A number of senior policy officials involved in the delivery and formation of past and present regional policy, took part in this small policy colloquium to inform development of the ‘next’ phase of place policies in Scotland.
By Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Vice-Chancellor University of Glasgow The global spread of the new coronavirus has required a major healthcare response in those countries with major clusters. Other countries are bracing themselves for impact as the virus spreads. Of course, our immediate concern has to be for human health. Healthcare systems will have to…
The final report by the UK2070 Commission into city and regional inequalities in the UK draws on work by Professor Duncan Maclennan, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Glasgow and Policy Scotland associate, and Dr Linda Christie, Research Associate with Policy Scotland.
This conference and workshop aims to stimulate participants to reflect on the emerging empowerment agenda within Scottish education. It is the inaugural International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Professional Learning Conference, and co-hosted by University of Glasgow’s School of Education and Policy Scotland.
Round-up of the year for Policy Scotland, including 2019 in numbers.
Policy Scotland Director, Chris Chapman, is the co-author of a new book about school improvement networks and how they can support the professional capital of school principals and curriculum coordinators.
A number of senior policy officials involved in the delivery and formation of past and present regional policy, took part in this small policy colloquium to inform development of the ‘next’ phase of place policies in Scotland.
By Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Vice-Chancellor University of Glasgow The global spread of the new coronavirus has required a major healthcare response in those countries with major clusters. Other countries are bracing themselves for impact as the virus spreads. Of course, our immediate concern has to be for human health. Healthcare systems will have to…
The final report by the UK2070 Commission into city and regional inequalities in the UK draws on work by Professor Duncan Maclennan, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Glasgow and Policy Scotland associate, and Dr Linda Christie, Research Associate with Policy Scotland.
Video and full text of Sir Ivan Rogers’ lecture, ‘The Ghost of Christmas yet to come: Looking ahead to the coming year(s) of the Brexit process’, hosted by Policy Scotland at the University of Glasgow on 25 November 2019.
Policy Scotland was delighted to welcome Professor Mel Ainscow to give a lunchtime seminar as part of his new role as a professor with Policy Scotland at University of Glasgow.
The book Changing Education Systems: A Research-based Approach was published in November 2019
Issues of poverty and disadvantage are a policy focus in Scotland but national poverty policies tend not to recognise the extent and specific characteristics of rural poverty. How might policy responses need to change to accommodate the different drivers?
Changes to social security have – in the vast majority of cases – reduced the financial security of disabled people, leaving many in poverty and isolation. New research examines the lived experience of these changes for disabled people in the UK.
Policy Scotland has worked with staff members in the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament Information Centre to create a set of briefing materials that detail poverty trends in Scotland since 1995 paired with key policy changes from the UK and Scottish Governments.
Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU, examines what might lie ahead for the UK after Brexit.
Scotland’s experiment in deliberative democracy is its new Citizens’ Assembly. In this public lecture, hosted by Policy Scotland, David Martin, the Co-Convenor of the Assembly, will set out his hopes and aspirations for this innovation.
