7th January 2023
Rothery Sullivan unpacks the student body’s opinions on whether examinations should remain online or in-person. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the University of Glasgow has undertaken a significant shift towards online examinations, ranging from timed exams to 24-hour open-book exams. During 2020 and 2021, in-person exams were banned as people were not allowed to ...
1st December 2022
Features Editor Athina Bohner speaks to dozens of Iranian anti-regime protesters demanding freedom for Iran. On 19 November 2022, impassioned voices demanding “freedom for Iran” engulfed the streets of Glasgow, as over 1,000 protesters of all generations marched from Kelvingrove Park to Glasgow Green. While proudly singing pro-democracy songs in Farsi and waving Iranian flags ...
24th November 2022
Writer Zainab Mahmod explores the UK’s continual colonial habits by investigating the history of stolen artefacts in the British Museum. The Koh-I-Noor, meaning ‘Mountain of Light’ in Persian, is a 105.6-carat diamond that resides at the centre of the consort crown jewels of the British Monarchy. The origins of the diamond are disputed as there ...
23rd November 2022
The Glasgow Guardian critically examines what the UK’s latest Prime Minister Rishi Sunak means for the future of the country. After only 44 days in office, Liz Truss became the shortest serving prime minister (PM) and second Conservative prime minister to resign in a matter of months. Her replacement Rishi Sunak, who lost out on ...
22nd November 2022
Writer Andrew Taylor explores how Glasgow can improve its transportation system to better support the city’s students and the environment. Across the UK, ongoing strike action does not seem to be going away anytime soon. Organised by unions and workers, these strikes aim to secure better working conditions and a higher rate of pay in ...
21st November 2022
Eve explores the notion that the increase of the influence of social media over politics has trivialised important conversations and disillusioned young people. As Rory Stewart mentions in The Rest is Politics, we have a political landscape which favours those who “can keep up pace” with social media, something that ensures politicians’ electability but leaves ...
4th November 2022
The Glasgow Guardian sat down with a third year student and member of Just Stop Oil to discuss the media treatment of the organisation and the personal toll activism can take. Just Stop Oil (JSO) have risen to national notoriety in the past month, ever since activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup ...
19th October 2022
In light of recent anti-monarchy protest arrests, The Glasgow Guardian scrutinises ever-growing police powers in the UK. Mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, much of the country contemplated her personal legacy with fondness and poignancy. It was clear a connection had been severed; a life so many treasured taken away, just like that. But ...
19th October 2022
Features Editor Athina Bohner spoke to dozens of UofG students and funeral-goers in Edinburgh to better understand Scottish public opinion about the British monarchy. When Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle on 8 September 2022, aged 96, the UK seemed to come to a staggering standstill. However, while the floral tributes in front of ...
14th October 2022
While Editor-in-Chief of The Glasgow Guardian, Lucy Dunn interviewed former Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, and current Editor of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson. “Let me show you the office!” the man on the vertical Zoom display decided cheerily, after we’d briefly exchanged introductions. His phone camera flipped around, and he stepped back to reveal a large ...
