13th February 2017
Jess Owen News Editor According to UCAS admissions figures, there has been a 7% drop in the number of EU students applying to UK universities, and a 23% drop in UK students applying for nursing. Applications from UK students applying to universities have declined by a total of 5%, with the biggest decline in numbers ...
13th February 2017
Austen Shakespeare Reporter An online petition, entitled “We Need A Rector Now!”, is calling for immediate Rector elections, rather than waiting until the next academic year as suggested by a motion at the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) meeting on 2 February. At the time of publication the petition has 166 signatures, with a goal of ...
13th February 2017
Andrew McCluskey Reporter Glasgow University Tech Society (GUTS) is hosting the third iteration of their Cyber Defence Exercise this February. The event is aimed at those interested in cyber security, with the ultimate goal of teaching attendees how to protect themselves from the kind of malicious, targeted attacks which every year hit most if not ...
13th February 2017
Hannah-May Todd Writer Better Than Zero (BtZ), a Scottish trade unionist group, is hoping to expand its reach by developing an app. The app will allow industry staff and customers to quickly identify whether a company pays the living wage and what the working conditions are like. This will allow workers to check the conditions ...
13th February 2017
Hannah Graham Writer The CoppaFeel! Glasgow Uni Boob Team will be accepting donations of clothes and shoes for Maslow’s community shop in Govan this week. The shop will distribute the items to refugees, asylum seekers, and local people facing hardship within Glasgow. A spokesperson said: “CoppaFeel! Glasgow Uni Boob Team have always been about Boob ...
