8th July 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



Learning to love being alone

8th July 2022

How to get some quality time with yourself. Being a student, whatever year you’re in, usually involves learning fundamental skills of adulthood. Doing the laundry, looking after money, and managing your own studying. One of the most important, I think, and certainly one of the most overlooked, is learning how to be alone. By that ...


Sleep more, score more: the importance of sleep in performance sport

8th July 2022

From up to five naps a day to specially designed memory foam pillows and mattresses, professional athletes are focused on rest and recovery more than ever before. Recent studies have claimed that getting insufficient sleep, which is generally considered fewer than seven hours a night, can lead to ample physical and psychological health issues. In ...


Growing up in Glasgow

8th July 2022

This personal reflection looks into what it is truly like to grow up in Glasgow. Glasgow. A Gaelic noun meaning “dear green place”. The place where I grew up.  The earliest cultural identifier of my Glaswegian heritage involved the 2005 World Health Organisation dubbing the city as Europe’s “murder capital”, a title we no longer merit, ...


Correction: The University of Glasgow has an antisemitism problem

8th July 2022

On 9 November the Glasgow Guardian published an article entitled, “The University of Glasgow has an antisemitism problem”. The article claimed a lecturer had downplayed the significance of the Holocaust in the context of human rights history. The Guardian retracts the allegation in full and we wish to sincerely apologise for any offence caused....