The Knowledge Exchange Blog
The changing landscape of planning: Scottish Planning & Environmental Law Conference 2015
By Morwen Johnson
This year’s SPEL Conference is on Thursday 17 September in Edinburgh, and we’re finalising an insightful programme. In a fast moving economic and political environment, the last 12 months has witnessed ….
Learning from “Alcatraz” – the regeneration of the Gorbals
Image: C L T Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons By James Carson
For decades, the Gorbals area of Glasgow was a byword for social problems. During the 1920s and 1930s, ….
Fathers and social services – is there a failure to engage?
By Heather Cameron
With failure to effectively engage with fathers repeatedly highlighted in serious case reviews over the years, it is worrying to hear that such failure is still evident within the social work ….
Hitting the glass floor: the impact of social background on earnings
Image by fdecomite via Creative Commons
By James Carson
How much does family background matter when it comes to your job prospects later in life? That’s the focus of ….
Can universities power an urban renaissance?
Glasgow University image: Flickr user Phillip Capper via Creative Commons
By Morwen Johnson
“If you want to build a world class city, build ….
