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No by-election for Glasgow presidency »

The student body which represents 24,000 students at the University of Glasgow will continue without a president for the rest of the academic year following the departure of controversial leader Stuart Ritchie earlier this month, it has been revealed.&...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Updated: Glasgow president resigns amid email scandal »

Stuart Ritchie

The beleaguered head of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council today resigned amid a storm of controversy over his relationship with senior university officials. SRC president Stuart Ritchie had been due to face an open meeting of Glasgow...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Voting irregularities raised in student elections »

Voter turnout increased by almost a third in this year's round of student elections at Cardonald College – albeit against a backdrop of criticism over the polling process. Cardonald College Glasgow Students’ Association last month co-ordin...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Ryan Thomson | Read more »

Glasgow SRC elections see poll boost »

Student elections at the University of Glasgow last month enjoyed a record turnout. Glasgow University Students' Representative Council (GUSRC) counted a total 1,486 unique voters - the highest since online polling began in 2006 – following the ...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Danny Jenkins | Read more »

Ritch-hunt? Glasgow student leader takes aim at critics »

Stuart Ritchie

Embattled student leader Stuart Ritchie has insisted he has no plans to resign as president of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council (GUSRC) in the face of pressure from a band of campus activists. In an exclusive interview with The Jour...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Enrolment headache continues for Glasgow students »

Almost one in three postgraduate students studying at the University of Glasgow were left unable to register for degree courses a fortnight on from the start of the new semester following the introduction of a new self-enrolment service, The Journal ca...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Glasgow SRC blasts national RUK fees strategy as 'wrong' »

A student leader at one of Scotland’s oldest universities has launched a scathing attack on the campaigning orchestrated by unions nationwide in the build-up to last month’s wave of announcements on rest-of-UK (RUK) fees. Stuart Ritchie, p...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Unions unite in call for a 'socially responsible' Glasgow University »

University of Glasgow

Student and academic leaders have issued a joint call to University of Glasgow senior staff to showcase the higher education institution as “socially responsible” and effectively undercut rivals in the setting of tuition fees for rest of UK...

Mon 19 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

EUSA makes second pass at constitutional reform »

EUSA

Motions for Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) General Meeting have been submitted, with the Enabling motion being resubmitted under a new name after its controversial failure last November.  Despite passing unanimously throu...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Melanie Archer | Read more »

EUSA liberation officers off the agenda, again »

EUSA General Meeting 2008

Campaigners within EUSA were met with disappointment last Tuesday evening as their long-held pledge to introduce liberation officers to represent several minorities within the university was discarded by the Student Representative Council (SRC). The v...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Research to be curbed in favour of quality teaching »

Edinburgh University's Old College

Following damning criticism in the National Student Survey, attempts to improve the teaching experience at Edinburgh University have been announced, with plans to restrict the university's focus on research. Vice-Principal Professor Jeff Haywood told ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

Edinburgh principals summoned before SRC »

Edinburgh University's Old College

In an unprecedented public response to student concern over poor academic feedback, the vice principals of the University of Edinburgh were hauled before the Student Representative Council (SRC) meeting last week. The university was rated the worst ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Guy Robertson, Katie Oakes | Read more »

Match European investment in universities, SRC demands »

Following a meeting of the Edinburgh University Students’ Representative Council (SRC) a Scotland-wide campaign has begun to bring funding for higher education in line with other European countries.The decision was made by the SRC to campaign for...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Magnus Huntly-Grant | Read more »

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