The Glasgow Guardian is the student newspaper of the University of Glasgow.
Founded in 1932 as The Gilmorehill Globe,[1] the newspaper has undergone four name changes in its existence. First changed to The Gilmorehill Guardian, then to the Glasgow University Guardian in 1959 under editor Neil MacCormick then to Glasgow Guardian in 2011 and finally to The Glasgow Guardian in 2020. The publication is produced by students of the university on a voluntary basis and is partially funded by the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council alongside revenue from advertising.
History
The paper has reported on sex tourism in Vietnam,[2] racist door policies of Glasgow nightclubs[3] and conducted the first ever independent staff satisfaction survey which revealed doubts about the university management strategy. In 2004 Guardian revealed a CIA officer was working as a lecturer in the Politics department[4]