The University of Glasgow is our city’s oldest university, and given its status as an ancient university
The 80s were a time of major shake-up for Glasgow, the city was really beginning to feel the sting of deindustrialisation, the Thatcher years were truly in full swing.
We wanted to look back at the archive to se what life was like for students at the University of Glasgow in the decade.
A number of notable alumni to attend the University of Glasgow at the time include Chris Brookmyre, Mark Johnston, Lorraine Clinton, and Collin McInnes.
Some major events to happen at the uni in the 80s include:
- The opening of the amber-brick Geology Building.
- The opening of the Crichton campus in Dumfries.
- The admittance of both male and females as full members of the union in 1980.
- The Faculty of Law changing in 1984 into the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies.
5. Food Factory (late 80s)
The Food Factory was an instituion at the Uni, it fed generations of hungry students from the late 80s right up until 2019. It got its name from all the old bits of catering equipment tucked around old canteens and kitchens, which the catering company used as sculptures and plant pots to decorate the café. | Contributed
6. Glasgow University Union (1981)
The Glasgow University Union board of 1981 | GUU
7. Ashton Lane (1985)
Students from Glasgow Uni's school of archaeology on Ashton Lane in 1985 | Glasgow University Archaeology / Veronika Liebscher
8. Ginandtonicus (1984)
Mark Weir, a medical student at Glasgow University hired himself out as 'slave Ginandtonicus' during Students Charities Week in February 1984. OAP Alison Wheelhouse paid her money and used him as a chair. | NationalWorld