23rd November 2023
University declines to comment on senior professor who collaborates with the centre The Glasgow Guardian has found previously unreported tight connections between a senior UofG professor and a Chinese military research centre. This follows a Civitas thinktank report which named the University among many of the UK’s top academic institutions which accepted millions of pounds ...
7th November 2023
An email sent to students and staff has expressed the University’s desire for a ceasefire to be reached in the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. The University of Glasgow has pledged its support for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Israel/Palestine conflict as well as the “immediate release of all hostages” captured during the conflict. ...
23rd October 2023
Writer Samuel Rafanell-Williams speaks to university staff involved in the ongoing Industrial Action at The University of Glasgow. In the last few weeks, university staff represented by the Glasgow branches of UNISON and the University and College Union (UCU) have been on strike at The University of Glasgow. UNISON represents mostly professional services and operational ...
17th October 2023
After settling back into the swing of university life, Nicholas Budgen brings you a run down of the best ways to get involved in politics at the University. Our University has a proud history of student activism: its societies have been instrumental in training some of the nation’s leading politicians. From 1981 to 1982, Charles ...
12th October 2023
With ChatGPT becoming a household name in university libraries, how are our futures shaping up under its glare? For young people in Scotland, 16 is an important age – you become eligible to vote. The referendum on Scottish independence in 2014 acted as a successful trial for allowing 16 and 17 year olds the opportunity ...
6th October 2023
Democratic deficit at the SRC as only 3 of 17 elections are competitive, and 8 positions to remain vacant. Reflecting a wider trend of uncontested and undercontested elections in students’ unions, only three of the seventeen Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council’s Autumn 2023 elections are set to be competitive. Following the closing of nominations on ...
2nd October 2023
With Rishi Sunak announcing a proposed cap on students entering “low-value” degrees, his classism shines through once again Rishi Sunak’s recent proposal to crack down on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees by capping their intake of students based on the “value for money” of the course, has got many discussing the role of university as a place ...
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 ...
8th September 2023
The Glasgow Guardian speaks to students still unable to secure accommodation at the beginning of the academic year. As the academic year begins, students are still struggling to find accommodation. The housing crisis has steadily worsened over the last few years, all while the University refuses to commit to a cap on student numbers or ...
19th July 2023
Over two years after its closure, the second sports hall in The Stevenson Building has now been reopened. After a long-awaited refurbishment, the second sports hall in The Stevenson Building is now open for use. A new floor has been laid as a result of the refurbishment after the previous floor was slippery and had ...
