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The impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people in South Lanarkshire

Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Dr Claire Bynner, Dr Jennifer McLean, Dr Maureen McBride, Dr Sarah Ward, Dr Sarah Weakley, Education, Children and Families, Poverty, Research project - outputs, Research reportLeave a comment

This research by CNS explores the unequal impacts of COVID-19 and how these have been experienced by families, children and young people in high poverty neighbourhoods in South Lanarkshire.

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Rural poverty and social exclusion with a focus on children and young people

Child poverty, Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland, Community Resilience and Addressing Disadvantage, Dr Claire Bynner, Dr Jayne Glass, Education, Children and Families, Professor Chris Chapman, Research reportLeave a comment

A critical review published by Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland of how poverty and social exclusion are experienced by children and young people in rural areas of Scotland.

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New Policy Scotland paper: COVID-19: do we need to re-imagine the purpose of school inspections?

Crisis Response in Education Network, Education, Children and Families, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Professor Carmen Montecinos, Professor Chris Chapman, Professor Melanie Ehren, Research report, Think piece2 Comments

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?

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Strengthening economic cases for housing: the productivity gains from better housing outcomes

Australia, City Futures Research Centre, Housing economics, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Research report, Urban development1 Comment

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.