5th September 2020
With travel restrictions easing, Amélie Davidson recommends seaside activities around the west coast of Scotland, all accessible by public transport. Loch Lomond Credit: Flickr – Robert Brown Getting there: Trains depart regularly from Glasgow Queen Street to Balloch, with the journey taking less than an hour. Prices vary according to time and day. Why: Loch ...
5th September 2020
An interview with Chris Timmins, president of GU Red Alert. In the UK, about one in 10 young people with periods do not have access to menstrual products due to economic or social barriers. This issue is known as “period poverty”, and it creates significant challenges in the everyday lives of menstruators. Plan International has ...
4th September 2020
Despite the UK’s departure from the EU, Glasgow will still take part in the programmes for the duration of the funding period and also offer a new programme. The University of Glasgow has stated that it will continue to coordinate Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees (EMJMD) until 2026. A new programme has also been added ...
4th September 2020
The free-to-download app will put staff and students in touch with security and emergency services to speed up potential responses to danger. The University of Glasgow is looking to implement a new “SafeZone” app on campus this coming semester. SafeZone is a free-to-download safety app, designed to put students and staff in touch with security ...
4th September 2020
4-6 Melrose Street saw two students die in a fire in March 1999 and have since deteriorated into an empty slum, resulting in a Compulsory Purchase Order by the council. A block of tenement flats in the Woodlands area are to be bought by the Glasgow City Council after the building has fallen into disrepair. ...
4th September 2020
£470,000 will be invested and based at the University’s John Smith Centre. The Scottish government is set to invest £470,000 in a new leadership and development project targeting Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups. The initiative will be based at the University of Glasgow’s John Smith Centre. The project aims to break down the ...
4th September 2020
When the wait simply is not worth it. Every time the author of a beloved book reveals that the sequel everyone has been waiting for is in the works, expectations begin to swell. However, sequels often fail to live up to the reputation of the first novel. I don’t believe that this is necessarily due ...
3rd September 2020
The money will be invested in three ambitious Scottish research projects to help drive local economic growth, provide skills training, and create high-value jobs in Glasgow. The UK government is investing in three ambitious Scottish research projects to help drive local economic growth, provide skills training, and create high-value jobs in Glasgow as well as ...
3rd September 2020
The Glasgow Guardian sits down with Glasgow University graduate, Owain Campton, to discuss the campaign he hopes will help thousands of Northern Irish students. Glasgow University postgraduate Owain Campton this summer wrote an open letter to members of the Northern Irish assembly and Scottish parliament to address the low funding that Scottish and Northern Irish ...
3rd September 2020
The Covid-19 vaccine trial being developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with the University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has reached the next stage of development as volunteers aged over 55 are being recruited. This development comes after successful results in a trial for both phases one and two of ...
