30th January 2017 - The Glasgow Guardian



Fighting Back Against Exploitation of Young Workers

30th January 2017

Writer Euan Campbell speaks to Bryan Simpson of BetterThanZero to uncover the issues facing young people in the workforce Euan Campbell Writer There’s a wealth of rights in workers’ hands that remain unutilised; the problem being that workers don’t know what these rights are. It appears that employers are still willing to ignore and abuse ...


MSP Criticises Increasing Number of Student Flat Developments

30th January 2017

Katy Scott News Editor The number of purpose built student flats in Glasgow increased by approximately 2,000 last year, bringing the total to over 14,500. SNP MSP Sandra White recently held a public meeting to gauge opinion on these growing numbers, after claiming the city centre and the West End are being “swamped” by student ...


Glasgow University criticised for “political correctness”

30th January 2017

Jess Owen Reporter University of Glasgow theology students were presented with trigger warnings before a class. The warnings were given to students attending a lecture for the level one class Creation to Apocalypse: Introduction to the Bible before images were displayed of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Students were cautioned that the lecture would contain ...


Glasgow student stranded by Trump’s “travel ban”

30th January 2017

Holly Sloey Reporter A University of Glasgow postgraduate student has been stranded in Costa Rica after President Trump’s executive order barred entry to the USA by those holding passports from several majority Muslim countries. Dr Hamaseh Tayari had been due to return to Glasgow from Costa Rica via New York, but was told at the ...