11th September 2020
College of Arts given extra funding to become festival “hubs” in Derby, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Swansea. The UK’s only humanities festival is coming to Glasgow this November for its seventh year – and with it comes additional funding for the University’s College of Arts to enhance festival activities. Completely free, “Being Human” hopes to make ...
10th September 2020
GUFC prepare for historic season in the newly founded league. Glasgow University Men’s Football Club (GUFC) are preparing for a historic season this year after entering the newly founded West of Scotland Football League. The club will play in Tier 7, the second division of the league, which is made up of three conferences. Entry ...
10th September 2020
Restrictions are being reimposed to tackle the sharp rise in new cases in Scotland in recent weeks, as well as to avoid a second wave. Scotland is to introduce a new cap on social gatherings as the nation sees more cases of Covid-19, as Nicola Sturgeon announces that further plans to ease lockdown restrictions have ...
9th September 2020
13 films from the festival will be shown at GFT in October. As film festivals around the world adapt to coronavirus, BFI are bringing London Film Festival (LFF) to the whole of the UK. Films will be available online and at their partner venues across the UK, including our own Glasgow Film Theatre. LFF is ...
9th September 2020
This funding is to help tackle digital exclusion as classes in Glasgow this year will consist of blended learning, meaning that some classes will take place remotely. The Scottish Funding Council has announced a £5m Digital Poverty fund to help Scottish colleges and universities tackle the digital exclusion among disadvantaged students. The announcement of this ...
8th September 2020
Ronan Long challenges us to consider how our porn habits affect sex workers. Content Warning: Discusses rape and sexually explicit content. The consumption of “adult” entertainment remains one of our most persistent taboos. As much as the private browsing adverts are geared towards the anniversary gift purchasing demographic, it is an all but open secret ...
8th September 2020
This announcement comes as figures reveal cycling rates have spiked from last year. Glasgow City Council has announced the free cycle hire programme has been extended to spring 2021. Since June, Glasgow’s cycle hire service has offered people 30 minutes of free bike hire for a two month period. For casual cyclists, the scheme provides ...
7th September 2020
We may be starting a fresh term, but during an active quarantine, just how different will it be? It seems like a hundred years ago that students all over the world were forced to flee their university life and surrender to the new reality of coronavirus restrictions. Considering the many inconsistencies of the governmental responses ...
7th September 2020
This alternative should make the city more connected and accessible than ever before. The development of a new city-wide Glasgow Metro is to be a priority to help with recovery from the economic impact of the coronavirus. A meeting of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet held on Tuesday 11 August confirmed that investment in a ...
6th September 2020
The popular pasta restaurant on Mitchell Street is looking to extend its seating area into the basement of the Charles Rennie MacKintosh-designed lighthouse building. Mitchell Street pasta restaurant Sugo has applied to Glasgow City Council to extend its seating area into the basement of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Lighthouse building, the ground floor of which ...
