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JMS protester fined by University
Hannah Taylor was banned from campus last month after taking part in a Pro-Palestine protest which saw the JMS sprayed with red paint.
The University has concluded its disciplinary process regarding postgraduate student Hannah Taylor, who was banned from campus last month after spraying the facade of the James McCune-Smith Learning Hub with red paint.
As part of the settlement, Hannah Taylor has been allowed back onto campus, but has been billed for half of the £2844 clean-up costs.
Taylor carried out the protest alongside a student from the University of Strathclyde, Catriona Roberts. The pair were willingly arrested at the scene but are yet to be convicted of a crime.
Speaking yesterday, Hannah Taylor told Hillhead Review she attended a meeting with the University and said that they were “very willing to come to a resolution” and that “things [were] looking good in terms of the campus ban.”
Taylor also made it clear that she intends to complete her two-year masters degree, for which she is studying part-time.
The protesters sprayed red paint across the glass facade of the JMS and were arrested by police shortly after
The protest was organised by the activist group Youth Demand, a student off-shoot of Just Stop Oil. This has been just one example of a recent surge in Palestine-related activism on campus. The past week alone has seen the Charles Wilson Building occupied, University Avenue blocked, and an encampment on Library Hill which protesters have dubbed the ‘Dima Alhaj Liberated Zone’.
Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj is a University of Glasgow alumnus who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza in 2023.
These protests have also seen a group of students engage in a hunger-strike. Hillhead Review understands that four students are currently taking part in the hunger strike, which they say they will continue until the University divests its endowment fund from all companies which generate more than 10% of profits from the sale of arms.
This comes before students are set to go to the polls to offer their views on the issue of arms divestment. A referendum organised by the SRC to inform their policy towards the issue will open tomorrow at 9am via the SRC app and website, closing at 5pm on Thursday, with results to be announced the following hour.
Published 25 March 2025