Getting it right for every learner: incremental redesign for improved outcomes – Sarah Atkin
On a positive note, the Scottish upper secondary exam system, remains, in my view better…
Yearly Archives: 2019
Closing the early years gap
Reform Scotland, the independent think tank, has called on the Scottish Government to urgently adapt…
GOVERNMENT’S EARLY YEARS POLICY EXPANDS ATTAINMENT GAP, SAYS THINK TANK
Reform Scotland says well-meaning policy has a regrettable unintended consequence Reform Scotland, the independent think…
THE VAT OPPORTUNITY
This article by Alison Payne first appeared in issue 25 of Scottish Policy Now. In…
WORK-PLACE PARKING CHARGES
This article by Alison Payne first appeared in issue 24 of Scottish Policy Now. There…
If we don’t want short jail terms we should ban them
This article by Alison Payne first appeared in The Times on 29 June 2019. This…
Give Them Time campaign: A Year in Review – Patricia Anderson
I didn’t set out to start a campaign but then again, who ever does? The…
Devolution at 20
The first days of devolution – that heady mix of optimism, anticipation and nervousness –…
You lost me at ‘teen’ – Katie Birrell
A browse through online responses to a recent BBC report on a speech given by…
REFORM SCOTLAND WELCOMES SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT’S PRISON PHONE PROPOSAL
Think tank has campaigned for a pilot for landline phones in cellsChange will help maintain…
Devolution at 20 – First Minister’s speech
Two decades into devolution, with Holyrood firmly established, Reform Scotland asked prominent Scottish politicians what…
CENSUS FAILS TO RECOGNISE BENEFIT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING, SAYS THINK TANK
Reform Scotland says proposed question is worse, not better, ahead of Census Bill debate at…
A COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND’S RAIL
This article by Alison Payne first appeared in issue 22 of Scottish Policy Now. The…
Devolution at 20: A Citizens Chamber would hold Holyrood to account – Jack McConnell
Two decades into devolution, with Holyrood firmly established, Reform Scotland asked prominent Scottish politicians what…