Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at the importance of connectivity, especially broadband, to Scottish households during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Category: People & Communities
Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill – SPICe Briefing
Reading Time: 32 minutesThis extended blogpost provides briefing for MSPs and other interested parties ahead of parliamentary consideration of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill on 1 April 2020.Â
R100: Moving (slowly) towards superfast broadband
Reading Time: 5 minutesR100 plans to deliver superfast broadband to every home and business in Scotland. This blog looks at recent developments around the R100 programme.
SPICe FAQs: young people, alcohol and the law
Reading Time: 4 minutesA blog drawing together answers to questions SPICe has been asked about young people, alcohol and the law.
SIMD 2020: the where of deprivation
Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at latest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) from the Scottish Government.
Stalling and declining life expectancy in Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesA look at life expectancy in Scotland.
Sustainable development: weasel words or the heart of policy making…
Reading Time: 10 minutesIt’s been over 20 years since sustainable development was to be at the heart of Scottish decision making. Are we making enough progress?
Land Reform at 20 – What does a post-feudal era look like?
Reading Time: 9 minutesA look back at Scotland’s land reform journey since 1999.
The price of free tuition in Scotland
Reading Time: 9 minutesA blog reflecting on the debate about tuition fees in Scotland in the period since devolution.
Where does health care end and social care begin? 20 years along the road to integration
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks at the journey to health and social care integration so far