Katherine McKay

@heraldscotland Student News Writer of the Year /Founder @hillheadreview / History graduate @uofglasgow

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

A free-speech row has erupted at @UofGlasgow after the Glasgow University Union allegedly refused service to Let Women Speak @StandingforXX

https://t.co/PV0cT6kzHy

[Tracy Gilbert MP @tracygilbert72]

A 🧵on a clip circulating on social media 👇🏻

I am alarmed by the views expressed by a Scottish Greens MSP that is circulating on social media where they say that rape is a “spectrum”.

I am absolutely clear that there is no spectrum of rape and know that there is certainly (1/4)

[Connie Shaw @_ConnieShaw]

This chap was dropped from Love Island immediately after entering the villa because he was referenced in court documents in relation to a stabbing that occurred in 2019. He was not charged with any crime, but was referenced in the documents because he was present at the incident.

George Knight was also dropped earlier on in the season, reportedly partly due to “unacceptable language” and formal warning from ITV. It has never been revealed what this “unacceptable language” was, but he has been accused by viewers of using “microaggressions” towards non-white islanders. For example, referring to a girl’s fashion as “exotic”.

Meanwhile, one of the main stars of this season, who is still in the villa, posted this on her story on October 7th 2023.

Two tier ITV.

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

It was such an honour to graduate from @UofGlasgow with an MA in History🤩

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@Cheellective @RupertLowe10 That is nowhere near all of Scotland.

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@MynameisNadia__

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@BillyGaddi @ScotPressAwards Congratulations🎉

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@HannahMargBrown @_RebeccaMcCurdy @heraldscotland Congratulations🎉

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

I was so excited to win Student News Writer of the Year @heraldscotland in partnership with @WeberShandwick last week!🎉

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

I’m delighted to have been shortlisted for News Writer of the Year and Scoop of the Year for a second year running at the @heraldscotland Student Press Awards!

@hillheadreview is shortlisted for Student Newsbrand of the Year, which we won last year🤩thank you very much

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

@newsandpics @alexmassie Imagine calling yourself a feminist and talking about women in a manner indistinguishable from Andrew Tate

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@UoLWSS @EloiseSchultz_ 🙌🙌fantastic Eloise, congratulations❤️

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@joshpizpom @heraldscotland Congratulations 🤑

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

Last month, the Free Speech Union hosted an event at the House of Commons to mark the third anniversary of the Ian Mactaggart Programme.

The Ian Mactaggart Programme provides grants and support to young people — particularly university students — working to promote freedom of speech and expression on campus. It is also administered by the Free Speech Union.

The event brought together representatives from societies and projects supported by the programme across a range of universities, including Durham, York, Exeter, Warwick, King’s College London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Glasgow and Bath.

The Free Speech Union’s General Secretary and founder, Lord Young of Acton, addressed attendees.Lord Young reflected on the importance of open debate and intellectual curiosity on campus, and how these are now better protected thanks to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, which the FSU helped to draft and campaign for.

If you’re promoting free expression on your campus, we want to help.

Find out more and apply via the link below 👇

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

Delighted to be on page 2 of @DailyMail in Scotland today!!

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@DovForman Glasgow University too.

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

Are you bloody kidding me? @kayeadams has lost her BBC Radio Scotland job for THAT?! She said a naughty word, slammed down her pen and didn't smooth a young trainee's overblown ego. Wow. What a monster! 🙄

Isn't it amazing how many men have worked at the BBC for YEARS who do so much worse - groom and exploit their junior colleagues, are off their heads on drugs and booze, even commit criminal offences - and yet their bosses happily protect them. Disgusting double standards.

[Kyle Park @KyleFPark]

Identity politics is so profoundly dominant @UofGlasgow over rational discourse that student union President candidates can campaign without mentioning a single university related policy - but say “Fuck the Tories” - while at the same time @GUTories is one of the most active and attended political unions on campus.

Is it appropriate to allow the fielding of candidates who actively denounce fellow students @QMUnion ?

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

I am over the moon to have been shortlisted for both Best Reporter and the Billy Downing-Reid Award for Outstanding Commitment @SPAJournalism.

I am also so proud of @hillheadreview for the Best Website shortlist - well done to Josh Archer and @odhrangallaghe

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

I am very excited to have received the award for Outstanding Commitment at the @SPAJournalism Scotland conference, for my work @hillheadreview thank you very much

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

https://t.co/fOxYHywbXw

[Katherine McKay @_katherinemckay]

@UofGlasgow appears in newly-released Epstein Files, showing funding was solicited from Epstein’s office for a female student.

Read the full story from @rubincas for @hillheadreview 🔗