A view from Glasgow: Maureen McKenna on school closures and the pandemic
An email interview with Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education, Glasgow City Council, posted on the International Education News website.
South of Scotland Enterprise – A new approach, in the midst of a crisis
The priorities for the new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency to support the region’s economy through the COVID-19 crisis.
Empowerment, equity and excellence: Where next for Scottish education?
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.
Scotland’s DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop
Policy Scotland and the University of Edinburgh’s Research Support Office hosted Scotland’s Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Areas of Research Interest Workshop in Edinburgh in October 2019.
Poverty Trends in Scotland 1995-2018 and Policy Change: new work with the Poverty and Inequality Commission from Policy Scotland and SPICe
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.
A letter from the Standing Council on Europe, chaired by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli
An open letter from members of the Standing Council on Europe, a group of independent advisers established by the First Minister of Scotland after the EU referendum in 2016 to consider the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on Scottish interests.
Democracy in Scotland: what’s the place of the Citizens’ Assembly?
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.
Housing wealth inequality in Scotland
Professor 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.
Blog: Reflecting on the Child Poverty Strategy 2014-2017
Evan Williams argues that the success of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will rely on policy initiatives that explicitly target welfare and housing provision.
Punishment, rehabilitation and progress
A talk from Professor Fergus McNeill about how imprisonment breaks down social ties and cohesion, destroying the reciprocities that justice should serve to restore.