12th January 2017
Tom McDonald Writer In that decade so loomed over by the figure of Margaret Thatcher, there were several flashpoints when the country seemed to snap back as it buckled under weight of her unfeeling economic policies. There were none more memorable, however, than the Miner’s Strike of 1984/85, and within that, none more memorable ...
12th January 2017
Claire Thomson Deputy Editor A study by the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University has found that the UK media portrays women who binge drink more negatively than their male counterparts. The study, published in BMJ Open, involved “quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 308 articles published in 7 UK national newspapers and the ...
12th January 2017
Izzie Keating Deputy Culture Editor -Music Founded in 1995, the station continues the tradition of providing an alternative music choice than that in the mainstream, and now holds events and popular club nights around Glasgow. The team is around fifty people strong and lead by student Hannah Read, the station manager since June 2016, who ...
12th January 2017
Andrew McCluskey Reporter Glasgow City Mission’s Winter Night Shelter is expecting a surge in users this January. The number of individuals using this service has increased year-on-year, with 2017 expected to continue the trend. Numbers typically increase in January as relationships come into trouble after Christmas. This is seen to be particularly dangerous when paired ...
12th January 2017
Katy Scott News Editor Glasgow and Fife councils are both considering a universal basic income (UBI) scheme for every citizen, regardless of their employment status. The two Labour-run councils are currently in the process of investigating the design of initial trials set to be carried out later this year. The scheme, in which social security ...
11th January 2017
Selena Drake Writer The number of suicides in Glasgow, particularly for Glaswegian males, has decreased substantially. Rates are at their lowest level in 30 years and have dropped by half since 1993. This contrasts with the UK as a whole, with statistics published in 2013 suggesting that UK suicide rates have increased, with male suicide ...
11th 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 ...
10th January 2017
Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, Tom Aikman Writers STAG’s autumn festival consists of three nights, each featuring three short plays. Each year it revolves around a theme that loosely links the plays together, with this year’s theme being ‘Opposites’. This allowed plays to vary from opposing forces, to opposite worlds, to opposite sides of the planet. Juxtaposition ...
10th January 2017
Holly Sloey Reporter Glasgow Caledonian University has announced that it intends to rent out its New York campus as an events venue in order to raise funds. The University has failed to obtain a license from the New York State Education Department in the three years since the project has been set up, meaning that ...
10th January 2017
Katy Scott News Editor Glasgow University’s Climate Action Society is launching a sustainable shopping map of the West End. The society will be distributing physical copies of the map across campus throughout Refresher’s Week, though an online version will be made available too. The map will include environmentally friendly locations where students can eat, drink ...
