16th November 2016
Beth Mason Writer The view of hundreds of students lining Hillhead Street to get into the library is a scene that is becoming commonplace, while lifts that are packed to the brim with students and the everyday hunt for a space to study continues to be a normal occurrence despite the recent library redevelopment. Costing ...
16th November 2016
It can be challenging trying to help a friend or relative fight their mental illness. Aileen Booth Culture editor Each year the number of university students reporting to counseling services rises. According to Mind, 1 in 4 of us will suffer from a mental health problem of some kind in our lifetime, meaning that almost ...
16th November 2016
Sam Wain Writer The Renfrewshire Council Planning Committee recently rejected a proposal for an immigration detention centre after receiving pressure from protesters. Dungavel, a remote location around 50 miles south of Glasgow, is the site of an immigration detention centre which is due to close late next year. The Home Office proposes to build a ...
16th November 2016
Hannah Donnelly Writer A professor from the University of Glasgow has joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) universities network as the new Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. Professor Alison Phipps, a strong advocate for refugee rights, was named Chairholder of the new panel by UNESCO’s Director General ...
16th November 2016
Dalia Gala Writer Glasgow University researchers are in the process of testing whether a blood-thinning drug originally developed to help stroke patients has the potential to aid with the repair process of damaged nerve cells in patients with MS (multiple sclerosis). The MS society will donate £150,000 towards the research project led at Glasgow University ...
16th November 2016
Hamish Morrison Writer Plans for the creation of supervised drug injection sites in Glasgow have been given the go ahead in principle by the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board (IJB). This board comprises members of Glasgow City Council, the health board and Police Scotland. The proposals are modelled on existing schemes in Europe, Australia and ...
16th November 2016
The Glasgow University Shakespeare Society produces a play that strives for dark comedy with a Shakespearean twist Aea Varfis-van Warmelo Deputy Culture Editor (Theatre) The Glasgow University Shakespeare Society is a fledgling society, and having done one night of Shakespearean monologues and Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Murder is the first piece of new ...
