12th November 2017
Ruairidh Campbell Writer Ruairidh Campbell discusses with the Glasgow University Athletics Club their ambitions for the year ahead. Meeting on a Saturday afternoon, following a club gym session, which was preceded by a hill running session earlier that day, members of Glasgow University Athletics Club’s (GUAC) committee were looking surprisingly upbeat. “I genuinely think this ...
12th November 2017
Savannah Stark Writer Savannah Stark reflects on the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Scotland During Freshers’ week, the University hosted a show debate on the state of relations between the United States and Scotland. The motion proposed to end the “special relationship” with the US government. Watching this debate was incredibly surreal for me ...
12th November 2017
Callum Partridge Writer On Saturday the 30th of September, I had the chance to head over to our Uni’s Concert Hall to chat to a new theatre company with a bright future. They’re called Epilogue Theatre, and after watching them rehearse their upcoming production of Dani Girl, I got the chance to interview Peter Robson, ...
12th November 2017
Sophie Simmonds Contributor Alghero is a medieval coastal town on the Italian island of Sardinia. This is where I’m spending my year abroad as an English Language assistant in a local secondary school. Alghero itself is very small and it feels quite strange having moved here from Glasgow, but I still find myself getting lost ...
11th November 2017
Selena Drake & Harry Vizor Deputy Editor & Features Editor Emma Smith talks to the Glasgow Guardian about how she found employment following her Master in Museum Studies In this week’s interview we speak to Emma Smith who did a part-time Museum Studies MSc in 2014-16. She talks to us about how she got her ...
10th November 2017
Georgina Hayes Views Editor It’s outrageous that £57,000 of debt won’t even pay your rent On 30 September, The Telegraph published a laughable and thinly-veiled attempt at rehabilitating the Conservative Party’s reputation with students. The article, ludicrously but not ironically, titled “Theresa May’s tuition fees revolution to win over students”, claims that this revolution entails...
10th November 2017
Cecilia Norberg & Ross Beveridge Writers Exploring different faiths on campus, finding out if they ever clash with the university lifestyle Religion and university, at first glance, might not sit comfortably hand in hand. This perception is driven by numerous factors of university lifestyle, attitudes, teaching and none more so than the notorious drinking culture ...
8th November 2017
Emily Jarron Writer This article is the result of a Glasgow Guardian investigation. How Scottish students are losing out on University places It has become increasingly difficult for Scottish students to gain offers to study at universities in Scotland due to the cap on free places imposed by the Scottish National Party. The number of ...
8th November 2017
Wallis Spence Deputy News Editor Glasgow West End club, Viper, has recently displayed a statement on their cinema board reading “TITS OUT LEGS OPEN”. Many found this statement offensive, with Facebook posts stating that signs like this have “no place in our society”. When two students from the University of Glasgow approached Viper, asking to ...
7th November 2017
Holly Sloey News Editor A large number of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) based in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow have been subject to delays in the payment of their wages, it has been alleged. Unexpected difficulties in generating the contracts of a number of GTAs from the School ...
