Call for Applications PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow Funded by the ESRC and SDS (Skills Development Scotland) Project Title: “Transition from Education to Work” Closing date for applications: 20th September…
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The Council of Economic Advisers considered a presentation from Professor Ailsa McKay, WiSE Research Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University, on the potential gains financially and in equality from such a transformative…
Professor McKay appointed to Expert Working Group for Welfare Director of WiSE and Economics Professor Ailsa McKay (Glasgow School for Business and Society) has been invited to sit on the…
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Emily Thomson, WiSE Research Centre appeared on Newsnight Scotland last night, discussing Women’s Underemployment in Scotland, following the Scottish Government’s Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee report into Underemployment in Scotland…
Emily Thomson, WiSE Research Centre, recently gave evidence to the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee enquiry into Underemployment in Scotland. The full report has been published today http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/55889.aspx As WiSE…
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/ailsa-mckay/women-scotland-and-crisis-in-economics By Professor Ailsa McKay
Unsurprisingly the Work and Pensions Secretary chose not to reprise his endlessly promoted state visit to Easterhouse in 2002. Instead, when he came to a seminar in Edinburgh last week…
Professor Ailsa McKay on Newsnight Scotland, 25 March 2013 talking about women’s voice within the constitutional debate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rn3lp/Newsnight_Scotland_25_03_2013/
Do the current welfare reforms undermine our human rights? by Morag Gillespie, WiSE Research Centre Last week I spoke at one of the many events at SCVO’s Gathering at the SECC…
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WiSE Facts March 2013, compiled by Susanne Ross, WiSE Research Centre http://www.gcu.ac.uk/wise/wisefacts/