8th September 2023
A technical error by the Glasgow University medical school has led to delays in placements being issued to medical students. Students have told The Glasgow Guardian that delays in being provided with their placements for the coming year could potentially jeopardise their performance, as the medical school blames IT issues. As part of their medical ...
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 ...
6th April 2023
The Glasgow University Dialectic Society has elected Jeremy Corbyn as Honorary President of the club at their latest Annual General meeting held on Monday. One of the members of the Dialectic Society, Michael Cartledge, suggested nominating the former leader of the Labour Party and said the following: “I felt that he has spent most of ...
31st March 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has shown that the University has paid over £10,000 on the wire mannequin statues displayed in the JMS. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by The Glasgow Guardian has shown that the University of Glasgow has spent a total of £10,700 on the ‘wire mannequin statues’ on display ...
30th March 2023
The University of Glasgow has been awarded £2.1m in research funding from Cancer Research UK to tackle Scotland’s ‘painful’ legacy of asbestos. This research project will be carried out in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. The presence of asbestos in university buildings has been a concern for a decade since an investigation by The ...
22nd March 2023
Speaking at Glasgow University, Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer has cast doubt on the Bute House agreement post-SNP leadership election. High-profile Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer weighed in on the SNP leadership race and discussed what it would take for his party to support a candidate as First Minister, during a talk held on the ...
22nd March 2023
Due to increased costs and freezing undergraduate fees at English universities, research may be first to lose funding. University research and innovation may be damaged by budget cuts stemming from rising costs and frozen undergraduate fee income at rUK universities. The warning comes from Jenny Higham, vice-chancellor for St. George’s, University of London, who is ...
22nd March 2023
The frustration follows the announcement regarding pensions and a “double barrelled” ballot question. The University and College Union (UCU) has received backlash from lecturers and university staff regarding the wording of ballot questions and union communication. The UCU announced in a tweet on 17 March that in an electronic ballot, members voted 2 to 1 ...
17th October 2022
After Sturgeon says she detests the Tories the on-campus Conservative Association joins the list of names to come out in strong opposition. Earlier this week Nicola Sturgeon told Laura Kuenssberg, as part of her conference news round, that she “detests the Tories and everything they stand for”. The University Conservative Association has come out in ...
4th April 2022
Over two years on from the initial outbreak of Covid-19, The Glasgow Guardian examines how researchers at the University of Glasgow contributed towards tackling the pandemic. The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has played a significant role in the genetic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, numerous vaccine trials, and critical public health ...
