his campaign being heavily supported by outgoing President Chris Sibbald. Bush ...
