23rd November 2023
Newly-appointed boss of Wales’ only Russell Group uni admits international students subsidise home students. In an interview with the BBC, the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff University Wendy Larner emphasised the dire financial situation that UK universities are finding themselves in. “With our home students, the fees don’t cover the cost of their education, ...
23rd November 2023
The Scottish Government’s eviction ban legislation includes loopholes which could be used to unfairly evict student tenants. A loophole in the Scottish Government’s eviction ban could be used to evict students from their tenancies. The legislation, which was introduced in October 2022, caps in-tenancy rent increases at 3% per year and pauses evictions in most ...
22nd November 2023
Tributes are being made to former Erasmus student at the University of Glasgow and World Health Organisation worker who has been killed in a Gaza airstrike. Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj, a former student at the University of Glasgow, has been killed in Gaza, aged 29, after her family home was bombed. Alhaj was a former ...
7th November 2023
An email sent to students and staff has expressed the University’s desire for a ceasefire to be reached in the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. The University of Glasgow has pledged its support for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Israel/Palestine conflict as well as the “immediate release of all hostages” captured during the conflict. ...
18th October 2023
A rundown of the research that has been going on behind the scenes at the University of Glasgow throughout the previous month. Research at the University has seen some remarkable output within the past number of months, with the latest Complete University Guide ranking Glasgow University 10th in the UK in terms of research. September ...
18th October 2023
A study conducted by the University of Glasgow found that nearly one-third of female surgeons experienced sexual assault from a colleague. A new study by the University of Glasgow found that nearly one-third of female surgeons have experienced sexual assault by a colleague. The study, which was conducted in cooperation with several universities and the ...
18th October 2023
Industrial action by the Glasgow UCU has temporarily been suspended after the mandate from their members expired. The beginning of the term so far has seen widespread disruption following a strike by three different unions on campus: Unite, Unison and, most impactfully, the University and College Union. These strikes have all been in response to ...
18th October 2023
A Glasgow student and candidate for the Scottish Green party has placed 5th in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, as a UofG pollster weighs in on the result. A University of Glasgow fourth-year student has placed 5th in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election which saw an overall Labour victory. The former SNP seat ...
18th October 2023
Earlier this month, Gillian Mackay, MSP for the Scottish Green Party, lodged her Member’s Bill for the introduction of buffer zones around abortion and reproductive health clinics. The bill, entitled The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill was published at Holyrood on 6 October, and is the product of a campaign to introduce buffer ...
18th October 2023
A team from the University of Glasgow have won $100,000 after placing second in an Amazon programming competition. A team from the University of Glasgow has placed second in an Amazon programming competition, with each winning a share of the $100,000 prize. The competition saw teams from different universities build multimodal conversational agents that assist ...
