31st October 2017
Laura Delmage Writer Babaloose! Babaloose! Can you do the fandango? The answer is yes, you can do the fandango; you can also perform poetry, scream, dance, sing – anything. Anything besides hate speech, that is. Babaloose is a bi-monthly creative platform devoid of judgement, wherein the audience are the main attraction – so it’s free! ...
30th October 2017
Georgina Hayes and Tom McDonald Views Editor and Features Editor Mental Health, Brexit and Corbyn are the order of the day as Georgina Hayes and Tom McDonald sit down with Blair’s ex-spin doctor. “Did he go here, Capaldi?” asks Alastair Campbell, spying an old issue of The Glasgow Guardian on the wall that depicts Peter ...
30th October 2017
Margot Law-Mckay Writer In the name of adding to and improving its services, the University of Glasgow Library has recently created a brand new family study lounge. The opening of this new study space was prompted by feedback from student parents who asked for a space adapted to their needs. The space is designed so ...
30th October 2017
Rona McNicol Writer Charity football team aim to promote inclusion and equality in the sport “Refugees welcome”: it’s a phrase that is becoming increasingly familiar in Glasgow and Scotland, which is hugely encouraging insofar as it demonstrates the growing awareness among society of holistic integration and inclusion. The growing ubiquity of open mindedness perhaps might ...
29th October 2017
Selena Drake Deputy Editor The University of Glasgow was recently named Scottish University of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. Graduate prospects, degree completion rates, quality of teaching and student experience were factors that have improved since last year. Glasgow University has overtaken the University of Dundee, that ...
27th October 2017
Jonny Smart Writer Statue of left-wing activist Mary Barbour to be built in Govan A statue of Mary Barbour, a leader and key figure during the 1915 rent strike, is to be unveiled outside Govan Subway Station on Friday 17 November following several years of campaigning and fundraising by the Remember Mary Barbour Association (RMBA). ...
27th October 2017
Alexander Walker Writer Glasgow City Council is adopting new measures to allow locals to combat the rise of student accommodation in the city’s West End, which some Glasgow residents consider to be “swamping” the area. The Council has adopted new powers to allow it to reset the planning system. Communities will now be able to ...
27th October 2017
Madelin Otterbein Writer Scotrail fares will increase by 3.6% in January, Madelin Otterbein explores how damaging this could be for students ScotRail, Scotland’s primary train service, was purchased by the Dutch company Abellio in 2015, pushing the company to update and improve its network. One improvement, listed on Abellio’s website, is “smarter, lower cost journeys.” ...
27th October 2017
Rona MacNicol Writer Halls costs at Glasgow University price students out of social opportunities Having twice been a fresher at the University of Glasgow, I have repeatedly found myself considering what type of accommodation can simultaneously provide me with maximum value for money and the potential to forge a new social network as I enter ...
25th October 2017
James Hunter Writer Glasgow City Council plans to hire an artist-in-residence in each council ward in an effort to elevate the city’s cultural status. Deputy Leader of the Council, David McDonald, announced the initiative at a City Chambers committee hearing, with plans to place 23 artists-in-residence throughout Glasgow. McDonald, chairman of Glasgow Life, which promotes ...
