Dave Griffiths, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Jennifer M Ferguson, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is the 20th Etonian to become prime minister of the UK. Most of his cabinet is composed of privileged, privately educated people, with two-thirds of his ministers among the 7% of
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Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor of Retail Studies, Stirling Management School In a recent post on the Stirling Retail blog, Professor Leigh Sparks explores the “Preston Model” approach to local community wealth building. During the National Review of Town Centres, I was introduced to Neil McInroy and his work as the Chief Executive of CLES. We subsequently begin to work
The good self-directed support project is a research collaboration between the University of Stirling, Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL); Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL), and the National Lottery Community Fund. In this blog post, Dr Siabhainn Russell sets out how stakeholders can get in involved. For more than 20 years, local
Paul Cairney (University of Stirling) John Boswell (University of Southampton) Richard Gleave (Public Health England) Kathryn Oliver (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) On the 12th June, at the invitation of Richard Gleave (Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, PHE), Professor Paul Cairney (University of Stirling) and Dr John Boswell (University of Southampton)
Professor Paul Cairney, University of Stirling and Dr John Boswell, University of Southampton On the 17 May 2019, Professor Paul Cairney (University of Stirling) and Dr John Boswell (University of Southampton) led a discussion on ‘institutionalising’ preventive health with key people working with the Scottish Government and COSLA to reform public health in Scotland, including
Kim McKee, Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling, Emma Bimpson, Research Associate, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Sheffield, Tom Simcock, Research Fellow, Edge Hill University The private rented sector has long had the unenviable reputation as the “tenure of last resort”. As far back as the 1915 rent strikes in Glasgow,
Dr Edward Duncan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling Dr Isabelle Uny, Research Assistant, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling Everyone knows that roads are dangerous, but many people are surprised when they find out just how deadly they can be. As many as 1.4m people are killed every
Professor Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics, University of Stirling Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law, University of Strathclyde Professor Nicola McEwen, Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh Professor Karen Turner, Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde Dr Fiona Munro, Research Fellow, University of Stirling Paul Cairney, Aileen McHarg, Nicola McEwen, Fiona Munro, and Karen
Professor William Webster, Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling It is often argued that the UK is the most surveilled country on the planet. This may or may not have been the case in the past but there are certainly now millions of surveillance cameras in public spaces – not to mention private buildings and
Professor Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stirling Whenever economic setbacks occur, from the closure of a small town manufacturing plant to an event on the scale of the Global Economic Crisis, the clarion call for more infrastructure investment to help stimulate recovery can be heard almost immediately. Business leaders