22nd November 2016
Makoto Shinkai’s latest film offers audiences a different kind of love story to root for Katie Heeps Writer The mystery film at this year’s Scotland Loves Anime festival did not remain a mystery for long. The festival had the pleasure of showing – for only the second time in Scotland – Your Name, the latest ...
22nd November 2016
Scotland Loves Anime takes its patrons back to the roots of anime with their screening of Belladonna of Sadness Elisabeth Graham Writer There is an adage that goes, “To know where you’re going, you need to know where you’re coming from.” This was certainly the case with the opening ceremonies for Scotland Loves Anime 2016. ...
22nd November 2016
Jo Reid Writer Following the success of the SRC Sexual Violence Prevention workshops delivered to all four student bodies’ Freshers’ Helpers this year, the SRC are now offering the sessions across campus. The workshops are being held twice every Monday in November and take place in the Williams Room of the McIntyre Building on campus. ...
22nd November 2016
Fiona Paterson Writer Just over a month ago, private school Headmistress, Jane Lunnon of Wimbledon High School, said that young women should be looking up to the more “appropriate” role models of Shakespeare’s heroines rather than the likes of Kim Kardashian. Mere weeks later, the UN overlooked the many women standing up for their rights ...
22nd November 2016
A look into generative design with Design Displacement Group. Elisabeth Graham Writer As the world careens out of control in both social and political spheres, one can choose to be passive or to engage with the discourse of modernity. Design Displacement Group chooses to do the latter. The Design Displacement Group (DDG) is an artist ...
22nd November 2016
Elisabeth Graham Writer If you’re looking to sample cuisine from all around the world but don’t want to break the bank to do so, look no further than Kelvin Way. You may have seen Chompsky in passing by the Kelvingrove bandstand. It’s not just the clever visuals (there’s a gnome drawn on the side of ...
22nd November 2016
Katy Scott News Editor The University of Glasgow Dementia Society recently held a Dementia Friends Session which aimed to dispel negative stereotypes and raise awareness and understanding of the disorder. Over 100 students attended the workshop. The interactive information session was led by Anne McWhinnie, who coordinates the Dementia Friends programme and works at Alzheimer ...
22nd November 2016
Katy Scott News Editor Around 100 students have been left facing an uncertain start to term after a pre-paid flat development failed to open. The private student accommodation in Partick was originally intended to open in September 2016. This was postponed until November and the company decided to house students in hotels as temporary accommodation. ...
22nd November 2016
Rhys Harper News Editor Almost half of the teaching and teaching-and-research staff at the University of Glasgow are on non-permanent or hourly-paid contracts, according to an investigation led by the Guardian newspaper. Using data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the Guardian calculated that 48.7% of teaching staff at Glasgow University are on these low ...
22nd November 2016
Thaïs Ramdani Writer Transgender Day of Remembrance was marked by the University of Glasgow on 21 November, a day after the international recognition on the 20 November. The day included raising the transgender flag on university grounds and the evening consisted of a number of speeches as well as a candlelight vigil to remember the ...
