Dr Megan Dee, Lecturer in International Politics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Anniversaries are meant to be a celebration. They represent a moment of reflection – a marker, a milestone, a time to look back. And therein lies their biggest problem. For anniversaries have that unfortunate effect of turning any subject – be it a
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Dr David Comerford, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Stirling Management School For decades, the UK pensions industry could have been described as sleepy: a lack of vim and vigour borne of long time-scales and limited innovation. Come April 2015, everything changed. The UK government scrapped the system that all but forced retirees without final salary schemes to
Marina Shapira, Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods, Faculty of Social Sciences Camilla Barnett, Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences Tracey Peace-Hughes, Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences Nicola Sturgeon famously said in 2015 that she should be judged on her record in tackling educational issues – especially her efforts to close Scotland’s persistent attainment gap between advantaged
Sean Kippin, Lecturer in Politics, Faulty of Arts and Humanities The issue of Scottish independence continues to tie the Labour party in knots. Jeremy Corbyn’s pronouncements during a visit to Glasgow are the latest example of Labour’s difficulties in maintaining its traditional role as the party of Scotland’s working classes and liberal intelligentsia – particularly
Peter Lynch, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Scottish Political Archive, discusses the public event to mark 20 years of the Scottish Parliament and the launch of a crowdfunder for the book The Scottish Parliament: A Graphic History. The event featured MSPs Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton), Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) and Linda Fabiani (East
Dr Kathleen Forbes, Trainer in Trainee Education, Faculty of Social Sciences This week, I had the pleasure to participate in a roundtable on reflective practices in initial teacher education. Chaired by the Deputy First Minister, the session saw education providers, policymakers, and mental health specialists from the third sector come together to discuss how encouraging
Dr Nathan Critchlow, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing Dr Richard Purves, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing When Huddersfield Town FC unveiled its 2019-20 match shirt emblazoned with an enormous sash bearing the logo of bookmakers Paddy Power, fans were horrified and took to social media to voice their disgust. But the “new” shirt
Dr Annalisa Savaresi, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Humanities As discussion around the UK’s withdrawal for the EU continue, Dr Annalisa Savaresi considers the state of play regarding Brexit and environmental governance. The piece was first published on the blog of the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), where Dr Savaresi is currently undertaking a
Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor of Retail Studies, Institute for Retail Studies, Stirling Management School In 2007/8, the global crisis and recession began. One consequence was the primacy of vacancy as a measure of success or failure. High streets were in crisis. The Scottish Government in 2009 responded by launching a £60m town centre regeneration fund.
Dr Conny Wollbrant, Associate Professor, Division of Economics and Director, Behavioural Science Centre, Stirling Management School Dr Mirko Moro, Associate Professor, Division of Economics, and Behavioural Science Centre, Stirling Management School This year’s Nobel Memorial Prize was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, for their work on reducing poverty in developing countries using field