18th August 2023
‘Nothing is as stark as the determination of those I met in Calais.’ A look into the place, and the people, that government immigration policy seeks to hit the hardest, and at the hope that draws them through. I arrived in Calais with my flatmate, at midday on the 14 June 2023. It took a ...
26th April 2023
Following our story on the University of Glasgow agreeing to offer places to female Afghan students in its medical school, should the UK Home Office bring them to the country, The Glasgow Guardian hears the unedited accounts of life under the Taliban from the students. I was in the sixth (final) year of medical science ...
10th April 2023
University activists reflect on the contrasts and similarities that unite their respective secessionist movements. The ever-evolving Catalan and Scottish Secessionist movements are among the most well-known campaigns for independence around the world. The political struggle for independence has reached an interesting point, with the SNP currently in the midst of a historic leadership election ...
8th March 2023
Working with the Association of Turkish Alumni and Students in Scotland, the University’s Turkish society has sent over 26 tons of donations to areas stricken by the earthquake. A group of Turkish students at the University of Glasgow have opened their home as a collection point for aid items to be sent to Turkey, following ...
8th March 2023
We speak to Felipe and Sara, End Fossil activists in Barcelona who pushed their university to be the first in the world to enforce a mandatory climate course. “Don’t be scared. Don’t think ‘what can I do against a university?’ There’s nothing to lose,” says Felipe Martinez, a student activist with End Fossil at the ...
8th March 2023
Ukrainian students on exchange at UofG have garnered support for appeals sending essentials to people in their country from preloved Baby Boxes to rechargeable power banks. Niviena Kharlanova completed a semester abroad at the University of Glasgow in semester one of the last academic year, and has since used her new home in Scotland as ...
