Fraser McFarlane Archives - The Glasgow Guardian



PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

7th March 2022

Episode 11: Weekly Round-Up, 7 March 2022. WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Join Fraser as he speaks to News Editors Luke and Kim and Editor-in-Chief Lucy about the 2022 Spring Elections at the University of Glasgow. Join us as we analyse the results of the SRC and QMU elections, explain why the turnout from the student body was ...


PODCAST: Election Analysis

3rd March 2022

Join Multimedia Editor Fraser McFarlane as he talks to QMU presidential candidate Lachlan Farquharson about plans for improving finances, popularity, and why he loves the QMU so much. Click here to listen....


Putin’s Ukrainian invasion may be the saving grace Boris Johnson never predicted

2nd March 2022

Lost to memory are the Barnard Castle eye test, Matt Hancock’s lockdown lover and #Partygate… for now. The pandemic has been anything but plain sailing for Boris Johnson’s government but the latest Covid-related scandal was viewed by many as the tipping point. The revelations of persistent streams of champagne fuelled get-togethers and quick trips to ...


PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

1st March 2022

Episode 10: Weekly Round-Up, 28 February 2022. WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Join Fraser as he speaks to News Editor Luke and Editor-in-Chief Lucy about this week’s biggest stories both on and off campus. They discuss the upcoming student elections, give candidate analysis, and explore why Erasmus remains off the cards for Scottish universities. In the national news ...


PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

22nd February 2022

Episode 9: Weekly Round-Up, 21 February 2022. WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Join Fraser as he speaks to News Editor Luke and Editor-in-Chief Lucy about this week’s biggest stories both on and off campus. They discuss the UCU staff strikes, what Prince Andrew’s settlement with Virginia Giuffre means, and whether World War 3 will actually break out between ...


PODCAST: Weekly Round Up

15th February 2022

Episode 8: Weekly Round-Up, 14 February 2022. Join Fraser with Kimberley, David and Lucy on this week’s biggest stories on the UCU staff strikes, Scotland’s drug policy, yet another Boris-Party-picture and the conversation around footballers’ ethics! Get in touch with your thoughts! Click here to listen....


PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

7th February 2022

Episode 7: Weekly Round-Up, 7 February 2022. Join Fraser with News Editor Kimberley and Editor-in-Chief Lucy on this week’s biggest stories on the upcoming staff strikes, sexual violence in academia, Johnson’s Savile digs and the UK energy crisis! Get in touch with your thoughts! Click here to listen....


PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

31st January 2022

Episode 6: Weekly Round-Up, 31 January 2022. Join Fraser McFarlane and the News team as they discuss this week’s biggest stories both on and off campus. From this month’s front page on Union funding, to study drug use in university, and even a mention of the latest in the Boris Johnson scandal, tune in to ...


PODCAST: Weekly Round-Up

30th January 2022

Episode 5: Weekly Round-Up, 24 January 2022. Join Fraser McFarlane as he talks to News Editor Luke Chafer about this week’s top stories from on campus and across the UK. Luke discusses staff exploitation, Glasgow’s lacking presence in the Stonewall Equality Index, UK politics and, of course, #PartyGate. Click here to listen....


PODCAST: Review of 2021

18th January 2022

Episode 4: Review of 2021. Editors-in-Chief Hailie Pentleton and Lucy Dunn join Fraser McFarlane for our review of 2021, and a look forward into what’s to come in 2022. We are also joined by The Glasgow Guardian’s editors and contributors discussing major events and stories from the past year, such as COP26 and the Murano ...