9th July 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



Scottish LGBTQ+ charity responds to homophobic backlash

9th July 2020

Mark Cunningham Reporter Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) received homophobic comments in response to their campaign to combat homophobia in the Scottish education system. A Glasgow-based LGBTQ+ charity has issued a statement concerning a series of homophobic comments and abusive messages that appeared on social media. Time for Inclusive Education (TIE), a charity that combats ...


New charity app promotes activism during lockdown

9th July 2020

Rachel Stamford News Editor The now-u app will create three monthly campaigns for users to engage with causes at various levels of activism. As lockdown continues to encourage people to stay indoors, a new app launched on 1 July aims to make activism and volunteering accessible from the comfort and safety of home.  After siblings ...


Is your activism for you or for us?

9th July 2020

Ellie Wilson Writer Ellie Wilson shares her experience of racism within the Glasgow University Athletics Club and unmasks the dangers of performative activism. The world watched on in horror at the violent murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. As anti-racism protests spread throughout the world, many expressed their support. “Blackout ...


The University of Glasgow is at the centre of the UK-based covid-19 research

9th July 2020

Mark Cunningham Reporter The University is helping trade the spread of COVID-19 and processing test kits. Researchers at the University of Glasgow are helping to trace the spread of COVID-19 and to process thousands of test kits each day in Scotland.  Glasgow hosts one of the four major UK pop-up testing facilities known as Lighthouse ...


Glasgow Subway risks closure due to Covid-19

9th July 2020

Ollie Rudden Deputy News Editor A report from SPT claims £20m losses mean “maintaining services is simply not viable.” Glasgow Subway could be set for closure if Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) does not get additional financial help from the Scottish Government. The popular publicly owned transport service has seen passenger journeys drop by 97% ...