19th December 2022
The President of the NUS Scotland has made a statement criticising the Scottish Government’s new budget for not adequately providing for students. The Scottish Government’s 2023/24 budget has been criticised for not doing enough for students. The budget, which was set out by Finance and Deputy First Minister John Swinney on Thursday 15 December, made ...
12th December 2022
Questions remain over a marking boycott now in January after university unions agree not to escalate action during pay negotiations. A petition has been launched to the University and College Union (UCU) by university staff across the UK calling for “indefinite” strike action at the start of next semester. It states: “A few more days ...
12th December 2022
During the talk, Dr Kearney described the abortion reversal treatment he describes to pregnant people and compared himself to Oskar Schindler. Calls have been made for investigations into a doctor who admitted while giving a talk at the University of Glasgow that he prescribes abortion reversal treatment to women in Scotland, which has been described ...
7th December 2022
Wait times in Glasgow accident and emergency units are at an all time high due to staff shortages and delayed discharges. At The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), 65% of patients now have to wait over four hours to be seen. Between 13-20 November, over 1100 people waited for over four hours to be treated ...
25th November 2022
New figures reveal that the number of UK students who define themselves as neither male nor female has more than doubled in the past two years. Figures from Times Higher Education have disclosed that 5,505 students defined their sex as “other” rather than “male” or “female” in 2020-21. This number makes up 0.2 per cent ...
25th November 2022
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian shows that after the hate crime legislation implemented last year, Scotland has seen more reports pursued, but only marginally so. Hate crime has been a major topic across Scotland with the implementation of the recent hate crime legislation, but freedom of information requests sent by The Glasgow Guardian have ...
23rd November 2022
SRC President Rinna Vare explains the student body’s campaign for the University to cap student numbers. Let’s play a game. What do all the following experiences of Glasgow Uni students have in common? A series of unsuccessful flat applications? Lecture theatres without Wi-Fi? Cancelled society events? The same class in a different room every week? Being ...
23rd November 2022
While offers to international students more than doubled, those made to students from the rest of the UK have increased by 53% over the last five years. An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed that the University of Glasgow has doubled the number of offers handed out to international students over the last five ...
22nd November 2022
The University of Glasgow has been asked to review its policy relating to student numbers. The Student Representative Council (SRC) has launched a campaign entitled “Cap Student Numbers Now!” demanding the University of Glasgow cap the number of students admitted each year until 2027. A gradual increase of a maximum of 1200 students will be ...
22nd November 2022
New research conducted by the Stripe Property Group has found that there are now approximately 3.1 student beds for every student in the UK. Stripe Property Group, which deals in housing development across the UK, has conducted a new study into student housing. Findings show that there are now just under 2.2 million full-time university ...
