Author: SPICe
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Does your face fit?
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This post looks at the need to balance the use of biometrics in tackling crime whilst also protecting the privacy and human rights of individuals.
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What do the latest HMRC Regional Trade Statistics tell us about exports of Scottish goods? (Q1 2019)
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A look at the latest Regional Trade Statistics from HMRC.
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The end of intentionality and local connection requirements for homeless people in Scotland
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One of the barriers to accessing homelessness services – priority need – was abolished in 2012. However, if a person is homeless, the local authority…
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Assessing the conservation status of Scotland’s salmon rivers
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The wild Atlantic salmon is an iconic Scottish species, however, their numbers are in decline. The total salmon rod catch in Scottish rivers reached its…
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Plenty of fish in the sea? Pressures facing Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon
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The iconic wild Atlantic salmon is in decline across Scotland. Their unique lifestyle – spawning in rivers and migrating thousands of miles downstream, across the…
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Searching for causes in the ‘blue water’ schools
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Exploring the cause of health concerns in the ‘blue water’ schools
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Trade in services after Brexit – what’s on or off the table?
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This guest blog examines how trade in services will be affected after the UK has left the European Union.
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Evolution and dilution in devolution: economic policy in Scotland
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A look at Scotland’s economic policy landscape since devolution.
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A Citizens’ Assembly for Scotland
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This blog looks at deliberative democracy and plans for a Citizens’ Assembly for Scotland.
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Guest blog – Levelling the Playing Field: young women’s relationship with sport and physical activity
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The Young Women Lead Committee share highlights from their report on young women’s relationship with sport and physical activity.
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Taxing times: the perils of fiscal devolution
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What influences the size of the Scottish budget now that a range of tax powers have been devolved?
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Negotiating the future UK-EU relationship after a no-deal Brexit
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This blog examines how negotiation of the UK’s future relationship with the EU might be affected if the UK Government decided to pursue a no-deal…
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