Public policy
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Taxation, government spending and the public finances of Scotland: updating the medium term outlook
Two new IFS reports, published as part of an ESRC programme of work “The future of the UK and Scotland”, update previous medium-term forecasts for an independent Scotland’s public finances and cons
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Seminar report: The threat environment of the UK and Scotland in the context of the UK National Security Strategy
Report on the second of six events in the seminar series: Security in Scotland, with or without constitutional change.
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The changing significance of EU and international students’ participation in Scottish higher education
This paper examines the significance of students coming from other countries to study at Scottish higher education institutions.
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CREID Working Paper 3: The fairest of them All? The support for Scottish Students in full-time higher Education in 2014 -15
This report updates The Rocks vs The Sun, which examined the effect of significant changes to student support in Scotland introduced in 2013-14 and considered year on year changes in Scotland betwe
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CREID Working Paper 2: Student cross - border mobility with in the UK
This literature review focuses on summarising research findings in order to help inform our understanding of why students within the UK cross internal borders for the purpose of higher education st
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A Partnership of Equals? Insights from Ireland for Scottish-UK relations after independence
Isolation or Interdependence? Competing Visions of Independence
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A Framework to Decide 'What Works' in Prevention Policy: Key Points
Professor Paul Cairney and Emily St Denny of University of Stirling and ESRC Scottish Centre on Constitutional Change outline the decision-making processes in prevention policy in a report to the S
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Immigration policy and constitutional change: The perspectives on Scottish employers and industry representatives.
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Immigration to Scotland and the constitutional change debate: Geography, difference and the question of scale
The paper by Professor Allan Findlay and Helen Packwood looks at ‘Immigration to Scotland and the Constitutional Change Debate: Geography, difference and the question of scale’.
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Constitutional change and inequality in Scotland
David Comerford and David Eiser of the University of Stirling discuss these questions in the context of the debate around the Scottish independence referendum, in which inequality has played a prom