31st October 2014
Rhys Harper Writer The LGB lobbyist group Stonewall recently awarded the University of Glasgow a 10/10 score on its friendliness towards LGB students for the third year in a row. In its annual Gay By Degree list, just six institutions in the UK met the group’s full criterion. The University of Glasgow is the first ...
31st October 2014
Louisa Khune Writer Glasgow has recently been named the world’s friendliest city by the guidebook Rough Guides. The renowned publisher of travel guides asked its 120,000 social media followers to vote for the friendliest cities in the world using the hashtag #friendlycity. Glasgow came first, beating Dublin and Liverpool, as well as tourist-popular capitals such ...
31st October 2014
Imants Latkovskis Online Editor An increase in minimum wage rates has come into effect on 1 October 2014, the first cash increase in real terms in six years. The above inflation rise follows the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission (LPC), which were welcomed by Business Secretary Vince Cable. The adult minimum wage rate has ...
31st October 2014
James Richardson and Sam Wigglesworth Writer & News Editor Two students were arrested at the Queen Margaret Union during Fresher’s Week for carrying pepper spray. Pepper spray is considered a firearm in the UK, unlike other parts of Europe where it is common for women to take out small, discreet pepper sprays with them on ...
31st October 2014
Multiple thefts from inside bags. Issue linked to lack of security resulting from “lack of staff” Sam Wigglesworth & Ali Begg News Editor & Editor The Glasgow Guardian can confirm the thefts of two mobile phones and two purses from the Gilchrist Postgraduate Club on the afternoon of 13th October. An unconfirmed number of thefts ...
31st October 2014
English teaching program misleads candidate about visa requirements for working in China, other teachers arrested. Fraser McGowan & Tom Kelly SRC Correspondent & Editor ...
31st October 2014
Tom Kelly Editor The Glasgow Guardian has found that the weekly charges for the cheapest single rooms in halls have increased by over 18% in just four years. A report from 2010 in the Guardian highlighting the prices of single rooms in student halls and their increasingly ill-effect on student debt noted that the University ...
31st October 2014
Tom Kelly & Ali Begg Editors The university’s recent decision to divest from fossil fuels is a testament to student activism at Glasgow. The campaign exemplifies what can be achieved if a co-ordinated group of students come together and work hard to push change on an issue. We would like to urge all students to ...
31st October 2014
Keir Watt Monuments by their creation denote importance to the people who live around them, but often have different meanings according to the changing of time and attitudes. The artist duo Fokus Grupa in their latest exhibition ‘People Love Monuments,’ at the Transmission Gallery, examine what importance monuments have in relation to national identity. In ...
30th October 2014
Beatrice Cook Upcoming band Lower Than Atlantis recently played HMV Argyle Street on October 9th. Beatrice Cook managed to catch up with them before they took to the stage: Watford-based rock band Lower Than Atlantis are set for big things in the coming year. Alongside the release of their new self-titled album, which has been ...
