21st January 2009
Colin Daniels The future of one of Glasgow University’s oldest sports clubs is in jeopardy following a decision by the University Court last month. Glasgow University Rugby Football Club (GURFC), founded in 1869, has been prohibited from using the University’s name and facilities as of January 1. The drastic action, advocated by Glasgow University Sports ...
21st January 2009
Sarah Smith University of Glasgow employees are campaigning for better working conditions, having received no rise in pay for seven years. Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), many of whom are still studying as post-graduate students, have not received a pay increase since 2002 and, in some instances, are effectively earning less than the national minimum wage. ...
21st January 2009
Amy McGregor University of Glasgow alumnus, Jen Hadfield, has become the youngest ever recipient of the T.S. Eliot Prize for her second collection of poems, Nigh-No-Place. The prize is awarded annually to the best collection of new verse in English by the Poetry Book Society. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious awards, ...
21st January 2009
Ishbel Begg Recent research by a team of Glasgow University scientists into the circadian ‘clocks’ in plants could have significant implications for the way we live our lives. The results of the study, led by Professor Hugh Nimmo, have overturned the earlier theory that plant cells contain identical, independent circadian clocks. On the premise that ...
21st January 2009
Craig MacLellan Academic research at the University of Glasgow has received excellent results in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE, which is undertaken every seven years, examines the quality of research carried out by universities across the UK and is an internationally recognised standard. Almost 70% of the research submitted by the University ...
21st January 2009
Amy McGregor It has been announced that Professor Anton Muscatelli will be the the next Principal of the University of Glasgow. The unanimous decision of the University Court to appoint Muscatelli has been warmly received. Following the appointment, Joy Travers, Chancellor’s Assessor and Chair of the University’s Selection Committee, expressed her satisfaction with the selection. ...
21st January 2009
George Binning An Edinburgh university became the centre of controversy when it emerged that their strategic plan had been plagiarised from the University of Glasgow Students’ Representative Council’s own strategic plan. The 34-page document dictates the policy of Queen Margaret University Student Union (QMUSU) for the next four years, outlining the Union’s structure and aims, ...
21st January 2009
Pete Ramand Glasgow and Strathclyde students have joined a series of demonstrations condemning Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrations, organised by the Stop the War Coalition, and supported by various other groups, have resulted in thousands of people turning out to protest all over the country. Saturday January 3 saw an estimated 4000 ...
21st January 2009
Scott Lavery talks to socialist activist and former Labour MP Tony Benn about politics and his lifelong battle for justice As Margaret Thatcher’s pit-closure policy intensified, Tony Benn stood in solidarity with the trade unionists on the picket lines, demanding a fair deal for miners. When Nelson Mandela was denounced as a terrorist and sentenced ...
21st January 2009
Following the death of Harold Pinter, James Maxwell pauses for thought on the life of the Noble prize-winning playwright The poet, polemicist and playwright Harold Pinter, who died last year on the 24th of December, was one of the dominant figures of Britain’s post-war cultural landscape. Despite the critical savaging his first work, ‘The Room’, ...
