Historic places are vital for mental health, according to research by @uofgussp.bsky.social, @imadgination03.bsky.social and Historic England. Familiar historic places provide emotional stability – helping people to function and thrive in everyday life. More: gla.ac/4qQ0CIZ

There is no strategy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

New long form paper published on Scotland’s ‘placemaking’ agenda within planning and urban design policy, with @profjtwhite.bsky.social and Gareth James. We identify a progressive commitment to placemaking at policy level, but implementation needs to catch up www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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I'm looking forward to returning to Glasgow to deliver the 2nd Annual Racial Justice Lecture following Patricia Hill Collins inaugural lecture last year. It’s great that @glasgow.ac.uk is open to discussions of racial justice when in the US it has become a taboo topic.

For Trump, NATO is useless. He doesn't own it. He doesn't rule it, and it doesn't have his name on it. Much the same goes for democracy and the rule of law - for Trump, they are obstacles in the way of his insatiable pursuit of wealth, power and adulation.

"Scotland’s aristocratic families do not cling to their massive estates only because of income but because of the influence it confers – to them, and their children, and their children’s children. It is about controlling Scotland’s future in the way they control so much of its present."

Brexit has devastated the economy and the proof lies in the data: Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6-8% and investment by 12-18%. We need to work with Europe to reverse the damage and save our economy.

Please repost if you want the full restoration of our EU Freedom of Movement.

Far from being a patriot, Farage is a traitor projecting Russian and American far-right influence into the UK. He has turned the UK from an independent country into a battlefield in the international kleptofascist axis' war against democracy. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...

“A generation of students at Scottish universities and colleges has lost out because the UK rejected the EU’s offer to stay in the Erasmus scheme after Brexit. Today’s announcement that the UK is rejoining Erasmus is very good news for Scotland’s young people" European Movement in Scotland.

The UK’s racial wealth gap is in part rooted in the UK’s colonial legacy and is reinforced by unequal access to assets and the need to send remittances abroad, writes Esiri Bukata. Why is it essential to tackle this divide? #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/5is7oRu

After years of campaigning, the UK is set to rejoin Erasmus from January 2027, reopening opportunities not just for university students, but for apprentices, schools, adult learners, and communities across the country. A hopeful day, and a hard-won one.

Last week we launched our new report - The Scottish Election 2026: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government - in a fantastic online event featuring our brilliant panel of speakers. You can find a recording of the event on the CaCHE YouTube channel: youtu.be/6jeG70FUHBY

Excellent read in @thescotsman.bsky.social on research by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and partners that shows how the Scottish child payment has reduced deprivation and not discouraged parents from working. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Attempting to rejoin an EU customs union would be "complete fuel for Reform", Sir Keir Starmer has been warned. As if backing Brexit is doing Labour a favour. 19% in the polls is hardly an indication of a successful strategy. It's time for Starmer to grow a backbone. news.sky.com/story/attemp...

2️⃣ excellent working papers on how Scottish Child Payment 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is making a difference from our very own @ilonapin.bsky.social @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & the University of York, CASE/LSE & @cpagscotland.bsky.social colleagues Kate Andersen, Suzanna Nesom, Kitty Stewart & Emma Tominey 💪 More detail 👇

Christmas should mean peace for everyone. Including the animals who share our countryside. But thousands of foxes, hares, deer and mink will spend this season running in fear from hunts. Make your Christmas gift today: https://leagueacs.co.uk/qlVpm #AnimalCruelty

There is not enough of this. We need to stop normalising fascism.

Rant alert: Trump’s national security strategy trashing the EU and core values at heart of transatlantic alliance makes it all the more urgent for Starmer to pursue bolder reset with EU. His timidity loses valuable time and risks leaving us even more subject to events rather than shaping them. 🧵

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It’s my birthday! Bunty has given me breakfast in bed allowing me to smear jam on her croissants. Later on Jill in the village shop is giving me a taste of her Lemon drizzle. Then Bunty & I will settle down & watch our DVD of Liz Truss’s greatest moments! 🥳

"Urban change is a collective endeavour, built on imagination, inclusion, and action." Live on @uofgsocsci.bsky.social #SocSciHub - Dr Mingyu Zhu @uofgussp.bsky.social on the value of taking a data-led and collaborative approach towards influencing urban change. www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

Last week we hosted students & colleagues from universities in 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇧🇪🇫🇷🇷🇴🇲🇦🇨🇭 as part of the Europe's Civic University Alliance #CIVIS course 'Co-creating urban futures' led by our own Dr Ross Beveridge & Prof @annettehastings.bsky.social 💪 Fantastic energy, sharp insights & great engagement all around 😀

Why had it taken *nine years* for Labour to face up to what has been glaringly obvious since 2016? And even now #Starmer equivocates with the phrase “the Brexit deal”. No - it is #Brexit itself which is the colossal act of self-sabotage.

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What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?

💡What about housing? In this blog, CaCHE Centre Director Prof @kengibb.bsky.social discusses the two housing tax announcements included in last week's Autumn Budget from Rachel Reeves. Both are important, but for different reasons. 📖 Read more: housingevidence.ac.uk/housing-taxe...

Promoting an Anti-Racist Culture in the Social Housing Workforce, free online workshop. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/promoting-...

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. All the stuff you didn't get taught in school!

IF ONLY THE DOPES IN DOWNING STREET WOULD WAKE UP!

Really excited to share my new article published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! 1/7

🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share. Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it: A 6–8% hit to GDP That's £180bn-£240bn a year It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything. Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.

Up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year and Brits up to £3,700 worse off after Brexit. We must fix our relationship with Europe urgently to prevent any more damage to the economy.

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

This: #RESIST #BLUECREW #VOTEBLUE #PROJECT2026 #EPSTEINFILES #TRUMPISAPEDOPHILE

Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures. Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...

NEW: This is worth your time. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.

Thank you so much to the Herald and the judges for recognising our campaign!

Ken Clarke rips Reform to pieces, they don't know what they are talking about, they don't know what they are doing, they resigned instantly when they realised they couldn't do the job. #bbcqt

🔥"It is estimated that more than 400 women and girls were abused and exploited within Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods enterprise. I am one of them." A survivor's account of the structural failure of British justice when confronted with money and power.

I can’t envisage a child poverty strategy which garners any credibility without fully scrapping the two-child limit. Unconvinced? Check out (even better share) this summary of the peer-reviewed evidence base @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social largerfamilies.study/publications...

Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years. These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders. White British.