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.
Changes to social security over the past decade have – in the vast majority of cases – reduced the financial security of disabled people, leaving many in poverty and isolation. New research by Tom Porter at the University of East Anglia, Charlotte Pearson and Nick Watson at the University of Glasgow, examines the lived experience of these changes for disabled people in the UK.
Disability and social insecurity: Exploring the impact of benefit changes ...
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.
Poverty Trends in Scotland 1995-2018 and Policy Change: new work ...
We are writing this open letter as members of the Standing Council on Europe, a group of independent advisers established by the First Minister of Scotland immediately after the EU […]
A letter from the standing council on Europe, chaired by ...
Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU, examines what might lie ahead for the UK after Brexit.
Brexit and the UK in the world: what lies ahead?
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.
Democracy in Scotland: what’s the place of the Citizens’ Assembly?
rofessor Duncan Maclennan from Policy Scotland has contributed to a new report on housing wealth inequality that has informed the work of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Commission.
Housing wealth inequality in Scotland
Two new publications from Policy Scotland's Director Chris Chapman focus on the role of research and researchers in changing education systems to improve equity and opportunity for learners.
Education systems: research and change
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
Summary and presentations from a Policy Scotland seminar on how academics and partners can influence the developing social security agenda in Scotland and research collaborations can be developed to improve the evidence base for the social security system.
Welfare reform in Scotland: Research, policy and the third sector
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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
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?
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
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
Policy briefing on gas supplies re Brexit and crisis management.
Publication: Policy Briefing Brexit and Crisis Management (Gas Supplies)
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
The role of business in supporting the delivery of inclusive growth was the focus for the second meeting of the Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network.
Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network: the role of business
This research report was produced for the Poverty and Inequality Commission and identifies the policies and scenarios which appear to offer the biggest gains in reducing child poverty in Scotland.