17th January 2017
Luke Shaw Deputy Culture Editor – Film & Television 2016 will likely reside in people’s memories as one of the worst. The political sphere embarrassed itself with numerous reactionary stances, and cultural icons became the latest endangered species. Despite a pall of gloom falling over the world, there was plenty of opportunity for escapism through ...
17th January 2017
Do safe spaces fail to prepare students for the real world? Mac Convery Writer One by one, today’s universities in the West are dramatically transforming from institutions of higher learning into massively-funded nursery schools. In them, the kiddywinks – er, students – must remain hush-hush about certain subjects, or risk being banished to the time-out ...
17th January 2017
Sam Wilson Reporter In April 2017, whistleblower Edward Snowden’s term as Rector at the University of Glasgow will come to an end. The University is now inviting students to submit nominations for his successor. The next Rector will hold office for three years, meaning that for many first year students this choice will affect them ...
16th January 2017
Ashley Neilson Writer A report published by a research group based at Glasgow University has revealed significant developments in the search for drugs to effectively tackle Alzheimer’s Disease. The report, co-authored by Andrew Tobin, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at Glasgow, reveals the findings of a four-year investigation into new ways of tackling the illness that ...
16th January 2017
Rebecca Zack Views Editor It would hardly be controversial to say that 2016 was one of the most tumultuous and politically contentious years in recent times. Particularly for those on the left, who were unprepared for the Brexit vote and U.S. election result, it was a wake-up call to the fact that we’d been living ...
16th January 2017
David McGinley Writer You might have recently seen a political cartoon by Will McPhail, from the New Yorker, doing the rounds on Twitter. It depicts the passengers of an airplane, one man standing up to address his fellow passengers, “These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly ...
16th January 2017
Thaïs Ramdani Reporter Professor Peter Scott, an educationalist from University College London, has been appointed Commissioner for Fair Access by the Scottish Government. The appointment was announced in December by Professor Scott and Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Minister for Further and Higher Education and Science, during a visit to the University of Glasgow. According to the ...
15th January 2017
Emma Claesson Writer The Hunterian Museum will welcome guests to Night at the Museum: Extending Burns Heritage later this month on the evening of 27 January. At the end of December, many people linked arms and sang Auld Lang Syne as a way of closing the year. A month later and it is the annual ...
13th January 2017
Charlotte Walker Writer In early December, Lauren Duca’s article, arguing that Donald Trump is politically ‘gas lighting’ America was published on the Teen Vogue website. The article spelled out the treacherous times to come regarding America’s President Elect, and the manipulative methods that led to his electoral victory and position as one of, if not ...
12th January 2017
Rowan Harris Writer Nine landlords have been prohibited from renting properties in Glasgow following their failure to fulfil legal obligations. The decision was reached by Glasgow City Council to deregister the offending landlords, six of whom own property in the low-income Govanhill area, making them liable to pay fines of up to £50,000 in the ...
