30th January 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



UofG animal societies raise awareness of badger protection

30th January 2020

Benjamin Coulson Writer The University of Glasgow Zoological Society and Glasgow University SeaSoc hosted an event on 20 January in the Boyd Orr building with Scottish Badgers, an organisation that aims to promote the study, conservation and protection of Scotland’s badger population and their habitats.  Scottish Badgers came with a host of props and knowledge ...


Electric buses to be launched in Glasgow

30th January 2020

Joanne Krus Deputy News Editor New electric buses are to be launched in Glasgow to reduce the city’s carbon emissions.  Glasgow will be launching two of these buses as a “statement of intent” to make the city a “net zero” city. These environmentally friendly buses will be running from Milton and Springburn to Stobhill Hospital ...


Remembering Alasdair Gray

30th January 2020

  Sophie Kernachan Writer It’s a running stereotype that an English Literature degree is a continuation of those texts that made secondary school unbearable. Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen – you know the ones. And, during my first year, I found myself believing that as well. English Lit was my theory, my classics, the books you read ...


‘Stick to the football, mate’

30th January 2020

Dylan Tuck Sports Editor Do footballers have a responsibility to talk to about political issues? “East Turkestan, the bleeding wound of the Ummah, resisting against the persecutors trying to separate them from their religion. They burn their Qurans. They shut down their mosques. They ban their schools. They kill their holy men. The men are ...


The ecology of Australia’s bushfires: building from the bottom-up

30th January 2020

Elle Lindsay Writer Elle Lindsay looks at the lasting impacts of the bushfires in New South Wales. In the midst of our winter, we have never been more aware of Australia’s summer. Since September 2019, the bushfires have dominated the global news. A fire can cause complete destruction: we have seen it devastate both man-made ...