10th June 2020
Joseph Evans Writer A discussion of the issues and limitations of contact tracing apps and why they are so controversial. A contact tracing app to help limit the spread of coronavirus has been discussed for months. The original proposal was that it would help to limit the initial spread of the virus back in the ...
10th June 2020
Jodie Leith Music Columnist Our pull towards falling in love with Normal People, explained. When asked about the concept of normalcy within her 2018 best-selling novel Normal People at the London Review Bookshop, author Sally Rooney answers that she’s always loved “to read and to write about are experiences that, are in fact, completely banal ...
10th June 2020
Natasha Joibi Reporter A team of engineers from University of Glasgow have developed technology that could see wearable devices being energised by human sweat instead of environmentally-unfriendly batteries in the future. The scientists from the Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies (BEST) group said that working up a sweat could sufficiently generate power for exercise ...
10th June 2020
Jordan Hunter Deputy News Editor The global movement comes to Glasgow. Nearly a thousand people gathered at the Glasgow Green on 7 June in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, an international human rights campaign combating systemic racism. The gathering started around noon and dispersed around 3.30pm with most attendees gone by 4pm. The demonstration included ...
10th June 2020
Silas Pease Reporter Silas Pease examines the impact of the pandemic on LGBTQ+ communities around the world. The UK based non-profit organisation Kaleidoscope Trust has recently released a report examining issues affecting LGBTQ+ groups across the globe due to the coronavirus. The report has highlighted that, as is the case with most minority groups, those ...
10th June 2020
Erin Steinmetz Reporter Clubs and societies are offering resources and services to students to help promote healthy lifestyles. With limited socialization and contact with the outside world during the COVID-19 pandemic, student societies at the University of Glasgow are offering resources and services to help promote healthy lockdown lifestyles – here’s a roundup of just ...
10th June 2020
Melanie Goldberg Writer Following the boycott of Israel, the SRC should also boycott the Confucius Institute on campus. For years, the Chinese Communist party (CCP) and it’s president, Xi Jinping, have evaded condemnation for many crimes against their own citizens. Mass surveillance and illegal detainment of dissidents are a few weapons within the wide arsenal ...
