A distillation of the current available school guidance from Norwegian authorities regarding the reopening of kindergartens and schools and a concentration on operational examples, which might inform decision-making within the Scottish education system.
Curated links to evidence and briefings with the best rapid insights into the issues facing communities from national membership organisations and advocacy organisations.
Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland, Policy Scotland and the Network for Social and Educational Equity, are undertaking research to understand local responses to COVID-19 in contexts of high poverty across Scotland.
Briefing that summarises some of the key practices in Denmark used to reopen some educational establishments in April 2020.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Policy briefing on the impact on Brexit on crisis management of UK gas supplies.
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.