While COVID-19 has demonstrated the massive role universities have to play in Scottish society, it has also brought into sharp focus some challenges our sector faces.
The University of Glasgow’s Third Sector Knowledge Exchange Collaborative – The Collaborative – focused on improving the sustainability of Glasgow’s third sector, pivotal to community resilience, as organisations adapt, recover and transform from COVID-19. Working with the Glasgow Council for Voluntary Sector, The Collaborative aimed to become a sustainable cross-discipline hub for pro-bono advice and…
Dr David Waite analyses the implications of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, published 1 September 2020.
The first empirical results from an ongoing project on COVID-19 in UK and its economic impact.
Video of a discussion between senior Labour MP Hilary Benn and Policy Scotland’s Deputy Director Des McNulty about Brexit and what it means for Britain’s future.
Paper by Professor Ronald MacDonald in which he analyses two key economic issues of the COVID-19 pandemic: addressing mass unemployment and reforming banking.
The current pandemic has highlighted the importance of civic engagement as a vital component of the mission of universities. But to realise their full potential requires shifting the policy debate on the role of higher education.
This briefing presents the views and experiences of frontline practitioners working in rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second paper from ICSEI Crisis Response in Education Network focuses on priorities for inspection as school systems resume but under a variety of operational scenarios.