9th October 2021
The Glasgow Guardian speaks to the students housed at Novel Student’s “unfinished” flats. Promised the “best student accommodation in Glasgow”, unassuming students have been met with “filthy and unfinished” housing at Novel Student’s Bridle Works properties. Distressed students have spoken to The Glasgow Guardian about their “neglect̶...
7th October 2021
8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans every year. If these trends continue, our oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050… I first saw Mandy Barker’s Our Plastic Ocean at Stockholm’s Fotografiska and will never forget the impact those images had on me. Two years later, at Street Level ...
7th October 2021
Proof of double vaccination status will also be required from moving from inside the main building to the extension where Hive and The Well are based. The GUU has announced that proof of double vaccination will be required for entering their nightclubs Hive and The Well starting from tonight (7 October, 2021). The announcement was ...
7th October 2021
David MacMillan wins the 2021 Nobel prize in chemistry alongside Benjamin List for his work on organic catalysts. An alumni from the University of Glasgow has been awarded the 2021 Nobel prize for his work in chemistry. David MacMillan, who studied his undergraduate degree in chemistry at UofG, was jointly awarded the prize alongside Benjamin ...
6th October 2021
Pitch Perfect director Kay Cannon is not so in tune with her latest retelling of the famous pauperess to princess tale. Singer-Songwriter Camila Cabello made her acting debut in director Kay Cannon’s sparkling vision of a new and improved adaptation of Cinderella, which, despite its notable cast, dazzling visuals and array of popular songs, dulls ...
5th October 2021
The rise in National Insurance is classist and will impact lower-income students the most. Boris Johnson finally got social care sorted. Predictably, though, he’s done it in a way that only someone cloaked in Eton-Oxbridge privilege would countenance as being fair. National insurance will rise by 1.25 percentage points in 2022/23. The UK government has ...
3rd October 2021
Monica Brotherton describes how reading novels throughout her life has helped her come to terms with silenced grief. My dad died when I was six years old. Even saying that sentence is still a little bit difficult, and I don’t think it will ever roll off the tongue. There’s an awful lot of uncomfortable emotions ...
3rd October 2021
Brian Sweeney’s photography exhibition succinctly captures life and nature in the G20 area of Glasgow. I entered the G20 photography exhibition at Trongate 103, first noticing the emptiness of the room; not a single other person came into the exhibition the entire time I was there, which seemingly fit with the theme of the work. ...
3rd October 2021
Pheromones, fondling, therapists and family dynamics are all further explored in the 3rd season of the revolutionarily candid Netflix show. Sex Education recently returned to the Netflix homepage with the release of its third season. The students of Moordale Secondary School are forced to adjust to an imposing new headteacher; a prudish “girlboss” dead set ...
