CNS: Early Insights into the COVID-19 Response – 30 July 2020 – refugee and migrant families
Briefing based on research with frontline practitioners working with refugee and migrant families in Glasgow about the impact of COVID-19.
Reports and papers published by Policy Scotland and associated programmes and projects.
New Policy Scotland paper: COVID-19: do we need to re-imagine the purpose of school inspections?
As regular school inspections have stopped in many countries, and its not ‘business as usual’, this paper asks should we ‘inspect’ schools, and if so, for what purpose?
Planning the re-opening of school education in Scotland
Policy Scotland has been supporting national and local decision-making regarding the re-opening of school education in Scotland.
New Policy Scotland working paper: The COVID-19 Crisis and Universal Credit in Glasgow
This working paper looks at the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on unemployment and the labour market in Glasgow, illustrated with a focus on Universal Credit data.
Building the community economy in Scotland: supporting learning and action
This Discussion Paper supports understanding of the key elements and options for an emerging participatory research agenda to support, inform and critically consider the development of the community economy in Scotland and more widely. It does this by offering a range of frameworks to support dialogue and participatory research on building such an economy, and…
How to design and plan public engagement processes: a handbook
Authors: Wendy Faulkner and Claire Bynner “The facilitation task of designing and planning a public engagement process is a craft, honed by repeated practice and never perfect!” Wendy Faulkner and Claire Bynner, How to design and plan public engagement processes: a handbook There is a growing hunger for more, and more meaningful, citizen participation in…
CNS: Early insights into the COVID-19 response – 12 June 2020
This CNS briefing focuses on the lessons learned from the ‘hubs’ for vulnerable pupils and children from key worker families, in the context of re-opening schools in August 2020.
Outdoor learning briefing paper
Review of international evidence on benefits of, and barriers to, outdoor learning, with reflection on how outdoor learning can be managed.
Gendering COVID-19: Economies of care and bodily integrity. A collective essay
How the COVID-19 global pandemic has affected men and women in different ways due to disparities of agency, income and occupation, particularly women’s roles in care work.
CNS: Early insights into the COVID-19 response – 8 May 2020
Part of a series that shares regular insights emerging from research in high poverty settings across Scotland. It focuses on the third sector and the collaborative response to supporting families.