SCHOOL COMMISSION’S £100m PUPIL CATCH-UP SCHEME
Experts propose extension of the school day for two years The Commission on School Reform,…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Challenge paper – Catching up: the educational losses from Covid-19
The Commission on School Reform, the independent group of education experts set up by the…
CALL FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES
Paper published by think tank Reform Scotland says tens of billions in debt-funded capital is…
Investing for recovery: Creating ‘Scottish Government Investments’ & ‘Equiscot’
CALL FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES A paper published today by two leading…
The road to economic recovery hinges on ending homelessness – Gavin Yates
The destruction wrought by Covid 19 has been almost indescribable. Some 50,000 dead in the…
How can Scotland use policy to bridge the skills gap? – University of Edinburgh Economics Society
Reform Scotland has been delighted to act as a mentor to a team of students…
Let Scotland borrow to meet the moment – Tom Arthur
A little over four years ago, as the age before Brexit drew to a close,…
Job quality, fair work and Scottish working lives – Marek Zemanik
As official statistics start revealing the extent of the economic crisis upon us – GDP…
We can’t ignore the financial crisis in higher education
This article by Alison Payne first appeared in The Times on 10 June 2020. While…
A Brave New World: Modest and Pragmatic – David Ross
What will the cities of the future be like? It’s an intriguing question and one…
Folding DfID into Foreign Office is retrograde step towards isolation – Ricky Ross
It’s hard enough to get people agitated about the amalgamation of Whitehall departments in ordinary…
A new relationship between government, business and the not-for-profit sector – Karen Betts
The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens. In the weeks since…
The need for educational data – Lindsay Paterson
The Scottish government announced a few days ago that no data would be collected this…
‘Blended learning’ or ‘part-time schooling’? – Keir Bloomer
Schools in Scotland are to re-open for pupils in mid-August using ‘blended learning’. This new…