The Knowledge Exchange Blog
Season’s readings: looking back on a year of blogging, and looking forward to 2016
We’ve almost reached the turn of the year, a good moment to pause and reflect on what the Knowledge Exchange has been blogging about in 2015.
We’ve covered a wide range of subject areas, ….
The Scottish budget 2016-17: what does it mean for digital?
The Scottish Parliament. Image by dun_deagh via Creative Commons
By Steven McGinty
Last week, the Scottish Finance Secretary, John Swinney, published his ….
Christmas without a home
By Heather Cameron
Last week saw George Clooney launch a campaign to feed the homeless at Christmas by donating the first £5.
When visiting Edinburgh’s branch of Scotland’s not-for-profit sandwich shop, Social Bite, last ….
Should the UK introduce a tax on sugar?
by Stacey Dingwall
Recent months have seen two enquiries to our Ask a Researcher service for evidence on sugar consumption in the UK. Namely: ….
Understanding the value of public money could be key to council tax reform in Scotland
This week saw the publication of a report by a cross party commission on the state of local government funding, specifically examining the council tax in Scotland. For many years the council tax has been declared as unfit for purpose by politicians in Holyrood. However ….
