Thursday 08-02-2024 - 09:00

During Trimester A, the Students’ Association ran the Winter Warmer Campaign to support students during this Cost of Living Crisis.

The Winter Warmer ran for an hour each day from Monday 16th October 2023 on the Glasgow Campus and from Monday 13th November 2023 for the London Campus, for the remainder of Trimester A. Each Monday to Friday, GCU students could get either a cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate along with a bowl of porridge for free.

This initiative was set-up by the Students’ Association whilst we explored the potential to open a Student Pantry, that is now open. We will continue this initiative during Trimester B at the London Campus.

In total 1,398 porridge pots were given out to 384 students in the Glasgow Campus and 305 porridge pots were given out at the London Campus.

These are the demographics of the Glasgow Campus for the Winter Warmer:

• 51% Female, 49% Male
• 38% Over 30, 25% 26-30, 20% 18-21, 16% 22-25, 1% 16-17 (Age)
• 27% UK, 73% International
• 98% FT, 2% PT
• 39% GSBS, 35% SCEBE, 26% SHLS
• 35% UG, 64% PGT, 1% PGR