13th September 2018
Laurie Clarke Editor-in-Chief Laurie Clarke responds to Emily Clarkson’s controversial Sunday Times piece Emily Clarkson recently made the rounds on Twitter, drawing praise and censure alike for her Sunday Times article on foregoing university. You probably don’t know who Emily Clarkson is, and reluctant as I am to identify a woman by her relationship to ...
13th September 2018
Abi Menzies Writer On stage at BFi London for a Q&A after a preview screening of BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee shrugs off questions about D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. The 1915 film is an overtly racist Civil War epic that portrays black people as spectacle and white people as heroes. When it was originally screened, ...
12th September 2018
Julia Hegele Deputy Culture Editor – Theatre If life imitates art, then Freshers’ Week in Glasgow is truly a masterpiece. A cacophony of booze, socials, and the looming threat of legitimate responsibility that could rival the Sistine Chapel in all its dishevelled glory. And for the most part, this is the ideal time to live ...
12th September 2018
Georgina Hayes Editor-in-Chief When I arrived in Glasgow for my first year, I knew I wanted to drink and I wanted to drink a lot. What I didn’t know, though, was where. But rest assured Freshers – I’m now a very, very seasoned drinker here in Glasgow. Whether you like indie club nights, cheesy pop ...
12th September 2018
Niki Radman Photographer With SAAS and Student Loans conveniently loading up your bank account, you may be financially stable and curious enough to want to explore what the West End’s food and drink scene has to offer. To give you a little helping hand, here’s a helpful little guide to steer you towards some of the ...
12th September 2018
Hannah Patterson Writer Well, you did it. The hard part is over now; the biggest decision of your life thus far has been made. You’re coming to the University of Glasgow, knowing you’re too much fun for Edinburgh and too middle-class for Dundee. But the decision-making isn’t over yet. Not only did you have to ...
12th September 2018
Georgina Hayes Editor-in-Chief The Scottish Government’s Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead has praised the University of Glasgow for its widening participation programmes after meeting with students who have benefited from the schemes. The University’s widening participation programmes, such as the summer school, aim to break down barriers for less affluent potential students....
12th September 2018
Tara Gandhi & Georgina Hayes Deputy News Editor & Editor-in-Chief Public Health England are urging students to make sure their vaccinations are up to date as cases of meningitis increase. The strain Meningitis W surfaced in the past decade and vaccines have only been available since 2015, leaving a generation of students unprotected. While ...
11th September 2018
Tara Gandhi Deputy News Editor While the expectation of Freshers’ is often high, for many new students the intense changes that come with moving away from home and family, and having to fend for yourself for the first time, bring the experience crashing down around them. While I have suffered from mild anxiety for some ...
8th September 2018
Jen Bowey & Georgina Hayes Deputy Editor & Editor-in-Chief Sometimes, with such a vast and eclectic array of events taking place at the same time, Freshers’ Week can seem like an organisational nightmare. Not only do you have to decide which evening events you will prioritise, you also need to determine at what time the ...
