The University of Strathclyde
In this podcast, we explore how young people with learning disabilities or other additional support needs could be better supported as they transition out of the education system and into adulthood. We also have a fascinating conversation with five young people who have recently gone through the process themselves.
Emma Congreve is joined by Mairi Spowage to look back on a year like no other. In this podcast, we discuss our articles from over the past year, picking our highlights and discussing how our thinking has evolved over the course of 2020. Links can be found below to all articles we are discussing – so you can read along at home!
Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the Institute, is joined by Dr Hannah White, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government, to discuss the interaction between the budgetary processes at Westminster and the devolved governments, how well devolved budgetary processes are understood by Westminster, the experience of inter-governmental relations throughout the pandemic, and of course Brexit and the Internal Market Bill.
In this podcast, Graeme Roy and Emma Congreve are joined by Ali Hosie from the Scottish Human Rights Commission and Chris Birt from JRF in Scotland to look at how the Budget could be better at ensuring the budget has the impact on government priorities
New podcast with Isla Kapasi from the University of Leeds talking to the Fraser of Allander Institute about research on the enterprise and low income.
In this latest podcast, Emma Congreve, Mairi Spowage and David Eiser of the FAI talk about the what the Spending Review means for Scotland and the outlook for the public expenditure, as well as a round-up of the latest news on GDP out this week.
In this latest podcast, the FAI cover the latest findings of the Scottish Business Monitor and economic news. Why did 2 in 5 firms plan redundancies before the furlough extension? What are businesses views on homeworking and Government? And, what does the latest GDP and jobs data tell us?
New podcast in collaboration with PeopleFirst Scotland on the impact of Covid-19 on human rights and the exclusion of people with learning disabilities
Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute is joined by Adam McGeoch and David Eiser of the Fraser of Allander Institute and Steve Williams, Senior Partner at Deloitte to discuss todays Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary.
Emma Congreve and Graeme Roy were joined by the distinguished economist Jeremy Peat to discuss the current economic situation and how things are looking over the next few months and years. We discussed the challenges that are ahead, including the virus re-emerging on a large scale, and in terms of issues around those businesses and people who will be most affected by the crisis and how government policy will need to react going forward.