11th November 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



Scottish government announces measures for student winter travel

11th November 2020

Higher Education minister, Richard Lochhead, releases safety guidelines for students travelling home for Christmas. In a statement at Holyrood, Higher Education minister Richard Lochhead has stated that the Scottish government seeks to support students to return home safely over the winter break. Measures that the Scottish government is enforcing comes in five steps. Firstly, they ...


Troublesome travel: the effect of tourism on natural landscapes

11th November 2020

The environmental cost of our holidays. In early summer 2019, a huge clean-up operation was launched on the slopes of Mount Everest to remove both the bodies of climbers killed on the slopes over the years, as well as the rubbish and waste left by the hundreds of tourists who attempt to summit the world’s ...


Vent to views

11th November 2020

Your questions answered by our Views Editors.  Content Warning: Binge eating, disordered eating  I’m a first year and during Fresher’s Week I got into a relationship – like an actual boyfriend and girlfriend relationship. I would never have imagined myself in this situation, mainly because I always thought of first year being the year of ...


Can a planning tool help mitigate the effects of extreme weather?

11th November 2020

The UK Met Office is releasing a tool to help planners avoid areas prone to extreme weather. How helpful will it truly be? The UK Met Office is launching a new climate analysis tool which will allow planners to more effectively prepare for increasingly frequent and severe weather extremes across the country. This tool comes ...