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University of Gloucestershire women’s rugby team captain Avy Devgun praised her side’s effort and organisation as they ran out 20-0 winners against Bath in the Cup on Wednesday. After drawing 17-17 first time around, UOG travelled south for the rematch, which resulted in a comfortable win for the visitors. Evie Trafford got them underway with […]
University of Gloucestershire 1’s put on a dominant display in front of a packed home crowd as they defeated Plymouth Marjon 1s 4-0 at Plock Court. A first half brace from George Harris and second half goals from Jaja Wayne-Clarke and Dan Jones sealed a convincing victory for the home side. Gloucestershire started the game […]
The University of Gloucestershire’s men’s football second team fell to a 1-0 loss against Cardiff Met 4s as their title hopes were seriously dented with a defeat at Plock Court. Previously unbeaten at home , a lacklustre performance against the side bottom of the league has caused massive problems for the University of Gloucestershire’s (UoG) […]
University of Gloucestershire Student Union President Luc Brown says that the University are “really excited” to host this year’s Varsity clash with the University of Worcester. With last years event cancelled due to COVID-19, it has been a long time since the two University’s have gone into battle. In 2019, the competition ended in a […]
Noah Jenkins, hooker for University of Gloucestershire’s Rugby Union first team is preparing for his first Varsity representing University of Gloucestershire against University of Worcester on Wednesday 19th May. “I’m really really excited, really nervous as well, we had an inter-club game a couple of weeks ago and having that level of physicality thrown at […]
Up and down the country university students are taking part in Minds’ ‘27 27’ challenge to raise awareness of the 27% of students who report mental health problems at university. Journalism student, Ulani Seaman, of the University of Gloucestershire, is going that extra mile, running 127 miles across February and March. “I think it will […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies goalkeeper coach Dene Field has revealed that the club are doing online bingo in order to keep the club afloat. The University of Gloucestershire student plays for the men’s university team but has seen the biggest hit come to the town’s women’s team. “We’ve had to think outside the box and do […]
The #icare campaign has taken over Instagram since online trolls have targeted Women’s rugby on comment sections on the social media site. The news last Friday regarding the current state of professional women’s rugby in the UK, it was that the Allianz Premier 15s will be suspended for 2 weeks and the Women’s Six Nations […]
Phoebe Nott wants people to stop blaming students for everything I was in the queue to get into my local Wetherspoons. It was just before the 2nd lockdown. It was raining, I was wet, with no jacket because I wanted to look cute. We had been waiting outside for 40 minutes but I wasn’t mad, […]
Whilst winter can seem like a quiet time in the natural world, ecologist Professor Anne Goodenough insists that there are loads of amazing wildlife opportunities to look out for. In her talk for the University of Gloucestershire’s ‘living room lecture series’, she offered some tips on getting outside and appreciating the winter wildlife in Gloucestershire. […]