8th September 2023
Support staff set to strike after the University fails to reach an agreement on a 2023/24 pay rise. On 29 August, Unite the Union confirmed that around 1,000 members employed in four universities and four colleges across Scotland are set to take strike action during the first weeks of the new academic term. Plans for ...
8th September 2023
The number of connections to ChatGPT made via UofG wifi networks raises concerns surrounding its usage in academic work. A freedom of information request revealed that Glasgow University has recorded 150,647 connections from their campus buildings and wi-fi networks to ChatGPT, since May 2023. Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, said they were logging an average ...
8th September 2023
A new report has put UK universities’ difficult financial position in blunt terms. The Russell Group, the association of some of the UK’s most prestigious universities, including the University of Glasgow, has published a new report outlining the precarious financial state of Britain’s top universities. A combination of a decline in external funding from research, ...
8th September 2023
Glasgow University students have reached the final of an amazon programming competition. A team from University of Glasgow are competing in an Amazon Science competition which could see them win a jackpot of $500,000. The team has already reached the final stage of the competition, which is to take place in mid-September. The teams are ...
8th September 2023
New research conducted by the University of Glasgow has revealed the extent of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on disabled people in Scotland. In a recently published report, the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) and the Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) have highlighted the challenges disabled people in Glasgow are facing and called for ...
8th September 2023
A survey of students in the UK has placed Glasgow as one of the most expensive places for students in the country. New data from the NatWest Student Living Index 2023, collected in May and June of this year, has named Glasgow as the city with the second highest living costs for students in the ...
27th May 2023
Whilst UofG promised that no student would be delayed from graduating this is not true for PhD students. University guaranteed that “no student would be delayed from graduating” amidst the ongoing UCU marking and assessment boycott however The Glasgow Guardian can reveal that this is not the case for all PhD students. Jade Saab a ...
12th April 2023
To commemorate the 400th birthday of the first printed edition of William Shakespeare’s collected plays in 1623, the ‘First Folio’ will go on public display at the Hunterian Art Gallery on 22 and 23 April 2023. The University of Glasgow’s First Folio is currently held in the Library’s Archives & Special Collections, as one of ...
10th April 2023
A lecturer at the University of Glasgow posted an advert on Spare Room for a bedroom in a “luxury 2 bedroom apartment” demanding nearly £12,000 rent to be paid upfront. This is equivalent to a year’s rent at a rate of £215 a week. Housing law in Scotland states that a landlord can not demand ...
10th April 2023
A University of Glasgow student seeking asylum is currently involved in a legal battle against the Home Office. Lorelai Patanik (25) was denied her right to work and, later, her asylum claim in late 2022. The Home Office sent a statement of refusal against Lorelai’s asylum application on 16 December 2022, which it based on ...
