Reading Time: 5 minutes A look at mental health and adults with incapacity legislation.
Category: Equalities
Health inequalities and the recovery from COVID-19
Reading Time: 4 minutes A look at health inequalities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How have enterprise support organisations supported women in Scotland?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog considers the support and advice that has been provided to women entrepreneurs during the pandemic.
Ten key risks for equalities?
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog summarises ten key risks identified by the Scottish government arising both from COVID-19 and EU exit, for the delivery of Scotland’s National Outcomes. These include many equalities issues.
Steps toward tackling racism at college and university
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last week resources to support conversations about race in colleges and universities were launched by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) in partnership with equality and
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill – Parliamentary consideration prior to Stage 3
Reading Time: 6 minutes A look at stage 2 of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Protecting those at risk: What some COVID-19 experts think
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog summarises the views of a range of experts on who is most at risk from the pandemic, and how we can protect them.
Guest blog: How to achieve green recovery from COVID-19? Expert views, and their alignment with Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog summarises recent research as part of a SPICe fellowship which investigated policies and interventions that experts agree should form part of a green recovery from COVID-19.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What can a global pandemic teach us about our food system?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog explores the changes to the food system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact-tracing apps and coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog takes a brief look at some of the main issues linked to mobile phone apps which aim to trace the contacts of people who have COVID-19.