By Dr Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow and co-investigator, Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions. Support and Behaviour Change research project The social security system has been one of the most contentious issues […]
welfare reform network
I’ve been working at Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector for around 18 months; my job is to coordinate some of the welfare reform activity happening across Glasgow’s Third Sector; […]
Practitioner Blog: Johanna Spiers, Welfare Reform Third Sector Co-ordinator, GCVS
new post from David Webster, Honorary Research Fellow, Urban Studies, University of Glasgow After their election in 2010, ministers embarked on a campaign of ‘sanctions’, i.e. withdrawals of benefit, against […]
Tackling Britain’s Misleading Benefit Sanctions Statistics
Martin Taulbut, Public Health Information Manager, NHS Health Scotland discusses Universal Credit, public health and the Scottish labour market. “You’ve got to support Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms”. That was […]
Credit where it’s due?
Joanna Spiers The views expressed do not reflect those of Policy Scotland or the University of Glasgow. I’ve been working at Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector for around […]
Working with the real welfare reform experts
Martin Taulbut, Public Health Information Manager NHS Health Scotland The views expressed do not reflect those of Policy Scotland or the University of Glasgow. “You’ve got to support […]
Credit where it’s due? Universal Credit, public health and the ...
Presenting First Wave findings from the ESRC ‘Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change’ project. When: 9 June 2016, 9am – 1pm Where: Laphroaig Theatre, IET Glasgow: Teacher Building, 14 […]
9th June – Welfare Reform Network – Welfare Conditionality Social ...
Michael Adler, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, writes on benefit sanctions and their place within principles of the Rule of Law. The […]
Benefit Sanctions and the Rule of Law
Thursday 11 February 16:00 – 17:15 Boyd Orr Building, Room 407, University of Glasgow Please register via EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-fast-flowing-stream-welfare-reform-decision-making-and-appeals-tickets-21113408774 At this Policy Scotland Welfare Reform Network event, Jessica Burns […]
A Fast Flowing Stream: Welfare Reform, Decision Making and Appeals
Our recent Supporting Migrants in Welfare Reform event included data and insights from researchers working on the Social Support and Migration in Scotland (SSAMIS) project. In February, the SSAMIS project […]
Social Support and Migration in Scotland Dissemination Event
This summarises the key issues identified by each discussion group during the break-out sessions of the Supporting Migrants in Welfare Reform workshop, held on 11th November 2015 at the Olympia Building, […]
Supporting Migrants in Welfare Reform: Next Steps
Identifying factors influencing return to work in the over 50s This new study on the over 50s aims to investigate the relationships between health, worklessness, the return to work process […]