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GUSRC ‘disappointed’ at mock referendum snub »

Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council (GUSRC) has revealed it was snubbed in the early stages of the planned mock independence referendum later this month. The university’s 20,000 students will vote on 21 February on the subj...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Lauren Jolley | Read more »

West End students urged to stay safe after sex attacks »

Police warn of increased attacks

Strathclyde Police are searching for a man in connection with three sex attacks in Glasgow’s West End, The Journal can confirm. Three separate indecent assault incidents against young women have been reported to Strathclyde P...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Rebecca Day | Read more »

Students rail against GU pole dancing criticism »

  The Glasgow University Pole Dancing Club (GUPDC) has faced a fresh wave of attacks last week after a scathing article in The Daily Mail. The article, emotively entitled ‘What’s YOUR daughter doing at Uni?’, claimed the sport ...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Rebecca Day | Read more »

UCAS applications to university increase »

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UCAS have released figures showing a 3.5 per cent rise in applicants to UK universities. The figures, two weeks after the deadline for full-time undergraduate applications had passed, come in the wake of pessimistic predictions of application numbers,...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

Principal faces student questions »

Professor Sir Tim O'Shea

The first ever 'Meet the Principal' event, organised by Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) was held in the George Square Lecture Theatre last week. The event on Tuesday 29 January, where students had the opportunity to question Universi...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Callum Leslie | Read more »

NUS Scotland supports post-16 education bill »

Glasgow - NUS Scotland President, Robin Parker delivering speech at FELA rally

Research by the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland has found that Scotland has the worst access rate in the UK for students from poorer backgrounds into higher education. As a result the union has given their support to the Post-16 Education (S...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Molly Hunt | Read more »

Edinburgh University accused of discriminating against private school pupils »

Headmaster Peter Hogan

An Edinburgh boarding school headmaster has accused the University of Edinburgh of discriminatory practices in its selection of students. Peter Hogan, the headmaster of Loretto School in Musselburgh, has released a statement in the last week condemnin...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Benjamin Lebus | Read more »

Oxford student threatens to sue university »

Oxford University

A student’s stand against the “discriminatory” policy of the University of Oxford is threatening to snowball into a wider legal and political row. The prospective postgraduate has announced he will be taking the university to court. ...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

University vets in spotlight of CBBC show »

The University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is taking centre stage in a new production airing on the CBBC channel. The world of a vet is uncovered in ‘Junior Vets', where a group of six young people between the ...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 | Read more »

Student paper silenced by legal action »

The Student have hit back at EUSA "censorship" in today's edition

The University of Edinburgh’s student newspaper has been forced to withhold thousands of copies from distribution following legal action by Edinburgh University Students’ Association, which bankrolls the publication. EUSA obtained an inter...

Tue 05 Feb 2013 by Marcus Kernohan & Callum Leslie | Read more »

Scottish game jam enjoys record participation »

Due the growing need for new game developers by the videogame industry many universities across the UK and Scotland have begun to offer degrees in videogame design. Videogames have become a billion dollar industry and it is always on the lookout fo...

Tue 05 Feb 2013 by Kieran Thomas | Read more »

Glasgow students to go green  »

Last year's Go Green Week

Glasgow students are encouraged to go green in a bid to raise awareness about the environment. Go Green Week was originally organised by People and Planet, a student-led organisation campaigning to end world poverty and improve people’s awarenes...

Tue 05 Feb 2013 by Hannah Rodger | Read more »

Strathclyde launches biomedical engineering degree »

University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde have launched an undergraduate engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering. The Department of Biomedical Engineering reconnects two essential aspects of health technology teaching and research, after the establishme...

Mon 04 Feb 2013 by Émer O'Toole | Read more »

USSA ‘sells out’ sabbatical elections with corporate sponsorship »

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The University of Strathclyde Students’ Association (USSA) has been accused of selling out after it was revealed it had accepted an offer from Deloitte. The forthcoming sabbatical elections will see the firm’s logo featured across USSA ele...

Sun 03 Feb 2013 by Colm Currie | Read more »

Student leaders call for widening access action »

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Mike Russell, on a visit to City of Glasgow College

Student leaders in the west of Scotland have called on the Scottish government to legislate on widening access and retention at Scottish universities. Appearing at the Scottish parliament's Education and Culture Committe, the officers were giving evid...

Sun 03 Feb 2013 by Gary Paterson | Read more »

Vandalism forces early closing time at GUU »

Hive building is due to be demolished to make way for a new £13.4m sports and nightclub facility

  Many students were left outraged on Thursday night when the Glasgow University Union’s Hive closing night was forcibly shut down four hours earlier than expected. A stream of vandalism resulted in the decision to close the club at 2am, d...

Sat 02 Feb 2013 by Hollie Jones | Read more »

Mixed reactions to EU’s guaranteed work scheme for young people »

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  Young people across the EU would be guaranteed an apprenticeship or further training if out of work for four months, under a European Commission proposal to combat youth unemployment – but The Journal has found mixed views on the scheme i...

Thu 24 Jan 2013 by Daniel do Rosario, Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Edinburgh Napier names new principal »

Prof Andrea Nolan

Edinburgh Napier University has announced the name of its new principal following the announcement that Professor Dame Joan Stringer intends to retire this year after a decade in the role. Professor Andrea Nolan has been named the new principal and is...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Glasgow students to hold campus independence referendum »

University of Glasgow students are to hold a campus-wide referendum on Scottish independence next month. The opportunity comes as a coalition of student societies will invite more than 20,000 students at the university to vote on 21 February. The eve...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

New education bill criticised »

Scottish National Party (SNP) measures to overhaul the Scottish universities admission systems have come under fire in recent days from the leading figure of an umbrella group which represents all university court chairs. Alan Simpson, who is the chai...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Hannah Dowe Standring | Read more »

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