12th April 2017
Rowan Harris Writer The University of Glasgow is set to play a leading role in future pancreatic cancer trials in the UK. Professor Andrew Biankin at the University of Glasgow has pioneered the project, alongside researchers across the UK, which aims to speed up the enrolment of pancreatic cancer patients to clinical trials based on ...
12th April 2017
Jasmine Urquhart Writer Several artworks that were made from the ashes of the 2014 fire that occurred at the Glasgow School of Art have raised over £700,000 at auction. 25 leading international artists donated work made from the burnt remains of the GSA library and west wing in an auction for the Mackintosh Campus Appeal, ...
11th April 2017
Austen Shakespeare Reporter New figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that for the second year in a row, dropout rates have increased for students who have only completed their first year of university. Dropout rates for first year students increased from 5.7% in 2012/13, to 6% in 2013/14, and increased further in ...
10th April 2017
Ross McMichael Writer Travelling on Ryanair’s direct and competitively priced flights from Glasgow Airport direct to Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, was a relaxing and comfortable experience. Upon landing, you immediately gets a sense of the direction that Bulgaria is rapidly moving towards. The impression was of a country looking firmly to the future, with an eye ...
7th April 2017
Michaila Byrne Writer On 21 March, Webster’s Theatre’s stage played host to Student Theatre at Glasgow’s Blood Brothers, a main-stage production of Willy Russell’s renowned musical-turn-play. Set in 1960s Liverpool, Blood Brothers tells the tale of two brothers, Mickey and Eddy, who are separated at birth to two families of wildly contrasting social class and ...
7th April 2017
Jasmine Urquhart Writer In the words of the Great British public and Glaswegian former poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, My Country: A Work in Progress contends with the question that has been at the back of our minds in the wake of Brexit – whether the disagreement between the Brexiteers and Remainers is fleeting, or ...
6th April 2017
John Gorrod Sports Editor Netball captain Lexa Sawyer spoke of her pride after Glasgow claimed a dramatic victory with seconds remaining in the Taxis Cup. Having defeated GCU, who had earlier beaten Strathclyde, everything on paper appeared to point towards a straightforward Glasgow win in the final game. But Strathclyde had other ideas and raced ...
6th April 2017
Georgina Hayes Writer Last month, to probably no one’s surprise, the public woke up to the news that a Cambridge student had been caught on video burning a £20 note in front of a homeless person. To say that it wasn’t particularly surprising isn’t to say that burning what could be weeks worth of food ...
6th April 2017
Charlene Shillan Writer The number of destitute refugees and asylum seekers that the British Red Cross (BRC) have provided aid for has increased from 326 in 2014 to 820 in 2016. This increase has been attributed to the UK government and the shifting asylum process. The BRC consider destitution to be when a client does ...
6th April 2017
Audrey Summers Writer Polygraphs: Truths, Evidence and the Authentic Voice is an enigma. From the title one could assume that an explanation of the art in this recently unveiled exhibit will not be handed over gently to the viewer. When the visitor arrives at the fourth floor of GoMA, the text introducing the display is ...
