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Poverty research and evidence from Policy Scotland

The Civic University and the City

Welfare reform in Scotland: Research, policy and the third sector

White cardboard box with baby books and clothes inside — Policy Scotland has created a easy-to-access collection of its research and resources focused on tackling child poverty including reports on the Child Poverty Strategy and local contributions to tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland, and analysis of models of scenarios and policies to reduce child poverty.

Poverty research and evidence from Policy Scotland

A public lecture by Professor John Goddard OBE which explored the challenge of building bridges between place, higher education and research and innovation policy.

The Civic University and the City

The European Union flaq with the Union Jack showing through it — Comment by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor University of Glasgow, on what the Augar Review of higher education funding could mean for Scotland in a post-Brexit landscape.

University finance reforms must be planned carefully

View of the lights of a city at sunset — The second Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar focused on urban economic growth. See a brief summary and get the presentation.

Urban economic growth focus for Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar

Image showing connections between microscopic particles — Policy Scotland Director Professor Chris Chapman gave a presentation at the East Renfrewshire Council headteacher conference in March 2019 on creating an effective learning system.

Creating an effective learning system – East Renfrewshire headteacher conference

Logos for CaCHE, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and Policy Scotland, part of University of Glasgow — Catch up with some of the discussions at the Scottish Housing Policy Conference 2019, where the theme was 'Housing and Inclusive Growth: Revitalising Connections'. Watch video interviews with keynote speaker, Professor Duncan Maclennan; Professor Ken Gibb, Director of CaCHE; and Des McNulty, Deputy Director, Policy Scotland.

Scottish Housing Policy Conference 2019: Interviews with speakers

Graphic of little star-shaped people arranged in circles — Making sense of education reform: Where next for Scottish education?, a thinkpiece by Policy Scotland Director Chris Chapman has been published by the Association of Directors of Education Scotland.

Making sense of education reform: Where next for Scottish education?

The summary report from the Shaping Futures project is now published, following a launch in Australia. The report contains ten principles for housing policy and tax reform intended to provide a coherent framework for reforming housing policies.

Changing the Housing Story – report published

Covers of the full and summary reports for Strengthening Economic Cases for Housing Policies — Professor Duncan Maclennan, Policy Scotland associate, has modelled how housing outcomes impact economic growth and productivity, making the case for housing construction to be classed as infrastructure investment, akin to investment in transport links, water and communications.

Strengthening economic cases for housing: the productivity gains from better ...

Logos for CaCHE, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and Policy Scotland, part of University of Glasgow — Policy Scotland and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, will be holding the second annual Scottish Housing Policy Conference on Wednesday 24 April 2019 at the COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh.

Housing and Inclusive Growth: Revitalising Connections

Back of the audience looking towards the panel speakers — The Human Rights Research Students’ Conference, A human rights postgraduate researcher community: enhancing knowledge exchange, engagement & employability, presented 15 papers in five panel sessions. Held at the University of Glasgow in November 2017.

Human Rights Research Students’ Conference – report

Comment piece by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor University of Glasgow, in which he argues for a People's Vote on Brexit.

Blog: Brexit – what now?

The European Union flaq with the Union Jack showing through it — As the latest Brexit debate continues at Westminster, Policy Scotland offers access to a series of long-form reflections that provide deeper perspectives on the process of the UK leaving the European Union.

Brexit perspectives: Policy Scotland lectures

man with hammer chipping at the EU flag — A policy briefing providing an overview of the likely implications of Brexit for UK crisis management in the context of EU health security - pandemic preparedness.

Publication: Policy Briefing Brexit and Crisis Management Pandemics

Pipeline construction between Clueden and Brighouse, — Policy briefing on gas supplies re Brexit and crisis management.

Publication: Policy Briefing Brexit and Crisis Management (Gas Supplies)

People holiding the EU and Scottish flags — Full text of the speech made by Sir Anton Muscatelli, principle of the University of Glasgow, to

Brexit Summit Speech by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

Scotland in the 21st Century faces serious challenges. How do we ensure the continued resilience of our towns, cities and landscapes when faced with the implications of climate change? How […]

Event: Planning Ahead for the Resilient and Inclusive City

The European Union flaq with the Union Jack showing through it — Speech delivered at Glasgow City Council’s Brexit summit on 2nd October 2018 by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow. Lord Provost, Cllr Aitken – thank you […]

No deal or blind deal – the economic consequences

Policy Scotland's Duncan Maclennan reflects on Brexit and British towns, in the light of the publication of the report New Powers, New Deals - Remaking British Towns After Brexit, a Policy Scotland report for the Carnegie Trust.

Blog: Talk of the Towns: the uneven impact of Brexit

A new report by the Carnegie Trust shows that the Brexit referendum's Leave voters were more likely to live in towns that have been neglected by policy makers.

Publication: New Powers, New Deals – Remaking British Towns after ...

The internal roof of a marketplace, with rows of Union Jack flags lining either side. — On Monday 10 September at 6pm Sir Martin Donnelly gave a lecture at the University of Glasgow: 'Britain after Brexit: the political and economic choices ahead'. The lecture was part of the Policy Scotland series of Brexit lectures.

Blog: Full text of lecture by Sir Martin Donnelly

This blog post from Anton Muscatelli reflects on the current Brexit landscape.

Blog: Blind Deal Brexit Beckons

A black and white photograph of a shelf with a plate, vase and plaque — A multidisciplinary team at the University of Glasgow is publishing the first policy report based on their project Building Futures: Aspirations of Syrian Youth Refugees and Host Population Responses in Lebanon, Greece and the UK.

Blog: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees

A mantelpiece with a vase — A new report 'Building a New life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees' examines the skills, training needs, work aspirations, lived experiences, and ethical perspectives of young Syrian forced migrants as they attempt to rebuild their lives in three host countries: Lebanon, Greece, and the United Kingdom.

Publication: Building a New Life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences ...

This blog post from Paulina Trevena presents the results of a SPICe and University of Glasgow research project: ‘Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer?’.

Blog: Why consider a social integration strategy in Scotland?

A bird's eye view of a stage with a podium and someone standing in front of the podium. On the stage is written 'Conservatives'. — In her lecture, delivered on 31st May 2018, Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP sets out her vision for improving the Scottish economy and addressing some of the […]

Ruth Davidson lecture: Building a stronger future for Britain – ...

The internal roof of a marketplace, with rows of Union Jack flags lining either side. — The full text of Sir Ivan Rogers' lecture on the real post-Brexit options, given at the University of Glasgow on 23 May 2018.

Blog: The real post Brexit options – lecture by Sir ...

Newspapers from 25 June 2016 including the Mirror, with headline reading 'So what the hell happens now?' — Sir Ivan Rogers delivered a lecture on ‘The history and origins of Brexit’ at the University of Glasgow on 16 October 2017, part of the Policy Scotland Brexit series of […]

Blog: The history and origins of Brexit – lecture by ...

Graphic with the name Regional Inclusive Groweth resreach Netwiork with two logos: oenf roer POPlicty Scotland one for SCRIG, the Scotland's Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth — The first meeting of the Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network (RIGRN) focused on agreeing a set of objectives to help identify inclusive growth research domains, priorities, and challenges to support the development of a regional inclusive growth (IG) related research agenda in Scotland over the next year.

Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network: priorities, challenges and objectives

slide from Dr Bynner's presentation showing change from Representative Democracy: Electoral dynamics, Party politics and Delegating to representatives + bureaucrats/technocrats; to Participatory Democracy in 1960s onwards where ‘invited’ or ‘uninvited’ publics participate; to Deliberative Democracy, from 1990s onwards awith Emphasis on (i) communication + (ii) new ways of ‘making publics’ — Policy Scotland's first lunchtime seminar series was led by Dr Claire Bynner, research team leader at Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland, speaking on Closing the participation gap: developing the mindsets and skills for participatory governance in Scotland.

Participatory governance launches the Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar series