- Bars:
- This is where Glasgow University becomes confusing. Unlike Oxbridge, for example, which have numerous colleges and numerous unions, Glasgow has no colleges, but five representative bodies! First there is the Student Representative Council (SRC) which all students become members of automatically. It organises student welfare and the clubs and societies, as well as representing the students in an official capacity. Generally, it stays low key. Then there are two service unions, Glasgow University Union (GUU) and Queen Margaret (QM). Students can only be a member of one of these unions and have to choose before the end of Freshers’ week. The split originally came about because GUU was a men-only union, while QM was the female union. Now, they are both mixed and there is some gentle rivalry. Students can use the facilities of either union on most occasions, but have to be a member of one to do so. GUU is the larger union. There Sports Association deals with everything sporting related rather unsurprisingly and the Postgraduate Research Club does exactly what it says on the tin. No union is a member of the NUS.
GUU has five bars compared to QM’s two, and tends to contain a sportier, rowdier type of student. QM students tend to be full of the trendier coffee drinking types, who claim to concentrate more on the quality of their entertainments. The most popular bars are Deep Six at GUU and the cool Jim’s Bar at QM. QM also has an 1,100 capacity night club called Qudos. Food is available in many of the bars and cafes at a reasonable price.
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- Functions:
- Before going to one of the Union clubs, students tend to go to Deep Six at GUU or Jim’s Bar at QM. Jim’s also gets in frequent live acts, which makes QM a great union if you like live music. The sports crowd tend to congregate in the aptly named Beer Bar, especially after sports afternoons.
Qudos, an 1,100 capacity club at QM, and The Hive (800) at GUU have themed nights three times a week, with anything from dance and house to good old cheese. Cheeze in da’ Hive is one of the most popular nights.
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- Major Social Events:
- On the whole it is only for the large events on the social calander that the various unions restrict the invitations to "members only". An example is the largest social event of the year, Daft Friday, a black tie affair held at GUU for GUU members only. It is held on the last Friday of the first term, and despite respetable beginnings, it ends in a drunken carnage.
At the same time, QM has the 12 hours of cheezy pop which is less formal but has a more cluby atmosphere. There are also numerous other social events, many in association with societies, throughout the year.
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- Clubs & Societies:
- Glasgow has an excellent range of clubs and socieities (over 150), covering virtually all fields of general and sporting interest. If you fancy looking after some older people then you can buddy a granny with GUSCA -Glasgow University Student Community Action- seriosly though, they are a very worthwhile group that 'aims to give students the chance to undertake volunteering opportunities both on and off campus thus providing a valuable link with the local community'. For a full list of societies (most of which don't involve grannies)it is best to click on the following link:
Full List of Clubs
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