21st February 2023
Data shows a 40% increase in Scottish university staff absence due to poor mental health in the past 4 years. Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservative Party via Freedom of Information requests (FOI), reveal an alarming increase in staff absence rates as a result of poor mental wellbeing and stress between 2018-2022. Over the 4-year ...
7th January 2023
In response to the SRC Cap Student Numbers Now campaign, the University has stated that between 2017-2022 the average wait time to access Counselling and Psychological Services and Disability services has decreased from 25 days to 14, at the same time as demand increased by 32%. Despite this claim, students speaking to The Glasgow Guardian ...
31st December 2022
Fiona Drouet, who set up EmilyTest after losing her daughter who was subjected to gender-based violence, talks to The Glasgow Guardian about the shortcomings of GBV prevention at Scottish universities. Fiona Drouet set up the Scottish Government-funded charity EmilyTest in 2016 following the tragic death of her daughter Emily, after she was subjected to a ...
17th October 2022
The Guardian newspaper has placed the University of Glasgow 11th in their annual ranking of universities in the United Kingdom for 2023. The University of Glasgow has ranked 11th place in The Guardian’s best UK universities 2023 rankings. This is the same position the University held on the league table last year. Fellow Scottish institution ...
1st November 2020
Can a leopard truly change its spots? Or is this a thinly veiled attempt to win young votes from the SNP? In 2008, the SNP made higher education completely free for Scottish and EU students. Since 2007, the Scottish Tories have opposed this policy. So, it came as a surprise when Douglas Ross MP, the ...
9th September 2020
This funding is to help tackle digital exclusion as classes in Glasgow this year will consist of blended learning, meaning that some classes will take place remotely. The Scottish Funding Council has announced a £5m Digital Poverty fund to help Scottish colleges and universities tackle the digital exclusion among disadvantaged students. The announcement of this ...
