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Do you approve or disapprove of the government's record to date? Approve: 19% (-4, vs 2 September) Disapprove: 55% (+5) Net approval: -36 yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

The SNP have hit back after Keir Starmer claimed they had put the Scottish economy in a 'mess' 🗣️'Westminster austerity is unsustainable – once upon a time Labour agreed', the Finance Secretary said thenational.scot/news/24576631.…

In the latest post of the Strathclyde at 60 series celebrating Strathclyde's Diamond Jubilee we follow some mining & geology students from Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College on a field trip to Alexandra Park. guides.lib.strath.ac.uk/blogs/archives…

OBR analysis of migrants' long-term fiscal impacts: migrants on average wages make significant positive contribution over both short & long run. Since, overall, migrants are about average (although newer migrants may do *better*), consistent with OBR/my/others earlier analysis

How does AI makes decisions?🤔 Hear from researchers Zitao Zhou and Maria Aslam as they explore the potential benefits of 'explainable AI', designed to explain the decision making of AI to ensure better understanding and improve equality in AI led processes. Watch the video 👇

You're all invited! Come to #Bradford next year. It's going to be ace. Kudos to Bradford 2025 on an incredible line up.

How did we get here, and where are we going? InterAct Co-director, Professor Janet Godsell discusses historical and current industrial transitions, and the role that the Midlands region can play in the UK's manufacturing future. Read the full article 👇

A team of Scottish pupils won the World Schools Debating Championship in Serbia this year. At a reception in Bute House, Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth congratulated them for their remarkable efforts and heard about their experience.

This would be a dreadful mistake. God knows the Levelling Up process & decision-making was a total bourach. But in the end it promised some long-overdue transformational investment in communities like Drumchapel. Are The Labour Party really going to invest *less* than the Tories?!

Exciting insights being offered next week by my InterAct Network colleague Prof Jan Godsell…

This Financial Times long read on the use of #PhysicianAssociates in the #NHS has generated hundreds of comments. A key concern is the lack of national standards around what PAs can and cannot do for patients. ft.com/content/5a5335…

Agile as a leadership skill was born when delivering on tech based outcomes. However, the concept of Agile Leadership permeates all practices Articles on Agile Leadership - People Development bit.ly/2FuZUiK peopledevelopmentmagazine.com

In the latest issue of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management… Important insights from Lateef Akanni & my Strathclyde Business School colleagues Otto Lenhart & Alec Morton: Conflicting economic policies and mental health: Evidence from the UK national living wage and benefits freeze onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

The costs of Brexit dwarf the figures currently being argued about in Britain’s spending / saving rows

"The government has inherited spending plans that imply substantial real-terms cuts in public investment. We don't see how the planned “decade of national renewal” can take place if these cuts are delivered, repeating past mistakes" Me & others in FT: on.ft.com/4da39FU

I'm keen to chat with anyone interested in doing a PhD with us Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni focused on Active labour market policy/welfare conditionality, vocational education and training, employment and skills transitions, work and the welfare state x.com/mmu_decentwork…

Black people on universal credit are 58% more likely to be sanctioned than their white counterparts - mixed ethnic groups 72% more likely & Asians 5% more likely Important work from BlackEquityOrg & Public Law Project, covered in this Patrick Butler piece theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

A new poll has found that 57% of Scots think the country should have a referendum on independence thenational.scot/news/24587438.…

Important reminder by Prof Ruth Patrick that many children today are being pushed into poverty because of the benefit cap. The two-child limit rightly gets lots of attention but we cannot ignore the benefit cap. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…