2nd February 2018
Selena Drake Deputy Editor Postgraduate degrees could ultimately be seen to be elitist as, while they might not in theory seek to actively discriminate, you simply need the money to be able to consider the option. I never thought that I would want to do this; until this year I’d decided that I would go ...
2nd February 2018
Joshua Gualtieri Writer Turnout for student elections is notoriously low. Is there a better way? To the outside world, student politics have long been something of a punchline. Whether in parody on shows like Fresh Meat, or (more recently) as part of a greater part of “snowflake” campus culture to be denigrated by Daily Mail ...
2nd February 2018
Adam Nicholson Deputy Culture Editor – Film Adam Nicholson gives us his highlights and recommendations of the last year in film and television Naturally, any summation of a year’s cinematic and televisual output is dubious enough before being awkwardly arranged into a somewhat arbitrary list of ten, but why rock the boat while it’s still ...
2nd February 2018
Holly Sloey News Editor Two academics from the University of Glasgow have been awarded OBEs in this year’s New Years Honours List. Professor Jeremy Bagg, Head of the Dental School, and Professor Sally-Ann Cooper, Professor of Learning Disabilities, received the honour for services to dental education and services to science and medicine respectively. Head of ...
2nd February 2018
Jack Mckenna Writer According to figures gathered by The Scotsman, there has been a significant decrease since 2000 in Scottish-domiciled medical students in Scottish universities. The 12% decline – 63% in 2000 to the current 51% – comes despite an overall rise in medical places and a country-wide lack of GPs. Given the inclination of ...
