7th March 2023
The Glasgow Guardian spoke to candidate for First Minister, Humza Yousaf, ahead of an event at the GUU. Candidate for the SNP leadership and first minister, Humza Yousaf has today affirmed his commitment to supporting students speaking to The Glasgow Guardian. “Affordable housing and access to affordable housing is incredibly important. So, first and foremost, ...
1st March 2023
The Glasgow Guardian unpacks Glasgow’s status as the cocaine capital of the world and its stemming class divide. Scotland. A picturesque land of babbling brooks, evergreen trees, snowy mountain tops and even snowier noses. According to a 2022 Vice documentary, Scotland is now the cocaine capital of the world, in particular Glasgow, with Scotland having ...
28th February 2023
With nightlife playing such a crucial role in the university experience, The Glasgow Guardian explores the problems surrounding the all-powerful gatekeepers of the club. Those two dreaded words: “not tonight”. No rejection stings more than that which ends a night-on-the-town before it gets started. The gatekeepers of Thursday nights are pervasive in Glasgow culture, but ...
28th February 2023
Polling for the sabbatical positions within the SRC will open via the UofG Life app at 9am on Wednesday 1 March. The sabbatical positions, those are the most senior student positions within the SRC, are: SRC President (one candidate: Hailie Pentleton), Vice President Education (two candidates: Jordan Hunter and Ross Whip), Vice President Student Activities ...
23rd February 2023
NUS Scotland has released a report detailing the state of the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector, which its president Ellie Gomersall describes as “appalling”. The report found that the average PBSA rent has increased by 34% since 2018. 26% of students they sampled reported being unable to pay their rent in full on one or ...
22nd February 2023
The Glasgow Guardian explores the University of Glasgow’s approach to drug policy. “Never have I ever done hard drugs,” someone pipes up from across the room. Everyone takes a drink. After a year of being locked in Murano, there now lies the promised land of heavy techno clubs with strobe lighting that are just “so ...
22nd February 2023
Is there a big split between Scottish and English students at Glasgow, and what does this mean for the ability to make friends with students from other parts of the UK? These last few weeks of UK politics have been especially characterised by division. With the unprecedented blocking of a piece of Scottish legislation by ...
21st February 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has found that staff at the University have repeatedly broken the expenses policy. Examination of 30,000 separate expense claims in the academic year 21/22 show over 300 filings of subsistence claims exceeding the daily limit, an £8,000 Airbnb and lavish business lunches with no record of the business partners ...
21st February 2023
New report reveals allegations of antisemitism within UK university campuses have seen a 23% increase in 2020-22 compared to the previous two-year period. Yet following a Freedom of Information request (FOI) last year, The Glasgow Guardian learned that in the past three years there have only been two reports of antisemitism made by students via ...
21st February 2023
The Glasgow Guardian talks industrial action, sex discrimination and devolution with UCU Scotland presidential candidate Professor Jeanette Findlay. In her own words a “serious and realistic trade unionist”, Jeanette Findlay, a Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow is running for presidency of the Universities and College Union (UCU) Scotland branch. After recently losing...
