10th March 2020
Joanne Krus News Editor The refugee charity will be taking over the space to hold exhibitions and events. Refuweegee will soon be taking over the former Fopp music store on Byres Road, which shut its doors at the start of this year. The music retailer Fopp sold discounted CDs and vinyl records and had gone ...
10th March 2020
Francesca Di Fazio Reporter The group stood in front of the University Library to bring awareness of the University’s culpability in the fast fashion industry. Members of Slave Free Campus took a 24-hour-long stand outside of the University Library on 5 March to raise awareness about the University of Glasgow’s ties to the fast fashion ...
10th March 2020
Jordan Hunter Deputy News Editor Grainger, Britain’s most decorated Olympic champion and elite rower, will take the University’s highest position. Dame Katherine Grainger has been selected by the General Council to replace Sir Kenneth Calman as chancellor, effective this June. She is the first woman to hold the office at Glasgow University, and has ...
10th March 2020
Sophie Cassel Reporter The Green New Deal offers a response to the University’s inadequate climate strategy. Students gathered at the GUU Reading Room on 6 March for the launch of The University of Glasgow Green New Deal. The deal is a collaborative effort between students and staff, which proposes a “radical, ethical and sustainable” approach committed ...
10th March 2020
Tara Gandhi, Bethany Woodhead, Andrew Quinn, Jordan Hunter & Sam Doak Editors-in-Chief, Deputy Editor, Deputy News Editor & Investigations Editor This month, The Glasgow Guardian interviewed all five rector nominees to find out where they stand on campus issues, and a little more about their manifesto pledges. Rector Hustings will take place on Tuesday 17 ...
10th March 2020
Natasha Joibi Reporter Some students are speculating as to whether the main campus will appear next season. Phil Keoghan, host of the television show The Amazing Race, was spotted with a camera crew at the University of Glasgow last week, raising questions as to whether the main campus will be featured on the show’s 33rd ...
8th March 2020
Rebecca Newlands Writer Content Warning: This article contains discussion of eating disorders and restrictive eating Rebecca Newlands discusses the dismissal of eating disorders that don’t “look” like anorexia and bulimia and how potentially fatal this ignorance may be. The term “eating disorder” tends to conjure one very general image in the mind: bony arms and legs, ...
8th March 2020
Blair Cunningham Theatre Editor Live Witness Theatre Review – 30 plays in 60 minutes. 30 Plays in 60 Minutes was entirely jarring, dark and absurd; it juxtaposed itself constantly and even unsettled me at times, and for that, it’s one of the best pieces of student theatre I have ever witnessed. It would feel reductive ...
7th March 2020
Ollie Rudden Deputy News Editor Four student societies at the University of Glasgow are collaborating to show a piece of documentary theatre regarding being detained by Home Office Immigration Enforcement. Four student societies from the University are collaborating for a one-off event on Wednesday 18 March between 6:30pm – 8:30 pm in the GUU Drawing ...
7th March 2020
Sophie Cassel Reporter The Blue Wave 2 was organized by Extinction Rebellion Glasgow together with its East Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire branches. Hundreds marched in The Blue Wave 2 parade in Glasgow on 28 February to raise awareness about the increasing damage caused by rising sea levels. The Blue Wave 2 was organized by Extinction Rebellion ...
