7th November 2022
Two undefeated teams are set to go head-to-head this Saturday in the final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. After beating France in a nail-biting semi-final with a 25-24 win, the hosts of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022, New Zealand, are into yet another final. The Black Ferns are five-time winners ...
7th November 2022
Pay deal set to give lowest paid staff rises of up to £2000 Following a comprehensive ballot of its members the on-campus branch of Unite Union and Unison have accepted a pay deal that will see wage increases of between 6% and 12.9% as well as changes to the grading and progression structure. The pay ...
7th November 2022
Writer Eva articulates the importance of queer representation and communities in her review of Immigrant Stories. The Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) celebrated the last event of its Mini-Series on Friday 21 October and I had the pleasure of attending the screening Immigrant Stories with LGBT Unity Glasgow. They are a community-led group which ...
7th November 2022
The University of Glasgow has worked on a study showing the relationship between women’s insecurity and how they use social media. A recent study in partnership with the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland and the University of Strathclyde has shown that women avoid looking at Instagram images that reflect their ...
6th November 2022
Martin McDonagh returns with another brilliantly-executed film, featuring his incomparable duo of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. The pair first showcased their dazzling chemistry in McDonagh’s modern classic In Bruges, and are back once more in what might be one of the best films of the year. The two leading men instigate a unique combination ...
6th November 2022
Featuring two fantastic leading performers, countless twists, and an unexpectedly entertaining skewering of the modern patriarchy, Do Revenge is one of the better teen movies of the last five years. Teenage girls are sociopaths, or so we’re told in Netflix’s latest offering, Do Revenge, a mostly successful retread of well-worn teen movie tropes that finds ...
4th November 2022
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Niamh finds herself mesmerised by Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the OVO Hydro. It’s been over four years since I last saw Kendrick Lamar perform, and the circumstances couldn’t have been more different. In August 2018, aged 17 and beyond excited to be attending my first music festival without adult supervision, I joined the ...
4th November 2022
The Glasgow Guardian sat down with a third year student and member of Just Stop Oil to discuss the media treatment of the organisation and the personal toll activism can take. Just Stop Oil (JSO) have risen to national notoriety in the past month, ever since activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup ...
3rd November 2022
Students housed in hotels will now be expected to pay £160 per week. In an email seen by The Glasgow Guardian, students unable to find accommodation who have been housed in hotels have been informed by the University of Glasgow that their hotel stays will “cease to be free of charge from November 2nd onwards”, ...
3rd November 2022
Following the resignation of the head of undergraduate medicine, medical students who have been “subjected to unwelcome, unacceptable and distressing incidents” have received an apology. Medical students at the University of Glasgow have been sent a letter addressing sexism and discrimination within their school. This follows the resignation of Professor John Paul Leach as ...
