29th November 2018 - The Glasgow Guardian



When loving someone means losing yourself

29th November 2018

Credit: Rosie Wilson   Samantha Heritage Writer Content Warning: this article contains references to mental illness. Andrew shouldn’t have been in a relationship at the time;  I shouldn’t have either. We were both very damaged people with respective mental illnesses. I with Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and a history of Depression, and he with ADHD, ...


Gap years are not just for the privileged

29th November 2018

Ina Tribukait Writer “Taking time out after high school can involve so much more than paddle boarding in Thailand” Everybody knows somebody who has an instagram full of flashback Fridays and throwback Thursdays of that time they were hanging out in a Cambodian beach bar, or dancing at Carnival in Rio, or doing whatever other ...


The falsehood of the PhD pedestal

29th November 2018

Jamie Quinn Science and Tech Editor “Universities have simply taken on the role of an extremely expensive recruitment process” The British government, in introducing the new doctoral loans offered to graduates aiming for a PhD, have sent out a message – “PhDs are valuable”. This stinks of the same misguided and ill-considered ambition of Tony ...


Greta Van Fleet and Recycled Beats

29th November 2018

Julia Hegele Deputy Culture Editor – Theatre How a dependency on nostalgia is crippling new music The Michigan foursome has been on the scene for over a year now and have received mixed reviews, many labelling them as a refreshing blast of new energy in a stagnating genre. Others, however, have called it like they’ve ...


Turning up the heat on renewables targets

29th November 2018

Lewis Harvey Writer Right now there are huge amounts of waste heat pouring out of various industries which could be used to heat homes. The hot topic in the energy sector right now is renewable energy and with companies like Scottish Power going 100% wind powered, hitting our renewable energy targets will be a breeze, ...