Scotland's experiment in deliberative democracy is its new Citizens’ Assembly. In this public lecture, hosted by Policy Scotland, David Martin, the Co-Convenor of the Assembly, will set out his hopes and aspirations for this innovation.
The role of business in supporting the delivery of inclusive growth was the focus for the second meeting of the Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network.
Regional Inclusive Growth Research Network: the role of business
rofessor Duncan Maclennan from Policy Scotland has contributed to a new report on housing wealth inequality that has informed the work of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Commission.
Housing wealth inequality in Scotland
Two new publications from Policy Scotland's Director Chris Chapman focus on the role of research and researchers in changing education systems to improve equity and opportunity for learners.
Education systems: research and change
Policy Scotland has created a easy-to-access collection of its research and resources focused on tackling child poverty including reports on the Child Poverty Strategy and local contributions to tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland, and analysis of models of scenarios and policies to reduce child poverty.
Poverty research and evidence from Policy Scotland
This research report was produced for the Poverty and Inequality Commission and identifies the policies and scenarios which appear to offer the biggest gains in reducing child poverty in Scotland.
What Would Make a Difference for Scotland?
A public lecture by Professor John Goddard OBE which explored the challenge of building bridges between place, higher education and research and innovation policy.
The Civic University and the City
Summary and presentations from a Policy Scotland seminar on how academics and partners can influence the developing social security agenda in Scotland and research collaborations can be developed to improve the evidence base for the social security system.
Welfare reform in Scotland: Research, policy and the third sector
Comment by Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor University of Glasgow, on what the Augar Review of higher education funding could mean for Scotland in a post-Brexit landscape.
University finance reforms must be planned carefully
The second Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar focused on urban economic growth. See a brief summary and get the presentation.
Urban economic growth focus for Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar
Policy Scotland Director Professor Chris Chapman gave a presentation at the East Renfrewshire Council headteacher conference in March 2019 on creating an effective learning system.
Creating an effective learning system – East Renfrewshire headteacher conference
Catch up with some of the discussions at the Scottish Housing Policy Conference 2019, where the theme was 'Housing and Inclusive Growth: Revitalising Connections'. Watch video interviews with keynote speaker, Professor Duncan Maclennan; Professor Ken Gibb, Director of CaCHE; and Des McNulty, Deputy Director, Policy Scotland.