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First year students “in limbo” as University takes away accommodation guarantee

11th August 2022

First year students and postgraduate students are no longer entitled to an accommodation offer from the University. Yesterday the University of Glasgow announced that incoming first year and postgraduate students who live within a “commutable distance” will not be able to secure University provided accommodation.  The University this year changed its policy which previously guaranteed ...


Broadcast agrees to shut down venue until working conditions improve

14th July 2022

This move comes after numerous complaints by workers, and action taken by Unite the Union. Glasgow bar Broadcast, situated on Sauchiehall Street, has informed its workers that it will close whilst work is carried out to improve conditions for workers. This follows a written complaint being launched against the bar by eleven of its workers ...


Broadcast agrees to shut down venue until working conditions improve

14th July 2022

This move comes after numerous complaints by workers, and action taken by Unite the Union. Glasgow bar Broadcast, situated on Sauchiehall Street, has informed its workers that it will close whilst work is carried out to improve conditions for workers. This follows a written complaint being launched against the bar by eleven of its workers ...


First year students “in limbo” as University takes away accommodation guarantee

14th July 2022

First year students and postgraduate students are no longer entitled to an accommodation offer from the University. Yesterday the University of Glasgow announced that incoming first year and postgraduate students who live within a “commutable distance” will not be able to secure University provided accommodation.  The University this year changed its policy which previously guaranteed ...


Workers at controversial bar Abandoned Ship made redundant

13th July 2022

The Glasgow Guardian speaks to one University of Glasgow student who has been laid off from the bar weeks after assurance their job was safe. Controversial Glasgow bar Abandoned Ship has handed its workers redundancy notices and closed its doors with immediate effect less than two weeks after assuring staff their jobs were safe. Workers ...


Workers at controversial bar Abandoned Ship made redundant

7th July 2022

The Glasgow Guardian speaks to one University of Glasgow student who has been laid off from the bar weeks after assurance their job was safe. Controversial Glasgow bar Abandoned Ship has handed its workers redundancy notices and closed its doors with immediate effect less than two weeks after assuring staff their jobs were safe. Workers ...


Former Glasgow University medicine student convicted of rape

5th July 2022

A former University of Glasgow medicine student has been sentenced to five years in prison for rape. 23-year-old Daniel McFarlane, originally from Inverness, raped his victim several times at her Finnieston flat between December 2017 and February 2018. McFarlane was also an athlete, and one of the attacks reportedly unfolded after returning with his victim ...


Former Glasgow University medicine student convicted of rape

2nd July 2022

A former University of Glasgow medicine student has been sentenced to five years in prison for rape. 23-year-old Daniel McFarlane, originally from Inverness, raped his victim several times at her Finnieston flat between December 2017 and February 2018. McFarlane was also an athlete, and one of the attacks reportedly unfolded after returning with his victim ...


New Head of College of Arts announced

15th April 2022

 Professor Jo Gill will take over the role from August 2022, leaving her current role at Exeter University. The University of Glasgow has appointed Professor Jo Gill as new Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Arts. For the last seven years the position has been held by Professor Roibeard (Robby) Ó Maolalaigh, who will ...


Ukrainian students continue study abroad exchanges in Glasgow as war rages at home

1st April 2022

The Glasgow Guardian talks to Ukrainian students on what it has been like studying in Glasgow as Russia invaded their homeland, and the support they have received from the University. Daria Pavlenko was an Erasmus student at Glasgow last semester and had recently come back on a trip to visit friends. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...