6th December 2016 - Page 2 of 2 - The Glasgow Guardian



Were the LTA right to take away Broady’s funding?

6th December 2016

Jodie Sarah Writer British tennis is often described as inherently elitist: Wimbledon has connotations of Pimms, strawberries and cream, and the quintessential English afternoon; suburban clubs across the country enforce tennis whites only rules; and it would probably be easier to infiltrate Mi6 than the ranks of the Queen’s Club membership. Naomi Broady, who is ...


Scotland could save £93 million a year by scrapping EU free tuition

6th December 2016

Austen Shakespeare Reporter The Scottish government is exploring the viability of scrapping free tuition for EU students in an effort to save £93 million. Following Brexit, Holyrood has recently published their “SPICe Briefing Brexit: Higher Education in Scotland” report. It is concerns how cutting ties with the European Union (EU) might affect Scottish higher education ...


New visa restrictions set to hit international students hardest

6th December 2016

Ross McMichael Writer The Home Secretary of the UK Government, Amber Rudd, recently announced a major crackdown on visas for overseas students studying at UK universities. The proposal is intended to overhaul the current visa system of “one size fits all” and instead introduce a new two-tiered system in its place, which would be based ...


Students are now able to re-enrol or graduate with non-tuition fee debt

6th December 2016

Thaïs Ramdani Reporter Following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and negotiations between the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and the University, students will no longer be prevented from graduating or re-enrolling due to non-tuition fee debts. According to an investigation by the CMA, the University of Glasgow had threatened to prevent students ...