21st February 2023
The Glasgow Guardian has spoken to the local branch of the Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament about their upcoming campaign targeting nuclear weapons stationed on the clyde estuary. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom. “Ultimately, our objective is to have the UK’s nuclear weapons ...
21st February 2023
The University and College Union’s last-minute decision last Friday to halt upcoming strike action has been met with criticism and panic from some members, including UofG staff. The University and College Union (UCU) has announced that it will pause strike action for the next two weeks, following “significant progress across a range of issues,” including ...
21st February 2023
A new report has shown that the University of Glasgow performed worst out of eight Scottish universities examined, with an average waiting time of over 14 days. This was compared to 1.6 days at the University of Aberdeen and 3 days at the University of the West of Scotland. The University of Glasgow offers a ...
18th February 2023
The Glasgow Guardian has spoken to dozens of students regarding their views on Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, following the First Minister’s shock announcement. On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigned in a surprise press conference. The UofG law graduate served as the country’s First Minister for eight years and as a Member ...
14th February 2023
The library has abolished more than £11,000 in late fees, and will no longer fine students for most overdue books. The University of Glasgow Library has cleared £11,450.01 in previous overdue library balances from 2,906 students to mitigate the cost-of-living crisis for students. In addition to abolishing late fees for students, the library will no ...
7th February 2023
Students in England are to benefit from increased hardship funding and a freezing of tuition fees over the next two years. The Department of Education (DfE) has announced £15 million in hardship funding for English students, alongside the freezing of tuition fees for the next two years. The announcement has been cited as part of ...
6th February 2023
Glasgow Against Arms and Fossil Fuels (GAAF), a student-run divestment campaign, officially launched last Friday with a rally to hand in an open letter of demands to university management. On Friday 3 February 2023, approximately 100 students gathered at the Main Gate to demand that the University of Glasgow fully divest from arms and fossil ...
5th February 2023
NUS Scotland President Ellie Gomersall, who is trans herself, has been vocal in her support for the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. Over the past week, the current President of the National Union of Students of Scotland (NUS Scotland), Ellie Gomersall, a strong supporter of the legislation, has condemned the use of the Section 35 order ...
3rd February 2023
Demilitarise Education, which showed UofG’s increasing investments in the arms trade since 2019, has launched a national petition demanding UK universities cut their ties to the industry. An investigation by Demilitarise Education (DEd) has revealed that Glasgow University has increased its investments in the arms trade since 2019. From the period of 2020-21, the University ...
30th January 2023
A new survey has revealed that over three quarters of people in Scotland are concerned about the use of vaping products in schools (83%) and the marketing of vaping products to young people and children (82%) – with those answering ‘extremely concerned’ and ‘quite concerned’ combined’. The survey was commissioned by the charity Asthma + ...
