Professor Judith Phillips, Deputy Principal (Research) It is my pleasure to write the first post for the University of Stirling Public Policy Blog. The blog will be a centre of expert comment and analysis on matters of interest to politicians and policymakers in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Drawing on the expertise of
Professor Iain Docherty, University of Stirling, and Commissioner, Forth Valley Connectivity Commission There has been a lot of transport investment benefitting the Forth Valley in recent years. Following the reopening of the Stirling to Alloa line, railways serving Stirling, Falkirk, and Clackmannanshire were electrified, and now have high-quality, modern trains. The Clackmannanshire Bridge and completion
Professor Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stirling Professor Jon Shaw, Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth. With Rishi Sunak scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2, Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw set out what the HS2 saga tells us about how infrastructure
Tom Montgomery, Lecturer in Work and Organisations, University of Stirling, James Foley, Lecturer in Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University. Ewan Kerr, Postdoctoral Researcher, Glasgow Caledonian University. The independence movement in Scotland is going nowhere. There are at least two different ways to read that sentence. Firstly, that the recent crisis within the SNP has rendered independence
Professor Tessa Parkes and Dr Hannah Carver, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Not many of us like to be told what to do in our professional or personal lives, particularly those working in the media. By their nature, our media correspondents tend to be determined, single-minded, opinionated individuals. These qualities tend to go
Professor David Bell, Professor of Economics, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling At a time of unprecedented cost of living pressures, the size of the Scottish Government budget has never been more important. Economist and University of Stirling Professor David Bell, who contributed to a recent review of the fiscal framework, explains why. The UK
Professor Joe Little, Entrepreneur in Residence, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling A little over a year ago I was asked, along with my fellow Entrepreneur in Residence Ross Tuffee, to write a paper on how ‘Entrepreneurial Campuses’ can help transform Scotland’s technology ecosystem. This was one the recommendations from the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review,
Dr Katherine Champion, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Dr Maria Velez Serna, Lecturer in Communications, Media and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Dr Susan Berridge, Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Humanities The art and cultural sector is on the brink of catastrophe
Dr James Morrison, Associate Professor in Journalism, Faculty of Arts and Humanities If projections can be relied on, Labour has good reason to feel confident of supplanting the Conservatives as biggest party at the next general election. Yet it remains far from clear that Keir Starmer is heading for a House of Commons majority. A Tory-to-Labour swing
Dr Gemma Mitchell, Institute for Social Marketing and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport In 2018, a $100 million clinical trial on how ‘moderate’ drinking affects health was cancelled in the US. This was because it was found to be biased towards producing findings that small amounts of alcohol have health benefits. The trial
Professor David McMillan, Professor in Finance, Stirling Management School The new British government is off to a very rocky start – after stumbling through an economic and financial crisis of its own making. Just a few weeks into its term on Sept. 23, 2022, Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government released a so-called mini-budget that proposed £161
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