7th March 2018
Hamish Morrison Editor This is Robbie Miller’s second time running for Honorary Secretary at the GUU, having ran unsuccessfully two years ago. Miller did not respond well to questioning regarding his continued membership of the Freemasons. Frustrated with enquiring into his membership of the male-exclusive organisation, he showed a remarkable lack of cool under pressure. ...
7th March 2018
Jonathan Peters News Editor Keri has a fair bit of experience in the GUU, and some interesting ideas for how it can be improved. Her manifesto promises to continue mandatory sexual violence prevention training for board members and Freshers’ helpers, which is good news for this union, and shows how far it has come. In ...
6th March 2018
Hamish Morrison Editor Not that you would know, but apparently the GUU hustings took place last night. They had originally been scheduled for Wednesday 28 February but were postponed due to the Beast from the East. The GUU posted an update yesterday announcing that their annual meeting was to take place at 7pm, with the ...
6th March 2018
Katy Scott Editor Voting in the University of Glasgow’s student elections will open tomorrow at 9am, following a week-long delay due to the harsh weather conditions and the resultant red alert weather warning and campus closure. The polling for the Students’ Representative Council, Queen Margaret Union, and Glasgow University Sports Association elections open tomorrow at ...
5th March 2018
Ruairidh Campbell Writer Amid the furore surrounding the arrival of one of Glasgow’s worst snow storms, picket lines and speeches have continued at the main campus. A return to full-service on Monday will coincide with week three of the UCU’s planned strikes, and as students and staff prepare for 4 more days of industrial action, ...
5th March 2018
Osama Abou-zeid Writer Students and staff organise in solidarity against the proposed pension changes University staff are expected to continuing industrial action against the Universities UK’s (UUK) proposed pension reforms. The strike began as a consequence to the proposed reforms to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), which the University and College Union (UCU) estimate could ...
5th March 2018
Taylor Robertson Writer Better Than Zero have accused numerous employers of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act by forcing employees to attend work during the red weather warning. The red alert, which was the first of its kind to be issued in Scotland due to snow, was in place across the central belt ...
4th March 2018
Holly Sloey Writer The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 1 February. Thought to be the first of its kind, the Bill will make it possible for partner abuse which is not obviously violent or threatening to be prosecuted as a crime in its own right. The Bill creates an ...
4th March 2018
Tomas Dvorak Writer Glasgow University Politics Society (GUPS) hosted a panel debate on Brexit titled “Brexit: One Year On” in Glasgow University Union’s Debate Chamber on Friday 2 February. The panel, chaired by Strathclyde University professor Sir John Curtice, an expert on polls and electoral behaviour, discussed the current developments in the negotiations of the ...
3rd March 2018
Marianna Marceline Writer A trial date has been set in June for a woman that allegedly stole £15,000 in funds from a food bank in Glasgow. Julie Webster, 41, has been charged in connection with alleged fraud offences in August 2016. She was a founder and coordinator of the Greater Maryhill Food Bank, on Chapel ...
