11th September 2023
Don’t obsess over making your halls a home away from home: embrace its eccentricites. Someone else is in my room. A few days ago they hauled bags past reception, up two flights of stairs, through a door, left turn, right turn, zig zag, zig zag again. No time to get a first impression when they ...
11th September 2023
The number of STEM students is growing, let’s learn to love them. The debate between arts students and STEM students as to who has the hardest degree has long been a key component of university life, a divide that begins at the awkward “So, what are you studying?” conversation during Freshers’ week. However, recently it ...
11th September 2023
A quick run-down of the best pubs in the West End. So you’re new to Glasgow and are wondering, where are the perfect pubs in the west end for us students? Where can I go for a few chill pints with flatmates, a date night, a cheap scran, or even to take it a wee ...
11th September 2023
A fresher’s guide to the first food shop. So, you’ve survived Freshers’ Week. What’s next, I hear you ask. Well, I can safely assume that by now you have either run out of the supplies your parents left you, or have decided that the diet of toast, Pot Noodle, and cereal may not be sustainable ...
11th September 2023
Want to have a bad time? Craving spiked cortisol levels, terrible relationships, and momentous regret? If you dream of a tense, awkward, and all-round unenjoyable week of overpriced drinks, awkward pres, and absolutely disastrous first impressions, then do not heed the warnings of those who came before you. Instead, prepare to launch yourself into a ...
11th September 2023
The decisions of administration this academic year will be fundamental to the student experience. Freshers’ week is once more upon us at the University of Glasgow, and with it comes for many of you a fresh start – perhaps you’re a fresher leaving your hometown to embark upon your university journey, or a returning student ...
11th September 2023
TikTok has changed the way our generation thinks about alcohol, but this isn’t necessarily a good thing. I’m sat on a sweaty Megabus on the way to Edinburgh after an eight-hour shift, intending on catching a few evening shows with my friends who have been there, day-drinking in the sun since 1pm. There’s a muted ...
11th September 2023
Building universities in seaside towns could help revive them. It’s the end of July, and I’m soaking up the fragments of sunshine interjecting a surprisingly chilly afternoon. Behind me is the mound of sand – laden with crumbs and footprints – and beneath me are the pebbles, granular and crunchy. Right front of me is ...
11th September 2023
Much has changed at the University since its inception, but elitism and exclusivity persist. When the University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, its student population was exclusively male and white, usually the sons of ministers and nobility, and up until the eighteenth century, student numbers remained under 400. Students wore scarlet gowns, carried bibles ...
