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Glasgow University to welcome Olympic Torch with celebration »

Olympic Torch will make its way up University Avenue at the University of Glasgow in the west end

Glasgow University Sports Association are preparing to welcome the Olympic Torch to University Avenue with a "special" celebration of sport as the relay passes through the west end. The time-honoured tradition of carrying the flame across the countr...

Mon 19 Mar 2012 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Glasgow University edge The Glasgow Cup in dramatic finish »

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The University of Glasgow yesterday snatched The Glasgow Cup silverware after an action-packed afternoon across the city involving 700 students went down to the wire. The universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde entered the final basketball match a lit...

Wed 14 Mar 2012 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Edinburgh blunder as Glasgow keep the cup at Kelvin Hall »

Men's 60m final: Scottish Universities Indoor Championships

Glasgow University retained their Scottish Universities Indoor Championships title by the narrowest of margins at Kelvin Hall last week. It was tough luck on runners-up Edinburgh University, who would have reclaimed the crown they surrendered last yea...

Fri 10 Feb 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Lads mags laid bare »

A petition calling for a campus-wide ban of lads’ mags at Glasgow University has gained more than 100 signatures in less than 24 hours. The online petition was launched earlier this week in the wake of a similar move being rolled out at the hi...

Thu 02 Feb 2012 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Glasgow scientists discover indicator of life expectancy »

Scientists from Glasgow University claim to have made a crucial breakthrough in discovering the ability to predict the lifespan of a human being. Researchers at the higher education institution teamed up with collegaues at the Un iversity of Exet...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Thomas Mackintosh | Read more »

New bursary scheme for Glasgow students  »

A handful of the students who have benefited from new bursaries

Glasgow-based students seeking a spot at one of the city’s three universities are to be offered a helping hand financially. Scotland’s biggest social landlord, Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), is to devote hundreds of thousands of pounds...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

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 »

Ritchie: Setting the record straight »

Stuart Ritchie is adamant. “For me, personally I walked away quite relaxed because the minute they didn’t support me there wasn’t any other option,” he says between sips of coffee while sitting opposite in a cafe in the heart of...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Alan Robertson | 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 »

Edinburgh triumph as Glasgow slump to second successive defeat »

Edinburgh's good start continues in Glasgow

Glasgow Uni Men’s 1st suffered their second successive BUCS defeat as they went down 2-1 to Edinburgh 1st in a thrilling contest at Garscube Sports Complex. The visitors attacked from the outset and looked more confident on the ball in the openin...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Billy Kay: Six centuries of Scottish universities »

Billy Kay

If ye've a knacky son or twa, To Glasgow College send them a' Where, for the Gospel or the Law Or classic Lair, Ye'll find few places hereawa' That can compare – Glasgow poet John Mayne, celebrating the centrality of his old university to the Gl...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

Glasgow University rowers return from Russia with love »

For most athletes finishing fifth in any competition would be termed a disappointment. But for Glasgow University Boat Club’s (GUBC) Michael McNaul and Daniel Graham, it was their “best result” against a host of Europe’s best ro...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Glasgow University sets £6,750 RUK fee for majority »

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Glasgow University today opted to partially undercut ancient rivals St Andrews and Edinburgh in setting fee levels for rest of UK (RUK) students. The institution is to charge the majority of students from England, Northern Ireland and Wales £6,7...

Wed 28 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Glasgow Caledonian heap pressure on city colleagues with RUK fees undercut »

Glasgow Caledonian University

Pressure is mounting on higher education institutions in Glasgow to resist charging maximum fees to students from the rest of the UK (RUK) after Glasgow Caledonian University last week became the first university in Scotland to declare levels lower tha...

Mon 19 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University 'forced' into £70k spend on contract cleaners »

A leading Glasgow university paid out £70,000 on contract cleaners in the last two years – despite signing off on an annual spend of more than £2.5 million on employee equivalents. Gross pay on Glasgow University cleaners has risen a...

Mon 19 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

"We're very lucky, and I couldn't face the idea of that changing" »

"This is not the end – it’s just the end of the beginning," insists 23-year-old Bean Reoch who stands smiling, her back turned to the building that has become a second home in the last seven months. Chants still echo along University Avenue...

Tue 13 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Glasgow University rowing duo left disappointed »

Glasgow University students Michael McNaul and Daniel Graham failed to come out on top despite an encouraging display at the seventh European University Rowing Championships in Russia earlier this month. McNaul and Graham were selected following a pos...

Tue 13 Sep 2011 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Fundraising Campaign for Celtic Legend Underway »

A campaign to raise £1.2m toward a laboratory in memory of Celtic legend Tommy Burns has been launched. The Tommy Burns Lab will support cancer research at the new £10 million Beatson Translational Research Centre under construction at Gl...

Tue 13 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University funding in crisis »

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Some of Scotland's most prestigious universities are lobbying for the introduction of variable top-up fees, as students in England and Wales face a potential doubling of fees following the publication of the long-awaited Browne report. The Universitie...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

On time and on budget: high-tech campus officially opened »

Alex Salmond

First Minister Alex Salmond has officially opened a new state-of-the-art campus at Dumfries and Galloway College. At the Crichton campus last week, Mr Salmond commended the collaboration of all parties involved and expressed confidence in the centre's...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Pippa Russell | Read more »

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