27th January 2020
Melanie Goldberg Writer Melanie Goldberg discusses the gravity of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the significance of understanding the history behind it. This month marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, which consisted of over 40 different concentration and death camps in which over 1 million people perished, the majority of which were ...
27th January 2020
Erin Steinmetz Writer The University of Glasgow is taking steps to assist disabled students as the lift is being repaired. The lift in the Adam Smith Building will be closed to all students and staff from 6 January until the end of May 2020, as a new lift is being installed. As the spring ...
27th January 2020
Joanne Krus Deputy News Editor The UCU, UUK and the USS pensions scheme are having meetings in the next month to reform the pension scheme. The UCU have announced they are holding five meetings to reform the University of Glasgow pension scheme. Last semester’s strikes over staff working conditions and pensions ended with no resolution. ...
27th January 2020
Rachel Stamford News Editor Nearly 1,000 University of Glasgow employees identify as carers, according to a University survey. A new University of Glasgow policy gives emergency time off and additional short term leave to staff with caring responsibilities. “Supporting Staff with Caring Responsibilities” was announced on 13 January following a 2018 staff survey which found ...
27th January 2020
Jordan Hunter Reporter Somer Umeed Bakhsh is to study Physics and Astrophysics after nearly facing deportation. Somer Umeed Bakhsh, 16, has received an unconditional offer, extending his previous permission to remain and furthering his education. Umeed Bakhsh and his brother, 14-year-old Areeb, were the subjects of a campaign by the Church of Scotland, which had ...
