14th September 2022
The Glasgow Guardian speaks to medical students about the culture of bullying within their school. Head of undergraduate medicine at the University of Glasgow, Professor John Paul Leach, is being investigated by the University, believed to be related to bullying and discrimination. Professor Leach is also a consultant neurologist at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. ...
5th February 2022
Gregor Smith, who is also an honorary professor of the University, is included in Her Majesty’s new years honours list with the likes of Tony Blair. The new years honours list saw a host of accolades for University of Glasgow alumni, including Dr Gregor Smith has been knighted by Her Majesty The Queen. Smith, Scotland’s ...
30th January 2022
Professor Ashley and his team at Stanford University set the record of sequencing a human genome in five hours and two minutes. University of Glasgow graduate Professor Euan Ashley is part of a team of scientists at Stanford University in California who have set the first Guinness World Record for the fastest DNA sequencing technique. ...
19th April 2021
The podcast has already released three episodes, which can be found on Spotify or Apple Music. MedChir, the society for medical students, and one of the University’s oldest, established in 1802, has launched an all-new podcast series called “MedTalks” with the tagline: “Ideas worth cheering!”. The podcast series aims to discuss everything “related to medicine, ...
9th February 2021
Covid-19 may not kill us all, but we’re not completely safe. Over the last 13 months, the world has become engrossed in the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as we enter 2021, we are in the third year during which this virus has shaped and shifted the very foundations of our society. As I ...
29th January 2021
The School of Medicine sent out communications telling students to be on standby for vaccinating duties. Medical students in phase 4 (years 3, 4, and 5) at the University of Glasgow have been given communication that they should be prepared to join the vaccination team once they themselves have been vaccinated. The communication stated that ...
18th September 2020
Royal College of Physicians Glasgow says no student should miss a place as England’s Health Secretary announces a “review” of expanding the cap south the border. The Scottish government is now facing pressure to review the limits of prospective students applying for medical school places in Scotland after England’s health and social care secretary Matt ...
