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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
26th January 2017
Katy Scott News Editor With nominations for the position of Rector of the University of Glasgow closing two days ago, it has been confirmed that there were no nominations. Nominations have been open since 16 December, and each nomination required a letter of consent from the nominee and ten signatures from students who back ...
25th January 2017
Kyle Gunn Deputy Culture Editor – Food & Drink I’ve never really liked Burns’s poetry. Sorry. Revoke my Scottish citizenship, but it’s never been my thing. Burns Night, however, I can entirely get behind: haggis, ceilidh dancing, whisky, shortbread. Shortbread is, I think, one of Scotland’s great contributions to the world—crumbly, buttery, dangerously moreish, and ...
24th January 2017
Claire Thomson Deputy Editor The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) has announced changes to the funding it offers to postgraduate students from 2017/18. Scottish domiciled students studying on eligible one year full time taught programmes will now be entitled to claim loans of up to £10,000. The funding package comprises of a tuition fee ...
23rd January 2017
Rachel Boyd Deputy Culture Editor – Art Based in Sauchiehall Street’s Centre for the Contemporary Arts (CCA), Publication Studio Glasgow offers artists, makers and writers a chance to collaborate in producing and printing their own limited edition publications. It is the latest in a chain of projects collectively run by a set of partners – ...
20th January 2017
Katy Scott News Editor The Students’ Representative Council (SRC), in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, is holding an International Symposium this Monday in order to explore the experiences of international students. The event will be taking place from 9am until 4pm in the Senate Room of the Main Building. The Symposium will include ...
18th January 2017
Georgina Hayes Writer Do the benefits of your degree outweigh the cost of it? Many students who aren’t lucky enough to come from a wealthy background ask themselves this question again and again, and often have to answer it to an unsympathetic, unpropitious job market. Rent, living costs and course books often leave less advantaged ...
18th January 2017
Harry Vizor Writer It only takes a short walk around Glasgow to see that homelessness is a serious issue in the city. While a 38 Degrees online petition to open the doors of empty buildings to homeless people is a good start, it is a drop in the ocean compared to what is really needed. ...
