24th January 2023
UofG Student Solidarity Coalition asks students not to cross the picket line in contrast to the University’s advice. UofG Student Solidarity Coalition, a group formed on campus to support staff taking part in industrial action organised by the University and College Union (UCU), has criticised an email sent out by the University of Glasgow which ...
20th January 2023
The UofG Economics Professor who accused the University of gender-based discrimination has had her claims refuted by an employment tribunal. An employment tribunal investigating claims made by Jeanette Findlay that she was overlooked for a promotion on the basis of her gender has found that Findlay was not discriminated against. Findlay, who became a Professor ...
7th January 2023
A University League Table for 2022/23 which measures sustainability has placed the University of Glasgow 75th in the UK. The organisation People and Planet’s annual league table, designed to measure and rank individual universities overall sustainability performance has placed Glasgow 75th. This is significantly below Glasgow Caledonian University which came in at position 51, despite ...
7th January 2023
The National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland has praised the passage of the bill as a “historic step forward for trans liberation”. Liam Furby, Campaigns and Influencing Manager of the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland has released a statement outlining the Union’s support for the Scottish Parliament’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The bill, which ...
7th January 2023
The University has failed to accept the SRC’s demand that student numbers be capped until 2027. The only demand, out of the four, that the University set out an adequate response to was the demand that the SRC be involved in planning for the 23/24 academic year in regards to incoming students. In response to ...
7th January 2023
The ‘Student Group Claim’ sees nearly 20,000 students seek compensation from UK universities over the disruption to learning caused by Covid-19 and strike action. Students across the UK have begun taking legal action against their universities over the learning time and university experience lost out on since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Law firms ...
7th January 2023
The University of Glasgow’s Principal’s pay has stagnated as Russell Group bosses see large increases. An investigation by The Times has shown that 11 out of the 24 chancellors of the universities saw an increase in their salary in the last academic year. The largest increase was for the vice-Chancellor at Imperial College London who ...
7th January 2023
The Glasgow Guardian has spoken to University of Glasgow Doctoral Researcher Mark McGeoghegan about what the recent Supreme Court ruling and Gender Recognition Reform Bill mean for support for independence, as well as what previous swings toward Yes can tell us about the present polling lead. Recent polling on attitudes towards Scottish Independence have shown ...
7th January 2023
In response to the SRC Cap Student Numbers Now campaign, the University has stated that between 2017-2022 the average wait time to access Counselling and Psychological Services and Disability services has decreased from 25 days to 14, at the same time as demand increased by 32%. Despite this claim, students speaking to The Glasgow Guardian ...
7th January 2023
Glasgow City Councillors unanimously back new “Get Me Home Safely Campaign” calling for employers to provide hospitality workers with transport if their shift ends after 11pm. Glasgow City Council (GCC) has become the largest authority to support the Get Me Home Safely campaign (GMHS) in a move Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, hailed as an ...
