Services
"The objects of the Union shall be to maintain Reading, Writing and Dining Rooms, to promote social interaction among the members, to form a centre to which the various University Societies may be affiliated, and generally to fulfill the function of a Club for the members. The Union shall at all times remain an autonomous body with ultimate sovereignty vested in the members in General Meeting." - GUU Constitution.
The GUU is a social hub for the university, providing a Billiards room, bars, live entertainment and a nightclub. It is one of the largest licensed premises in Scotland with nine bars (and a tenth which is portable for use during functions). In addition, members can eat in the Refectory, which includes a Subway franchise, purchase essentials in the Union Shop (formerly the Smoking room) and take advantage of two libraries provided for study.
The two libraries and the Reading Room are available for study every day and for booking for social events. They are maintained by the Libraries Convenor. The current Libraries Convenor is Alice Johnson. The Elliot Library is named after former inter-war Cabinet Minister Walter Elliot; the Bridie Library after Osborne Mavor, physician and dramatist, who wrote under the pseudonym, "James Bridie"; and the Reading Room is dedicated to Donald Dewar, former President of the Union, Secretary of State for Scotland and First Minister of Scotland. A portrait of Scotland's first First Minister hangs in his memory.
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