30th January 2022
Episode 5: Weekly Round-Up, 24 January 2022. Join Fraser McFarlane as he talks to News Editor Luke Chafer about this week’s top stories from on campus and across the UK. Luke discusses staff exploitation, Glasgow’s lacking presence in the Stonewall Equality Index, UK politics and, of course, #PartyGate. Click here to listen....
30th January 2022
Following a recent investigation by The Times, which discovered the prevalence of “study drugs” being taken across UK universities, The Glasgow Guardian conducted a survey which looked at use of these nootropics, or cognitive enhancers, at Glasgow. Study drugs were found by The Times to be taken to improve academic performance and work through exam ...
30th January 2022
The 4,000-participant report mapped patterns of sexual violence over the last five years. The UCU sexual violence task group finds that 10% of survey participants of almost 4,000 respondents have “directly experienced workplace sexual violence in the past five years”, and 70% of these respondents experienced it as “an ongoing pattern of behaviour”. Those most ...
30th January 2022
Kings College London provide £266 per student to their student union, whilst figures show Glasgow University provided £53 per student in 2020/21, despite a £45.7m profit made the previous academic year. Information gathered by The Glasgow Guardian, via a series of Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs), shows that out of all the Russell Group universities, ...
30th January 2022
Grace Edward discusses the ethics surrounding mandatory vaccines. Austria has announced that it will mandate all residents over the age of 14 to be vaccinated for Covid-19, and all those who don’t will be faced with a fine of up to 3,600 euros every three months. After a meeting with the Alpine republic’s heads of ...
30th January 2022
Styles’ new brand appears inclusive as it goes against typical beauty products and defies gender norms – but, is it worth the price? Harry Styles, the teen boy-band singer turned worldwide cultural icon, recently ventured out into the world of business with his new brand Pleasing. The singer has increasingly been noticed for his experiments, ...
30th January 2022
Features columnist Margaret Hartness discusses the pros and cons of intermittent fasting. CW: weight loss, calorie counting, eating patterns I’m sure most of us have been there, researching ways to improve our lifestyle (because it turns out having tea and biscuits at midnight isn’t good for you). In online searches for the best ways to ...
30th January 2022
In the next instalment of our self-care series, writer Bea Crawford discusses how we can bring self-care back to basics. What does self-care mean to you? The phrase may conjure up images of bubble baths, face masks, Yoga With Adriene videos and elaborate yoghurt bowls for breakfast. However, at times when you most need self-care, ...
30th January 2022
Megan gives high praise to the music documentary exploring the cultural nuance the genre-blurring Cuban band Los Zafiros brought to the musical landscape of the 1960s and 70s. Los Zafiros: Music From The Edge of Time is a documentary film exploring the impact of Cuban group Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) on Havana and their perpetual ...
30th January 2022
Marine reflects on the 2021 reboot of a thematically rich musical classic, as re-imagined by prolific director Steve Spielberg. After the 1961 Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’ film, West Side Story became a true classic of the musical genre, and the newest adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s musical success by Steven Spielberg stuns. I have to ...
