Policy Referendums and Buses Come in Twos
Parallels between the Brexit referendum and the Scottish Independence referendum.
Why the EU Matters for Our Universities
The evidence is unequivocal that universities in Scotland and the UK benefit massively from our membership of the EU.
Video: Melanie van de Velde – Social Enterprise
Melanie van de Velde shares her exciting research around key challenges in the field of social enterprise. Her consultancy business Big Tree Global helps companies to create effective impact strategies for good outcomes for people and planet, as well as business benefits.
Growing public and political interest in urban land reform
People are beginning to realise that land reform in Scotland may become just as important in urban areas as rural ones, especially in tackling urban vacancy and dereliction
Human Rights Inquiry Concludes with Rights On Message for Scotland
Why the next focus for human rights work should be making rights real for ordinary people in their local communities and when accessing public services such as housing, health, social care and education.
Benefit Sanctions and the Rule of Law
The enormous growth in the severity, the scope and the incidence of benefit sanctions in the UK since the turn of the century
Journalism by hype: the anatomy of a house price crisis story
Ken Gibb examines a media story on the housing market, to scrutinise the facts of the story and the quality of analyis.
Shaping Futures: Housing Policies for the 21st Century
The talks from Shaping Futures: Housing Policies for the 21st Century seminar on 8 December 2015 with Duncan MacLennan and Michael Lennon are now available to view online. You can watch the lectures below and download the presentations. Shaping Future Housing Policy: A New Political Economy By Duncan MacLennan, University of Glasgow Download the presentation:…
Five things you find out in a European refugee camp
Unexpected, uplifting or challenging experiences encountered by volunteers in refugee camps in Lesbos and Calais.
Human Rights Act Consultation
Human Rights Act Consultation By Kurt Mills, Convenor, Glasgow Human Rights Network The government in Westminster announced in May 2015 that it intended to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights. No specific government proposals have been published yet, although the Conservative Party did publish an initial document on ‘Protecting Human…