8th April 2024
MuSE tour guide Anne van Hoose shares her favourite artefacts on display at Glasgow University’s Hunterian Museum I’ve been a MuSE tour guide for two years at the Hunterian Museum on campus. MuSE tours, which are given throughout the week and sometimes on weekends, take place in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. I specialise ...
28th February 2024
40% of Student Council set to be vacant, while two of four ‘sabbs’ to be elected unopposed Polls in the Students’ Representative Council Spring elections have opened this Wednesday morning, following a short campaign. Among the 41 positions up for grabs, however, only 5 have more than one candidate running, raising concerns about the continuing ...
25th January 2024
As the occupation of 11 University Gardens reaches its fourth day, activists increased their calls for the University to come to the table and discuss its involvement in the arms trade. Beginning on Monday 22 January, activists from Glasgow Against Arms and Fossil Fuels (GAAF) occupied the building, demanding an immediate divestment of the roughly ...
23rd January 2024
Four candidates have been nominated in the upcoming 2024 University of Glasgow Rectorial elections. Following the Monday deadline for nominations, the confirmed candidates have been revealed by the University: Dr Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah, Susan McCabe, Lady Rita Rae, and Paul Sweeney MSP. The Rector is a student-elected position on the university court (the governing body ...
17th January 2024
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Scottish Labour and UofG alumni, Paul Sweeney, is running to be the next Rector of the University. Labour politician and former UofG alumni Paul Sweeney will be nominated to be the next Rector of the University of Glasgow, The Glasgow Guardian can reveal. The politician, who represents the Glasgow ...
11th January 2024
There are still no confirmed candidates for the next Rector of the University of Glasgow just weeks before nominations close on 22 January. Nearly two months after nominations opened, there are still no confirmed candidates for the next Rector of the University of Glasgow. Nominations are scheduled to close on January 22, with voting taking ...
23rd November 2023
From 6G to groundbreaking treatments for antibiotic resistance, The Glasgow Guardian looks at the world changing research taking place on campus. Research at the University of Glasgow continues to be at the forefront of innovation, creating positive change globally. Living up to their slogan ‘world changers welcome,’ October and the beginning of November have seen ...
23rd November 2023
The Scottish Government’s eviction ban legislation includes loopholes which could be used to unfairly evict student tenants. A loophole in the Scottish Government’s eviction ban could be used to evict students from their tenancies. The legislation, which was introduced in October 2022, caps in-tenancy rent increases at 3% per year and pauses evictions in most ...
7th November 2023
An email sent to students and staff has expressed the University’s desire for a ceasefire to be reached in the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. The University of Glasgow has pledged its support for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Israel/Palestine conflict as well as the “immediate release of all hostages” captured during the conflict. ...
29th September 2023
The First Minister has pulled out of an appearance at the University after it emerged that striking lecturers were planning to protest the event. The First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, yesterday cancelled an appearance at the University with the Glasgow University Scottish National Association (GUSNA) planned for today. It later emerged that members of ...
