Fiona Morrison, Lecturer in Child Wellbeing and Protection, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Stirling Professor Kay Tisdall, Chair of Childhood Policy, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh The Children (Scotland) Bill will reform the law that deals with how children participate in decisions about child contact. The Bill promises to improve the legislation’s compliance with
Dr Rachel Crockett, Lecturer in Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Covid-19 is changing the way we think about the world. We are used to being able to go shopping, without a second thought, book a trip on the spur of the moment or meet up casually with friends for a meal. In the UK we
Dr Sean Semple, Associate Professor, Institute for Social Marketing Dr Ruaraidh Dobson, Research Assistant, Institute for Social Marketing Professor Kate Hunt, Professor Institute for Social Marketing Breathing second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) has been known to be harmful to health for decades. Local and national rules to tackle this harm have come a long way: from
Professor Andrew Watterson, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Dr William Dinan, Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Humanities We live in a moment of double jeopardy. Climate change looms ever larger despite the immediate but still much smaller threat to public health from COVID-19. Air pollution contributes
Dr Steve Rolfe, Research Fellow in Housing Studies, University of Stirling Dr Lisa Garnham, Public Health Research Specialist, Glasgow Centre for Population Health The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that most of us are spending much more time at home. At the same time, many of us are also experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety
Dr Nathan Critchlow, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing, Faulty of Health Sciences and Sport As part of their Childhood Obesity Strategy, the UK Government recently held two consultations about introducing new marketing restrictions for food and drinks that are high in fat, salt, and/or sugar (hereafter HFSS foods). The first focused on restricting price
Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor of Retail Studies, Institute of Retail Studies, University of Stirling Well, we’ve just had the sunniest spring on record, as well as the driest. As we apparently ease out of lockdown we can but hope that such conditions continue, because when you look at some of the operational actions retailers and
Professor Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Stirling Professor Jillian Anable, Professor of Transport and Energy, University of Leeds Professor Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds As we begin the difficult transition out of lockdown, attention is already turning to what kind of stimulus package will be
Scotland’s Children Bill: why the law needs to protect the rights of the child when parents separate
Dr Fiona Morrison, Lecturer in Child Wellbeing and Protection, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Professor Kay Tisdall, Professor of Childhood Policy, University of Edinburgh Divorce and separation affects many families, and following a breakup, most make their own arrangements about where children will live and how their relationships with each parent will work. But
Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor of Retail Studies, Institute of Retail Studies, University of Stirling The origins of this post lie in early March when we were delighted, in what now seems another era, to host Helen Dickenson, the Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, at our Retail Futures event. She spoke on the topic