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			{{Short description\|Students' union in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK}}
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	The '''Queen Margaret Union''' ('''QMU''') is one of two ] at the ], ]. Founded in 1890 it caters for the social and cultural needs of the Glasgow students by providing a range of services including, but not limited to, entertainments, catering, shop facilities, bars and games.
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			\|president = Archie Dodd
			\|location = 22 University Gardens, ], ], ]
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			\|members = c. 3,000 total
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			The '''Queen Margaret Union''' ('''QMU''') is one of two ]s at the ], ]. Founded in 1890, it caters to the social and cultural needs of its members by providing a range of services including volunteering opportunities, entertainment, catering, bars and games.
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	==~~Facilities~~==		==History==
			The Queen Margaret Union was founded in 1890 by students of the ], both named after ], a ] of Scotland, in the West End of ] to provide an outlet for their social and cultural needs.
	The QMU offers a number of facilities over four floors for students and guests, all of which are renovated on a reasonably frequent basis (in the order of a few years) to allow for increased capacity, and the preferred taste of the current membership. No student facilities are available in the basement, which is host to stock storage, delivery points, and a tunnel which runs the length of the Qudos hall from under the bar to the store, to roughly beneath the main foyer.

			The QMU operated in the basement rooms of the college until 1906, when the expansion of the college meant that the space was needed for teaching. A bazaar was held by the Board of Management (comprising elected students) to raise money to erect and furnish a union building to house the Union. The bazaar was held over four days and featured a number of stalls selling many different items from clothes to pieces of furniture. Although the funds were raised, a building was never created for the Union to occupy.
	===Ground Floor===
	The ground floor of the QMU contains the widest variety of services to its members: it contains a shop, a coffee shop, cash machines and toilets, the porters booth, and the Qudos venue.

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	Qudos is the main venue within the QMU for both club nights and bands, and is an important venue within the ] ] scene. With a capacity of 900 for gigs, it often plays host to up-and-coming bands who will later move on to the larger venues around the city. However, it also runs new band nights, where the latest local talent gets the opportunity to perform on the same stage that ] once played. Qudos is also used to host the QMU's club nights (such as Cheesy Pop or Revolution, commonly referred to as "Rev"), and has also seen popular nights such as Film Nights, and more recently, large pub quizzes.
			After a few years of trying to decide how best to spend the money, a house at 31 Buckingham Terrace was rented. In 1912, the College Club at the University of Glasgow went into liquidation and the QMU took over the premises at 67 Ann Street (now Southpark Terrance) until 1922 when it moved across the road from the ] (GUU, which only admitted men) in the John McIntyre Building, to be based at 1 University Gardens (left, now part of the Department of History). During this period, the QM Union mostly provided space for its members to study, discuss, debate and eat.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}

			In 1932, as the Men's Union grew in size and had a building built at the bottom of Gilmorehill, its previous home in the John McIntyre Building was given to the QM Union. At this time in its history the QMU was beginning to explore, rather successfully, in the world of university ]. Men and other delegates were allowed to attend but only as "distinguished strangers", who sat in a separate gallery. Other facilities included a library, dining room, study space, and cubicles so that members who lived at home {{not a typo\|outwith}} the city centre could stay over after public transport had ended.
	The Coffee shop offers a variety of hot drinks, as well as some snacks, and a number of cold drinks and bottled beers. A number of tables are available just outside Qudos, and some within Qudos itself, which offer a quiet setting in which to savour the products of the QMU Coffee shop.

			The building became inadequate to provide for the University of Glasgow's growing female population. In 1968, a building at 22 University Gardens was built to accommodate the then so-called, "Q-Emma’s". The women of the QMU were often involved in the debating circuit and especially in ] elections and campaigns at the university.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	The QMU Shop stocks items similar to that of a newsagent, and was renovated in the summer of 2004. The new shop is much larger than its predecessor, allowing for it to carry much more stock.

			However, the division of the sexes at Glasgow became more questioned with the passing of the ]. The two unions had an agreement allowing reciprocal use of much of each other's facilities, but the QMU allowed men to use the bulk of its facilities with a few restrictions, while the GUU confined women only to its extension. As the 1970s came to a close, several men had requested to join the QMU. Consequently, it held a general meeting in 1979 and changed its constitution to allow men to become members. The GUU allowed women members one year later. Over 99% of the huge attendance at that EGM accepted the amendment.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	===First Floor===
	The first floor is home to Jim's Bar. The bar was renovated in 2001. Jim's Bar is a popular drinking venue, and is ideal for drinks before heading down to Qudos on a club night, for example. Many small Union events are run in Jim's Bar, including the Wednesday Night Pub Quiz (described by NME as the best in Glasgow), ] Open-Mic night on a Sunday, small bands, DJs and game-shows.

			A fire in 1982 shut the building for several months and sparked nearly a decade of financial problems for the Union. However, between 1989 and 1992, effective management and prudent financial control saw the Union become financially solvent once again.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	The QMU Games Room offers 6 pool tables, a number of arcade machines and fruit machines, and a small bar (installed in 2004). A number of the tables and chairs once present in the previous incarnation of Jim's Bar are now to be found in the Games Room bar.

			===Modern day===
	Both Jim's Bar and the Games Room have jukeboxes with an eclectic range of music new and old, displaying the on-the pulse nature of this union with regard to the current music scene both in Glasgow and further afield.
			The early 1990s saw the QMU stage ], ], ], ], ] and ]. This continued with bands such as ], ] and ] playing on the same stage in the 2000s. And in 2016, ] performed at the venue marking his first visit to Scotland on his blue neighbourhood tour.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}

			The late 1990s until the early 2000s saw the QMU redevelop many of its social and commercial areas, including all of its bars. Other recent notable events at the QMU have included supporting ] in his successful campaign to become ].{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	===Second Floor===
	The second floor contains the Food Factory, open during the day within the academic year, and limited hours outwith. This floor is largely seating, with both round tables capable of seating up to around 5 comfortably, and edge tables situated in windows with tall stools for seating. The food factory offers a variety of cold and hot foods, most notably sandwiches and pizzas, and a rotating daily menu offering meat and vegetarian options.

			In 2007 and 2009, {{Proper name\|qmunicate}}, the QMU's member-run fortnightly publication, won the Best Magazine Award at '']'' Scottish Student Press Awards. It was shortlisted in 2006, 2008 and 2010. In 2010 Ruaraidh J MacIntyre, {{Proper name\|qmunicate}}'s resident columnist won the 'Best Columnist' award at the Herald Student Press Awards.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	Also situated at one end of the second floor is a Delice de France Café which offers items such as filled baguettes, and shares the same seating as the Food Factory itself.

			The Union was again faced with financial difficulty in the 2000s as a result of the University of Glasgow cutting the block grant – the money annually supplied to both unions - by around half. This, exacerbated by the ], meant the Union saw several consecutive years of financial loss. Responding to these financial difficulties, work by successive boards of management to engage with University management led to parity of funding with the ] for the first time in 2010 and the subsequent reinstatement of the block grant in 2011.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}} However, many changes in the tastes, lifestyles and expectations of students have left the Queen Margaret Union - and many other student unions - facing severe problems.<ref>{{cite web \|title=QMU could close in three years from financial losses ‹ Glasgow Guardian \|url=https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2016/04/25/qmu-could-close-in-three-years-from-financial-losses/ \|website=Glasgow Guardian \|access-date=15 June 2020 \|date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
	The Food Factory was made a non-smoking area in the summer of 2005, during which time the kitchens were also fitted with a new extraction and ventilation system due to construction work taking place adjacent to the building.

			During the ] in 2020, the Union came under criticism from a trade union and the University Rector for making 31 members of part-time staff unemployed.<ref>{{cite web \|title='Morally repugnant': QMU blasted for firing staff by sacked worker and union \|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18494039.qmu-blasted-firing-staff-unite-former-glasgow-university-rector/ \|website=Glasgow Times \|access-date=15 June 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> The decision was made prior the Government announcing the furlough scheme, which led to the Board of Management voting to reinstate staff until the end of their contracts.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2023}}
	===Third Floor===
	The third floor is left unvisited by the majority of QMU members, due to the design of the building -- the main stairwell does not lead up to this floor; rather, the secondary stairwell and lift are the only routes up to this floor. Various board and administration offices are housed on the third floor, as well as some basic amenities, such as showers, a TV room, laundry room, committee rooms (for use of QMU-affiliated societies) and study rooms (one each for smoking and non-smoking).

			==Relationship with other student organisations==
	=== Entertainments ===
			There are two Unions at the University of Glasgow with some students choosing to join both of them during, and after, Freshers' week. In 2003–2004, both Unions attempted to change their Constitutions to allow for Automatic Joint Student Membership.
	* Monday: Film Night
	* Tuesday: Revolution - Rock/Alternative night with ]
	* Wednesday: Ben & Andy's Excellent ]
	* Thursday: RAW Local Bands, followed by Style and Substance with ], Pool Competitions
	* Friday: MouseTrap with SEGA Gary in ], Followed by Cheesy Pop with ]
	* Sunday: Unplugged ] Night

			The University of Glasgow is not affiliated to the ] (NUS), with the QMU instead being part of Northern Services, a purchasing consortium set up by the students unions of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/is-nus-serving-the-me-generation/147955.article \|title=Is NUS serving the me generation? \|date=20 September 1999\|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref> In 2006, a referendum was held to ask the students of the university whether it should affiliate with the NUS, during which the QMU formed part of the "No to NUS" campaign.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6149608.stm \|title=Students Vote on Union Membership \|work=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|date=15 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://live.cgcu.net/news/1343 \|title=Live! - 93.9% at Glasgow say NO to NUS \|access-date=16 November 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410063205/http://live.cgcu.net/news/1343 \|archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref>
	==History==
	The union was founded in ] for women students at the University, as opposed to the older ] (GUU) which offered membership only to male students. Both unions retained single-sex status until ], when the QMU admitted the first men to its board and allowed males to join for the first time. The GUU followed suit soon after, allowing female members to hold membership of the union.

	==~~=Today=~~==		==Governance==
			===Board of Management===
	The QMU, with approximately 6,000 members, is based in a building at the end of University Gardens, near to the rear entrance of the Boyd Orr building — both of which were constructed at the end of the ]. Thankfully, its internal structure is more pleasing than that of the outside: as well as being nicer to look at, it contains a shop, three bars, a concert venue, a games room, several meeting rooms, a ] called the Food Factory, and several other amenities.
			The QMU is run by a student Board of Management bi-annually elected by the membership. The names of the Presidents of the Union are preserved on a board in the main stairwell of the Union and photographs of each entire Board of Management are taken at the start of their term of office and displayed on the walls of the Board Room.

			The Board is divided into three distinct parts. The Executive comprises the offices of President, and two Vice Presidents (Vice President: Membership, Clubs and Societies and Vice President: Board of Management) and are charged with the day-to-day running of the union and maintaining a high level of discipline, member and clubs and societies involvement and representing the union externally. They oversee every event, operation and campaign within the Union, and also act as trustees.
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			The Convenors are each responsible for an aspect of the unions' activity. The convenors are Campaigns and Charities Convenor, Events Convenor, Publications Convenor, Social Convenor, Tech Convenor and Mental Health and Welfare Convenor. They each chair a committee of Union members, as described below.
	Membership is split fairly equally among the sexes, and the members of the QMU now outnumber those of the GUU at student level, however it remains dwarfed by the GUU's 9,000 life members. For many years there has been discussions about allowing students to be members of both unions. To this end, a concordat was reached between the QMU, the GUU and the University Court at the end of the ]/] session. The QMU held an EGM to facilitate the appropriate changes to the constitution. These changes allow for Automatic Joint Student Membership, whereby all matriculated students will become a member of both unions. However, similar changes to the GUU constitution failed to pass their SGM, as the motion was dismissed on a technicality. In the academic session 2005/6 the University introduced student cards which could not have holes punched in them, the traditional way of marking Union membership. The Unions both now have separate membership cards. This allowed students to join both Unions.
	NB: This year, the QMU General Elections take place on Thursday 2nd of March, with nominations for the election open until the 24th of February.

			The largest section of the board is that of the Current Student Representatives. The 'CSR Committee' is composed of twelve elected students, at least three of whom are in their first year of study, who are largely free to involve themselves with whatever aspects of the union they see fit. A Convenor of Current Student Representatives (CCSR) is elected from amongst them to represent the committee as a whole to the Executive and Convenors.

			In addition to this, the Board of Management contains two Former Student Members, the Past President, Honorary President and two Honorary Vice Presidents.
	==External links==
	* http://www.qmu.org.uk/ - official site
	* http://www.qmunity.co.uk/ - community site

			===Committees===
			The Board of Management is fed ideas through a committee structure. Committee meetings can be attended by any member of the Union, and active committees in 2022 are:

			'''Events''': The Events Committee assist the planning and running of all QM-run events that take place in the Union.

			'''Tech Team''': The Tech Team are involved with the practicalities of running the QM's events, including lighting and sound tech.

			'''Social''': The Social Committee are concerned with the planning and execution of the (almost-daily) events that take place every day in Bar - one of the Union's three bars - from pub quizzes and acoustic nights to comedy and new theatre drawn from the students of the University of Glasgow.

			'''Publications''': The Publications Committee are responsible for all Union publications, namely the production and distribution of qmunicate magazine, the Union's in-house news and views magazine.

			'''Campaigns''': The Campaigns Committee oversee all Union fundraising and campaigns. Fundraising for local, national and international charities and campaigning for wider causes has been an integral part of the Queen Margaret Union for many years.

			'''Welfare''': The Welfare Committee are involved in planning events and campaigns to help with students mental health such as de-stress days.

			==Facilities==
			The QMU offers a number of facilities over four floors. Aside from general facilities, the Union's facilities include:

			===Ground floor===
			* Venue: the Union's primary venue is used to host club nights and gigs, with a capacity of approximately 900. Amongst the most famous bands to have played there on their way to making it big are ] (15 March 1974), ] (3 February 1990) and ] (30 November 1991), as have other more recent bands such as ]. It has also been used for large pub quizzes, and for shows organised by affiliated clubs and societies.
			* Soundbite Takeaway
			* Cafe: serving hot and cold food suitable for snacks and lunches.
			* Accessible toilets

			===First floor===
			* Bar: Many small Union events are run in Bar, including the Big Wednesday Night Pub Quiz (described by NME as the best in Glasgow).
			* Games: the QMU's sports bar, complete with pool tables.

			===Second Floor===
			* StrEat Bites: A restaurant serving tapas-style street food from around the world.
			* Soundbite Restaurant: A restaurant serving Asian fusion style cuisine.

			===Third floor===
			* The Executive office
			* The Boardroom
			* Committee rooms
			* Laundry facilities
			* TV room
			* Administrative offices
			* Gender neutral toilets

			==Archives==
			The archives of the QMU are maintained by the ] (GUAS).

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

			==Sources==
			* {{dead link\|date=July 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}, Glasgow Herald, 4 January 2008
			* {{Dead link\|date=August 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}, University of Glasgow Newsletter, Issue 279 October 2006
			* The Herald, April 2006
			* BBC News, August 2005

			==External links==
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			{{University of Glasgow}}

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Queen Margaret Union
Institution	University of Glasgow
Location	22 University Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Established	c 1890
President	Archie Dodd
Members	c. 3,000 total
Website	www.qmunion.org.uk

The Queen Margaret Union (QMU) is one of two students' unions at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1890, it caters to the social and cultural needs of its members by providing a range of services including volunteering opportunities, entertainment, catering, bars and games.

History

The Queen Margaret Union was founded in 1890 by students of the Queen Margaret College, both named after Saint Margaret of Scotland, a Queen Consort of Scotland, in the West End of Glasgow to provide an outlet for their social and cultural needs.

The QMU operated in the basement rooms of the college until 1906, when the expansion of the college meant that the space was needed for teaching. A bazaar was held by the Board of Management (comprising elected students) to raise money to erect and furnish a union building to house the Union. The bazaar was held over four days and featured a number of stalls selling many different items from clothes to pieces of furniture. Although the funds were raised, a building was never created for the Union to occupy.

After a few years of trying to decide how best to spend the money, a house at 31 Buckingham Terrace was rented. In 1912, the College Club at the University of Glasgow went into liquidation and the QMU took over the premises at 67 Ann Street (now Southpark Terrance) until 1922 when it moved across the road from the Glasgow University Union (GUU, which only admitted men) in the John McIntyre Building, to be based at 1 University Gardens (left, now part of the Department of History). During this period, the QM Union mostly provided space for its members to study, discuss, debate and eat.

In 1932, as the Men's Union grew in size and had a building built at the bottom of Gilmorehill, its previous home in the John McIntyre Building was given to the QM Union. At this time in its history the QMU was beginning to explore, rather successfully, in the world of university debating. Men and other delegates were allowed to attend but only as "distinguished strangers", who sat in a separate gallery. Other facilities included a library, dining room, study space, and cubicles so that members who lived at home outwith the city centre could stay over after public transport had ended.

The building became inadequate to provide for the University of Glasgow's growing female population. In 1968, a building at 22 University Gardens was built to accommodate the then so-called, "Q-Emma’s". The women of the QMU were often involved in the debating circuit and especially in Rectorial elections and campaigns at the university.

However, the division of the sexes at Glasgow became more questioned with the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. The two unions had an agreement allowing reciprocal use of much of each other's facilities, but the QMU allowed men to use the bulk of its facilities with a few restrictions, while the GUU confined women only to its extension. As the 1970s came to a close, several men had requested to join the QMU. Consequently, it held a general meeting in 1979 and changed its constitution to allow men to become members. The GUU allowed women members one year later. Over 99% of the huge attendance at that EGM accepted the amendment.

A fire in 1982 shut the building for several months and sparked nearly a decade of financial problems for the Union. However, between 1989 and 1992, effective management and prudent financial control saw the Union become financially solvent once again.

Modern day

The early 1990s saw the QMU stage Nirvana, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Garbage and Belle & Sebastian. This continued with bands such as Coldplay, Biffy Clyro and Franz Ferdinand playing on the same stage in the 2000s. And in 2016, Troye Sivan performed at the venue marking his first visit to Scotland on his blue neighbourhood tour.

The late 1990s until the early 2000s saw the QMU redevelop many of its social and commercial areas, including all of its bars. Other recent notable events at the QMU have included supporting Charles Kennedy in his successful campaign to become Rector.

In 2007 and 2009, qmunicate, the QMU's member-run fortnightly publication, won the Best Magazine Award at The Herald Scottish Student Press Awards. It was shortlisted in 2006, 2008 and 2010. In 2010 Ruaraidh J MacIntyre, qmunicate's resident columnist won the 'Best Columnist' award at the Herald Student Press Awards.

The Union was again faced with financial difficulty in the 2000s as a result of the University of Glasgow cutting the block grant – the money annually supplied to both unions - by around half. This, exacerbated by the Financial crisis of 2007–08, meant the Union saw several consecutive years of financial loss. Responding to these financial difficulties, work by successive boards of management to engage with University management led to parity of funding with the Glasgow University Union for the first time in 2010 and the subsequent reinstatement of the block grant in 2011. However, many changes in the tastes, lifestyles and expectations of students have left the Queen Margaret Union - and many other student unions - facing severe problems.

During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Union came under criticism from a trade union and the University Rector for making 31 members of part-time staff unemployed. The decision was made prior the Government announcing the furlough scheme, which led to the Board of Management voting to reinstate staff until the end of their contracts.

Relationship with other student organisations

There are two Unions at the University of Glasgow with some students choosing to join both of them during, and after, Freshers' week. In 2003–2004, both Unions attempted to change their Constitutions to allow for Automatic Joint Student Membership.

The University of Glasgow is not affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS), with the QMU instead being part of Northern Services, a purchasing consortium set up by the students unions of Edinburgh. In 2006, a referendum was held to ask the students of the university whether it should affiliate with the NUS, during which the QMU formed part of the "No to NUS" campaign.

Governance

Board of Management

The QMU is run by a student Board of Management bi-annually elected by the membership. The names of the Presidents of the Union are preserved on a board in the main stairwell of the Union and photographs of each entire Board of Management are taken at the start of their term of office and displayed on the walls of the Board Room.

The Board is divided into three distinct parts. The Executive comprises the offices of President, and two Vice Presidents (Vice President: Membership, Clubs and Societies and Vice President: Board of Management) and are charged with the day-to-day running of the union and maintaining a high level of discipline, member and clubs and societies involvement and representing the union externally. They oversee every event, operation and campaign within the Union, and also act as trustees.

The Convenors are each responsible for an aspect of the unions' activity. The convenors are Campaigns and Charities Convenor, Events Convenor, Publications Convenor, Social Convenor, Tech Convenor and Mental Health and Welfare Convenor. They each chair a committee of Union members, as described below.

The largest section of the board is that of the Current Student Representatives. The 'CSR Committee' is composed of twelve elected students, at least three of whom are in their first year of study, who are largely free to involve themselves with whatever aspects of the union they see fit. A Convenor of Current Student Representatives (CCSR) is elected from amongst them to represent the committee as a whole to the Executive and Convenors.

In addition to this, the Board of Management contains two Former Student Members, the Past President, Honorary President and two Honorary Vice Presidents.

Committees

The Board of Management is fed ideas through a committee structure. Committee meetings can be attended by any member of the Union, and active committees in 2022 are:

Events: The Events Committee assist the planning and running of all QM-run events that take place in the Union.

Tech Team: The Tech Team are involved with the practicalities of running the QM's events, including lighting and sound tech.

Social: The Social Committee are concerned with the planning and execution of the (almost-daily) events that take place every day in Bar - one of the Union's three bars - from pub quizzes and acoustic nights to comedy and new theatre drawn from the students of the University of Glasgow.

Publications: The Publications Committee are responsible for all Union publications, namely the production and distribution of qmunicate magazine, the Union's in-house news and views magazine.

Campaigns: The Campaigns Committee oversee all Union fundraising and campaigns. Fundraising for local, national and international charities and campaigning for wider causes has been an integral part of the Queen Margaret Union for many years.

Welfare: The Welfare Committee are involved in planning events and campaigns to help with students mental health such as de-stress days.

Facilities

The QMU offers a number of facilities over four floors. Aside from general facilities, the Union's facilities include:

Ground floor

Venue: the Union's primary venue is used to host club nights and gigs, with a capacity of approximately 900. Amongst the most famous bands to have played there on their way to making it big are Queen (15 March 1974), Red Hot Chili Peppers (3 February 1990) and Nirvana (30 November 1991), as have other more recent bands such as Biffy Clyro. It has also been used for large pub quizzes, and for shows organised by affiliated clubs and societies.
Soundbite Takeaway
Cafe: serving hot and cold food suitable for snacks and lunches.
Accessible toilets

First floor

Bar: Many small Union events are run in Bar, including the Big Wednesday Night Pub Quiz (described by NME as the best in Glasgow).
Games: the QMU's sports bar, complete with pool tables.

Second Floor

StrEat Bites: A restaurant serving tapas-style street food from around the world.
Soundbite Restaurant: A restaurant serving Asian fusion style cuisine.

Third floor

The Executive office
The Boardroom
Committee rooms
Laundry facilities
TV room
Administrative offices
Gender neutral toilets

References

"QMU could close in three years from financial losses ‹ Glasgow Guardian". Glasgow Guardian. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"'Morally repugnant': QMU blasted for firing staff by sacked worker and union". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Is NUS serving the me generation?". 20 September 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
"Students Vote on Union Membership". BBC News. BBC. 15 November 2006.
"Live! - 93.9% at Glasgow say NO to NUS". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

Sources

Union With Many Crowns from Cobain to Queen, Glasgow Herald, 4 January 2008
Presidential Summit at the QMU, University of Glasgow Newsletter, Issue 279 October 2006
We thought it was for the posh kids The Herald, April 2006
Uni Considers Early Smoking Ban BBC News, August 2005

External links

qmunion.org.uk

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