Dr Regina Serpa, Lecturer in Housing Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Migration has become “the most toxic issue” in British politics, driving intensely emotional debates that are often based on prejudice and misunderstanding. Similarly emotional is housing – a finite resource in high demand at a time of crisis. Throughout Europe, housing shortages have
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Professor Robert Webb, Professor of Banking & Applied Economics, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling Professor Duncan Watson, Professor of Applied Economics, University of East Anglia The Liberal Democrats were the first party to unveil their manifesto and the first party to break ranks and declare increases in tax, or sort of. Ed Davey announced that they
Professor Peter Matthews, Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences One of the challenges of housing policy is that the decisions we make today have repercussions for decades, or even centuries, to come. As is widely reported in the media, across the UK we’re experiencing a housing crisis: rising numbers of people
Professor Judith Phillips, Professor of Gerontology and Deputy Principal (Research), University of Stirling Professor Judith Phillips discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with ageing and explores three priority areas the next UK Government should consider. A long, healthy and good quality of life is something to be celebrated, yet we have stalled in the longevity stakes.
Senior Lecturer, Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling A public interest ban on big oil and gas companies engaging with and influencing politicians could be in the pipeline as the European Parliament is hosting a hearing on fossil fuel lobbying on February 14. Something similar is already in place for the tobacco industry in order to
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
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