6th April 2023
The Glasgow University Dialectic Society has elected Jeremy Corbyn as Honorary President of the club at their latest Annual General meeting held on Monday. One of the members of the Dialectic Society, Michael Cartledge, suggested nominating the former leader of the Labour Party and said the following: “I felt that he has spent most of ...
31st March 2023
Three members of staff at Saramago were fired after a work stoppage in protest of low pay and working conditions. The Saramago cafe and bar located in the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow city centre sparked demonstrations after removing three members of staff who claim they were unfairly dismissed in an act of ...
31st March 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has shown that the University has paid over £10,000 on the wire mannequin statues displayed in the JMS. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by The Glasgow Guardian has shown that the University of Glasgow has spent a total of £10,700 on the ‘wire mannequin statues’ on display ...
31st March 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed that the average amount of money awarded by the discretionary fund last semester has decreased by nearly 70% compared to a year previous after Scottish Government funding cuts post-pandemic. Figures obtained by The Glasgow Guardian from a Freedom of Information request (FOI) have shown that the average ...
31st March 2023
The plagiarism software used by the University of Glasgow can now detect the use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT amidst concerns that students may be using them to write coursework and answers to exams. Turnititn plagiarism software has been modified to now detect the use of artificial intelligence chatbots such ChatGPT. Turnitin is the ...
31st March 2023
The LEARN Network petition to have a legal duty of care implemented in higher education passed 100,000 signatures earlier this month, meaning it will be debated publicly in parliament. The petition of The LEARN Network to have a legal duty of care implemented in higher education institutions reached its goal of 100,000 signatures on 15 ...
31st March 2023
Figures obtained by The Glasgow Guardian show that the University of Glasgow has increased accommodation capacity for the coming year by 63%, with over 8000 available beds for the coming academic year. Of the 2954 new beds, half have been secured with external contractors. The data also shows that the number of beds has increased ...
31st March 2023
A new law clinic is set to be opened at Glasgow University which will improve access to legal representation to victims of sexual offences. A new law clinic has been opened at the University of Glasgow designed to support complainers in sexual violence cases. The Emma Ritch Law Clinic is set to open in September ...
31st March 2023
Six new projects at the University of Glasgow have been awarded a new investment from the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The University of Glasgow is set to benefit from the £100 levelling up unveiled by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his recent budget, to fund research projects within Glasgow’s Innovation Accelerator (IA). ...
30th March 2023
The University of Glasgow has been awarded £2.1m in research funding from Cancer Research UK to tackle Scotland’s ‘painful’ legacy of asbestos. This research project will be carried out in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. The presence of asbestos in university buildings has been a concern for a decade since an investigation by The ...
