The Potential for Urban Land Reform in Scotland
Professor David Adams, University of Glasgow argues there is an urgent need for urban land reform.
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Enabling Health and Wellbeing in Later Life
A report from the Institute of Health and Wellbeing called Enabling Health and Wellbeing in Later Life, a system that links older people to local community resources through their general practices.
Currency Issues and Options for an Independent Scotland
By Professor Ronald MacDonald, Research Professor of Macroeconomics and International Finance, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow In this paper, Professor Ronald MacDonald takes on the role of a ‘virtual consultant’ to a potentially independent Scotland. What should the exchange rate regime of an independent Scotland look like? MacDonald argues that the current proposal…
Defence of the new realm
By Dr Phillips O’Brien, Director of the Scottish Centre for War Studies at the University of Glasgow. Defence is one of the most contentious issues in the independence debate, with the fate of the naval bases at Faslane and Coulport – and the future of the British nuclear weapons sited there – dominating discussion so…
Policy Scotland launched Monday 24 June 2013
The launch of Policy Scotland with inaugural seminar, was attended by 80 people and hosted by the Principal of the University of Glasgow, Professor Anton Muscatelli.
Are some powers more equal than others?
Introduction to a research project by Professor Stephen White focusing on the relationship between social inequality and political stability in China and Russia.
Healthcare in China: getting better?
Professor Jane Duckett introduces a project to explore the relationship between Chinese people’s attitudes to the healthcare system and how they use it.
Key education policy announcements made during lecture at Glasgow University
Professor Chris Chapman asks whether school partnerships are promising for equitable change and improvement in education.
I’m a migrant, get over it
Linda Ekblom Jacobsson writes about the Migrant Manifesto