Looking for a new challenge to grow and learn new skills? 👀 Don’t miss out on our Parliamentary Internship Programme. All details here: www.johnsmithcentre.com/our-work/int... ❗Deadline: 29 September 2025

Want your own transformative journey? 🤩 Apply to our Parliamentary Internship Programme. All details here: www.johnsmithcentre.com/our-work/int... ❗Deadline: 29 September 2025

🎙️Event announcement! Join us for Joe Greenwood-Hau's book launch: Captial, Privilege and Political Participation. 📅8 Oct 2025 📍UofG campus Register for free: www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/capital... @niceonecombo.bsky.social @stefaniereher.bsky.social @tjscotto.bsky.social @cjcarman.bsky.social

✨Today, we're publishing our Annual Report 2025, plus an update to our logo and mission! We're so proud of what we have achieved in the past 12 months - and we can't wait to get started on the next 12! 🤩 🔗https://www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/annual-report-2025-published/

📢Parliamentary Internship Programme Applications Now Open! Don’t miss your chance to apply to our flagship internship programme to kickstart your future in politics & public life. 📆29 September 2025 Don’t waste time and apply today:

💡According to our new polling, 16- and 17-year-olds appear to take their soon-to-be-implemented right to vote seriously - 60% say they feel a duty to make use of it. More findings this way: www.johnsmithcentre.com/summer-polli... #SummerPolling2025

🎊On Tuesday, we celebrated all our supporters and alumni with our annual reception. If you were there (or couldn't make it!), do give our reflective blog post a read - and have a look at some impressions of the evening. 📸 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/annual-... @ross-greer.bsky.social

📊 Our new polling, released yesterday, has revealed a staggering gap in young people feeling like they know enough to participate effectively in political processes. Civic education is a must. 🔗 Find out more about our most recent polling here: www.johnsmithcentre.com/summer-polli...

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night at our Annual Reception 2025 in the Scottish Parliament! 🎉 An inspirational, energetic event - we couldn’t do what we do without our friends & supporters. 💙 @ross-greer.bsky.social @scotparl.bsky.social

🥳Celebration incoming Today we're celebrating our eventful past year: 📈Youth Poll 2025 launched 💪Many young people supported 🎙️High-profile events and so much more… Thank you to our friends - we couldn’t do it without you! And to @ross-greer.bsky.social for hosting us at @scotparl.bsky.social

📢 CIVICS FOR SCHOOLS: The case for better political education 📢 ❗️Political and civic education is vital in addressing the confusion felt by the UK's young people when it comes to politics. Read our Director @eddiebarnes.bsky.social 's article here: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...

🚨 NEW POLLING of 16- and 17-year-olds published today! 🚨 🗳️ Our latest poll reveals the UK's new cohort of voters feel unprepared to get the vote, and need more support and better education to encourage them to use it. 📊 Explore our findings: www.johnsmithcentre.com/summer-polli...

📢 ICYMI: last week, we published @silviab.bsky.social's research blog on gender differences in young people's political interest expressions. Read it below! 👇 #JohnSmithCentre #GenZ #UKpolitics

🚨 New research blog alert 🚨 UofG's @silviab.bsky.social shares her research on the differences in how young women and men enagage in politics via both electoral and non-electoral activities - read her fascinating insights now! 👇 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

🙌 Thank you all who joined us at GUU yesterday to discuss Henry McLeish and Prof James Mitchell's new book Unfinished Business! Thanks also to Annemarie Ward and Johann Lamont for joining the panel. A fascinating and provocative debate on the state of Scottish politics 💡 @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

❗ICYMI: read Dr Rachel Moreland's blog on how smart trust could transform Scotland's democracy below 👇

📢 There's still time for @uofgsocsci.bsky.social students to sign up for our UK Youth Poll honours course! 🖥️ Course code SPS4013 More information here: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/youth-poll/u... @uofgsps.bsky.social @niceonecombo.bsky.social

❗️There's still time to register for the launch of Unfinished Business at Glasgow University Union on Wednesday evening! 🎟️ Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfinished...

🚨 NEW BLOG ALERT 🚨 Read our latest research blog by Dr Rachel Moreland on the concept of smart trust to find out how Scotland can harness its soft power to strengthen its democracy 👇 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc... #JohnSmithCentre #ScottishPolitics #Democracy @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Thank you all who joined our panel on #GenZ and Politics at #FoP2025 yesterday with Prof Danny Dorling, Dr Elli Loose, Elli Craig MYSP & Amanda Amaeshi, chaired by Liam McArthur MSP! 🙏 Great insights into young people's attitudes to politics - keep an eye out for the recording coming soon! 👀

🌟 That’s a wrap! Wonderful session at @scotparl.bsky.social with @dannydorling.bsky.social @elliecraig.bsky.social and @amandaamaeshi.bsky.social talking all things Gen Z and Politics. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

❗️One more week to sign up to this brilliant event! Don't miss out, get your tickets below ⬇️

🍂 Big things coming this autumn 👀 Our Chair @andersoniain.bsky.social shares what’s ahead and why now’s the time to get involved. 📩 Dont miss out - sign up to our newsletter: johnsmithcentre.com/newsletter #JohnSmithCentre

📣 Calling all @uofgsocsci.bsky.social Students! We are delighted to be launching our UK Youth Poll course, taught by @niceonecombo.bsky.social. Sign up today, we expect this course to fill up fast! 🖥️ Head to MyCampus: SPS4013 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/youth-poll/u... @uofglasgow.bsky.social

📣One more week to get your tickets for our event with @scotparl.bsky.social discussing Gen Z and Politics! 👥@elliecraig.bsky.social, @amandaamaeshi.bsky.social, @dannydorling.bsky.social & Dr Elisabeth Loose 📷21 Aug 2025, 3pm 🎟️Buy your ticket: festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi...

“There is no simple answer” @graemeroy.bsky.social addresses concerns about the decline in young people’s wellbeing - evidenced by @uofgasbs.bsky.social @johnsmithcentre.com research - and the impact on Scotland’s economy in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2537...

🚨New book alert!🚨 Thrilled to announce that my @britishacademy.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' will be published via @livunipress.bsky.social later this month. Find details and pre-order (with discount) here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

There's still time to get tickets for our Festival of Politics panel on Gen Z and Politics! 🎟️ Don't miss out 👉 festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi...

📢 ICYMI: Our Research & Insights platform is now live! Why contribute? 💡 Generate impact 💡 Reach a wide audience 💡 Make research accessible 💡 Not just original findings Find out more and submit: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/our-work/research/research-insights-submission/ @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

⌛️There's still time to sign up for the launch of Unfinished Business! Join co-authors Henry McLeish & Prof James Mitchell, Johann Lamont, and Annemarie Ward for an evening of discussion about Scotland's devolution journey. 📅 27 August 2025 📍 GUU 🎟️ Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfinished...

📬 Want to stay up to date with all things #JohnSmithCentre? Sign up to our monthly newsletter to get the latest updates on: 🔹Events 🔹Development Programmes 🔹Research 🔹and more! Join here: 🔗 johnsmithcentre.com/newsletter @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

📢 New research blog out now! 📢 Head to our website to read Amanda Amaeshi's piece on the impact of voter ID regulations on youth turnout in the 2024 General Election, and on young people's trust in democratic institutions more broadly. 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc... #VoterID #GenZ

🚨 New blog alert! 🚨 Last month our Director @eddiebarnes.bsky.social attended Folkemødet, the Danish festival for democracy and dialogue, as part of a small delegation from Scotland there to ask a question: could we run a similar kind of event here? 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/what-ca...

Are Britain's young people really falling for dictators? 🤔 In our latest blog, Dr Elli Loose discusses what youth polls tell us, and why we shouldn't ignore uncertainty. 🔗 Visit johnsmithcentre.com/blog to read it! #GenZ #UKYouthPoll2025 @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Calling young women! 📢 @electheruk.bsky.social, the Young Women's Movement and @officialsyp.bsky.social are coming together to host a Young Women and Democracy Summit, 19 Sep at @parliament.scot This is your chance to make your voice heard and help shape a better political future! Register now 👇

There's just one month to go until our panel on #GenZ and Politics at the Festival of Politics! Join the discussion on young people's priorities for the future with @dannydorling.bsky.social, Dr Elli Loose and @elliecraig.bsky.social. 📅 21 Aug 2025 📍 Scottish Parliament Tickets via link below 👇

We’re finishing the week with an away day, reflecting and planning for the next year - watch this space 😃 Happy weekend from us at the Centre to all of you! ☀️ @niceonecombo.bsky.social

Yesterday, the UK government announced plans to lower the voting age to 16 before the next general election 🗳️ Using #UKYouthPoll2025 data, this morning @eddiebarnes.bsky.social looks at what politicians will need to focus on to win the support of Britain's new voters. Read his blog here 👇

❗️CALLING RESEARCHERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS❗️ Our new-look Research & Insights platform can bring your work to life for a broader audience and generate impact. 📢 Let’s bring research out of the ivory tower — and into public life! Find out more & submit: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/research-insights/

📣 The political space is becoming increasingly hostile, with marginalised women & groups facing widespread sexism & abuse. Our new report highlights the barriers & abuse women face as political candidates 🧵⬇

📢 New blog alert! 📢 @uofglasgow.bsky.social student Max Liu argues for the regulation of social media platforms in order to combat misinformation and rebuild our democracy - offline. Read it here: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/social-... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

"Don’t rule yourself out. It’s daunting to put yourself out there, but that’s exactly why taking risks is essential for young students trying to find their feet in this world." 💡 Read Mayoral Intern Annie Ferguson's blog on her placement with @mayorofgm.bsky.social last summer 👇

🚨 EVENT - Unfinished Business: 25 years of devolution 🚨 📖 Join us for the launch of Henry McLeish and Prof James Mitchell's new book on Scotland's devolution journey, Unfinished Business! 📅 27 August 2025 📍 Glasgow University Union 🎟️ Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfinished...

🎉 We're delighted to have Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau joining the John Smith Centre as our first ever lecturer! 📊 Joe will be leading on our #UKYouthPoll undergraduate course, giving honours students the chance to design the poll themselves. Welcome to the team! 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/joe-gre...

✍️ NEW BLOG: Welfare bill, inequalities and voting ✍️ In our latest research blog, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social shares new analysis into the links between urban-rural and centre-periphery health inequalities and voting behaviour. 👇 Read here!

🚨 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Gen Z and Politics at @parliament.scot's Festival of Politics! Join Dr Elli Loose, @dannydorling.bsky.social and @elliecraig.bsky.social for a panel discussion on what and how young people really think of and engage with politics 💭 👉 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/festiva...

🏫 Last week, we launched our new #PoliticalConversations initiative at Kilmarnock Academy with Alex Neil, @jacksoncarlaw.bsky.social and Marie Macklin. 📽️ Watch the video to see what the students made of it! And read more about the event here: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/politic...

Governments around the world are debating whether to ban social media for under-16s - but what do young people actually think? 📱 Drawing on data from the #UKYouthPoll2025, Dr Elisabeth Loose explores young people's views on social media in our latest blog. Read it now 👇

Well done to Zoe Campbell who has finished her 3-week MP internship! 🎉 "I have had the best experience working in Westminster, I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity - it has definitely made me want to work within politics in the future." Many thanks to @graemedowniemp.bsky.social 🙏

"What is happening to our civic society?" 🤔 🎬 Watch Gordon Brown discuss the breakdown of our civic infrastructure, and what we can do to fix it, in this extract from the John Smith Memorial Lecture at Cadogan Hall, London last month. @newstatesman.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social