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Poverty and Inequality Commission: Our role in understanding COVID-19’s impact

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Poverty, Poverty and Inequality Commission, Think pieceBy adminApril 28, 2020

Message from Bill Scott, Chair of the Poverty & Inequality Commission about immediate responses to COVID-19 crisis and the longer term impacts on child poverty and wider poverty and inequality.

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Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response

Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Health, Think pieceBy adminApril 27, 2020

An article published today in the British Medical Journal argues that health inequalities are likely to widen without action to support those must vulnerable to the economic and other effects of social distancing measures.

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South of Scotland Enterprise – A new approach, in the midst of a crisis

City economies, David Clelland, Region, Rural, Scotland, Think pieceBy adminApril 24, 2020

The priorities for the new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency to support the region’s economy through the COVID-19 crisis.

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Teachers and education systems: current and future impacts of COVID-19

Andy Hargreaves, Education, Children and Families, Think pieceBy adminApril 21, 2020

Professor Andy Hargreaves explains what education systems and leaders can do to adapt to current circumstances; and considers the big changes may result from COVID-19 crisis.

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COVID-19: How Glasgow University and Policy Scotland can contribute to the response

City economies, Civic University, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Des McNulty, Digital, Glasgow Commission for Economic Growth, Think pieceBy adminApril 15, 2020

The Policy Scotland project to bring together Glasgow University staff and civic partners to help policymakers respond to the challenges resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19).

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This time it’s different

City economies, Coronavirus / COVID-19, Professor Anton Muscatelli, Think pieceBy adminApril 12, 2020

Article by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of University of Glasgow, on the required economic measures and approaches to avoid a re-run of the austerity which followed the financial crisis of 2008.

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The economic policy response to COVID-19

Coronavirus / COVID-19, Economy, EU and Brexit, Professor Anton Muscatelli, Think pieceBy adminMarch 10, 2020

Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Vice-Chancellor University of Glasgow, outlines how the world economy can best attenuate the effect coronavirus (COVID 19) will have on our economies and social fabric

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

Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, Education, Leadership, Professor Chris Chapman, Think pieceBy adminApril 16, 2019

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.

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Brexit Summit Speech by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

Conference, Economy, EU and Brexit, Professor Anton Muscatelli, Think piece, University sectorBy adminNovember 22, 20182 Comments

Full text of the speech made by Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow, to the Scottish Government Brexit Summit for Further and Higher Education.

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Single minded? The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act and lone parent households

Child poverty, Economy, Governance, Professor John McKendrick, Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit, Think piece, Welfare & social securityBy adminMay 14, 2018

This guest blog from John H. McKendrick welcomes the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s advice on reducing child poverty and reflects on parts that are specifically relevant to single parent families.

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