5th January 2024
Is communication the be all and end all of friendship? In recent years, men have been boxed into categories by the media. Men are portrayed as uncommunicative, emotionless, or too laddy. I won’t lie, I have used these terms to describe the behaviour of men in my life. But as a woman, have I been ...
5th January 2024
Can’t find a seat in the library? Here are the best cafes to study in around campus With the library getting busier every day, the reading room never having the heating on, and the Learning Hub seemingly devoid of plug sockets, it’s a great time to expand your study spots to somewhere outside of campus. ...
5th January 2024
Sleep Secrets from a Sleep Connoisseur Out of all the things to struggle with, imagine sleep being your arch-nemesis. Surely the bar could not be any lower, and yet you cannot successfully do something that you need to survive. Fear not, you are not alone! Contrary to various studies claiming insomnia affects 30 to 50% ...
5th January 2024
Bank account looking as unhealthy as your fridge? A guide to reducing your food shop spend. Checking the balance on your banking app after Freshers’ week can come as a bit of a shock. The money you splashed on a Pint of Fun at Hive with your flatmates or on shopping sprees on Byres Road ...
5th January 2024
Bored with pesto? Writer Yang Yang Cao explores different ways this delicious sauce can be used. Pesto pasta, that universal student staple. However, it goes without saying that no one can handle eating it day in, day out and week after week. Fortunately this tasty Italian sauce (made from pine nuts, basil, parmesan, olive oil, ...
5th January 2024
Looking for a change of scenery from the hustle and bustle of Glasgow? Burrell Collection Starting off more locally, situated on the outskirts of Glasgow in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow’s largest park, the Burrell Collection recently won the prestigious title of the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023 (the world’s largest museum prize) in ...
5th January 2024
How easily are we influenced? We, as a society have been inflicted with the problems of influencing since the Roman times, with gladiators being seen as the earliest form of now referred to ‘influencer’. Although this idea of the influencer has been drastically altered in the nearly two millennia since the fall of the Roman ...
5th January 2024
What to do when you hate your degree To choose a degree that you truly want to pursue without any scope for doubt or fear is a rare occurrence. Drowning in a sea of possibilities,and factors of capability, future pay and stability – the minds of innumerous students are inhibited. The problem intensifies when midway ...
5th January 2024
Is being single a curse? Or is it a gift? With cuffing season in full swing, being single feels increasingly isolating. Society places too much weight on my relationship status – it sometimes feels like strangers care about it more than I do. Pop culture pushes the idea that you are not whole without a ...
5th January 2024
Relaxing is complicated. Countless Turnitin deadlines to hit on the same day, union socials you promised you would ‘show face at’, investing in quality time with your flatmates – it is no wonder why everyone is facing extreme burnout so early on in the academic year. The feeling of being overwhelmed can be brought on ...
