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John Swinney hired by UofG

11th January 2024

The former deputy first minister best known for bungling student’s predicted grades during the COVID-19 pandemic has been given a job at the University. The MSP for the Scottish National Party John Swinney has been given a role in the University of Glasgow as an honorary professor at the Centre for Public Policy. According to ...


Humza Yousaf cancels visit to UofG after protest planned

29th September 2023

The First Minister has pulled out of an appearance at the University after it emerged that striking lecturers were planning to protest the event. The First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, yesterday cancelled an appearance at the University with the Glasgow University Scottish National Association (GUSNA) planned for today. It later emerged that members of ...


Double-booked: Gordon Brown and Humza Yousaf to speak at UofG on same day

15th September 2023

The First Minister and former Prime Minister are both planning separate visits to the University later this month. Gordon Brown is planning to attend the University of Glasgow on the same day that First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, also intends to visit campus. Both entirely separate events are scheduled to take place on 29 ...


Meet the UofG student running to become an MP

8th September 2023

University of Glasgow student Cameron Eadie talks Green party politics as well as the challenges and benefits of running an election campaign as a student. At just 20 years old, University of Glasgow student Cameron Eadie has thrown his hat in the ring in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. The Scottish Green Party candidate ...


Greens would not support Forbes as First Minister

22nd March 2023

Speaking at Glasgow University, Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer has cast doubt on the Bute House agreement post-SNP leadership election. High-profile Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer weighed in on the SNP leadership race and discussed what it would take for his party to support a candidate as First Minister, during a talk held on the ...


COP diaries: day 11

12th December 2021

Wednesday 10 November There were a few events I’d been keen to attend on Wednesday, but I was also conscious that the end of the second week was fast approaching and I’d not ventured too much further out from the press hub or the plenaries. I decided to wander from the media centre – after ...


In conversation with Nicola Sturgeon: what’s the future for Scotland’s climate action?

12th November 2021

Editor-in-Chief Lucy Dunn interviewed the first minister this morning at COP26, discussing the conference, its representation of youth, and how Glasgow really is the best city in the world. Scotland has one of the world’s most ambitious net-zero targets, aiming to cut emissions to this extent by 2045, five years ahead of the rest of ...


Police say accusations of child abuse in Govanhill are of ‘no substance’

28th January 2021

Videos were initially thought to be accurate, being circulated online in December by many UofG students Police Scotland say they are not investigating allegations of child abuse and exploitation in Govanhill on the basis of the accusations having “no substance”. This announcement comes weeks after the release of a series of videos filmed by Alex ...