23rd November 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has found that less than 1 in 5 University of Glasgow staff have undertaken the “Let’s Talk About Race in the Workplace” racial sensitivity and cultural awareness training that was made available in response to the 2021 “Understanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures” report, which that found over half of ...
21st October 2023
Ellie Wilson was raped by a fellow UofG student during her time at university. After the successful conviction of her abuser, Ellie has successfully influenced government policy on reforms to the judicial process and higher education policy to better safeguard future victims. At the beginning of this academic year, the University of Glasgow announced the ...
11th October 2023
The Glasgow Guardian stands with UofG’s trans community amongst increasingly vitriolic public discourse In the past week, headlines have been dominated by successive government representatives making increasingly provocative and aggressive overtures about trans people. From Rishi Sunak declaring base level transphobia as “common sense” at Conservative party conference, to Steve B...
11th September 2023
The decisions of administration this academic year will be fundamental to the student experience. Freshers’ week is once more upon us at the University of Glasgow, and with it comes for many of you a fresh start – perhaps you’re a fresher leaving your hometown to embark upon your university journey, or a returning student ...
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 ...
27th March 2023
The University of Oxford has become amongst the first UK higher education institutions to ban intimate relationships between staff and students – and Niamh Flanagan argues the University of Glasgow should follow suit. The University of Oxford has this month announced a ban on intimate relationships between staff members and students, following examples set by ...
27th March 2023
Harmful stereotypes obscure the real issues faced by many students whose mental health is suffering as they attempt to cope with multiple competing obligations at university. In a culture that continually perpetuates narratives of university students as living lives of hedonism and alcohol fuelled inertia, attempting to initiate conversations around the necessity of rest for ...
12th January 2023
The Glasgow Guardian spoke to The Learn Network and parents of Harry Armstrong Evans, on the necessity of a legal duty of care in higher education and the introduction of Harry’s Law. Bereaved parents of children who lost their lives to suicide whilst studying at university are raising the alarm on what they perceive to ...
20th November 2022
The case of Natasha Abrahart highlights the importance of a legally defined duty of care for universities toward their students. You’d be forgiven for assuming that our University and others across the country owe students a duty of care in regard to their wellbeing and personal safety. With school leavers in Scotland being as young ...
20th September 2022
Fresh Meat is a weird and wonderful insight into student life in the UK: but just how accurate is it? In the run up to the return to campus this September, I was struck by the massive underrepresentation of university life and student culture in British television and film. This becomes particularly apparent when compared ...
