Neil Gray: ...optometrists, and it will help to build additional capacity to support managing more patients in the community instead of their being referred to hospital. The course has just launched at Glasgow Caledonian University, and the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health and the Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans visited the university on...
Martin Rhodes: ...the eastern boundary. Of course, there is a lot more in between, including Firhill, the home of Partick Thistle; the Kelvingrove art gallery; Possil marsh, a site of special scientific interest; Glasgow Caledonian University; the University of Glasgow; the Glasgow School of Art; the Royal Conservatoire; the Queen’s Cross church of Charles Rennie Mackintosh; the Forth and Clyde canal; the...
Karen Adam: ...encourage best practice in relation to human rights. I turn to our nominee, who is in the gallery today. Professor Angela O’Hagan is currently professor of equality and public policy at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is also the depute director of the WiSE—women in Scotland’s economy—research centre for economic justice. Angela’s career encompasses...
Liam McArthur: ...this roundtable for the wider LGBTQ+ community builds on previous research by academics in Scotland, including Dr Steven Maxwell, from the University of Glasgow, and Professor Jamie Frankis, from Glasgow Caledonian University, into same-sex male relationship IPV; believes that LGBTQ+ people experiencing domestic abuse should not be made to feel invisible, and notes that people who have...
Audrey Nicoll: ..., describes the act as providing “a more accurate label for prosecuting serious cases of hatred.” Earlier this week, Andrew Tickell, who is a senior lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University asked: “Can it really be Scottish Tory policy that harassing the disabled, assaulting ethnic minorities and daubing antisemitic abuse on synagogues should...
Jamie Hepburn: ...to that approach. We are committing a record £6.3 billion for benefits expenditure in 2024-25, to support more than 1.2 million people. It is little wonder that Professor Stephen Sinclair of Glasgow Caledonian University, in talking about the principles that are embedded in our Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, said: “It is founded on an idea of a commitment to human rights. When you...
Shirley-Anne Somerville: ...of the Parliament’s unanimous decision in 2018 to enshrine in law the essential principle that social security is a basic human right. I agree absolutely with Professor Stephen Sinclair of Glasgow Caledonian University, who said that it is “extraordinary” that social security across the UK is not founded on that principle. In keeping with that principle, and thanks to the difficult...
Douglas Ross: ...what others could have done. Scotland’s Crown Office was made aware of concerns with the Horizon system in 2013—more than 10 years ago. This week, Dr Andrew Tickell, a senior law lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, said: “The revelation that the Crown Office knew of problems is huge.” He continued: “Did they stop prosecuting? Did it occur to them that any of their cases...
David Torrance: ...is more to be done, which brings me to the main focus of the motion: the transvaginal mesh case record review. The review has been a massive and impressive undertaking by Professor Alison Britton of Glasgow Caledonian University, and I commend the 18 women who came forward to have their case records reviewed as part of it. The review is a significant initiative commissioned by the Scottish...
Paul Sweeney: ...practical casework benefits for housing, homelessness and a number of other areas such as employability and training, financial advice and healthcare. Research from the University of Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian University found that the social return on investment for Glasgow’s helping heroes service is £6.63 for every £1 invested. I believe that it is a one-way bet for us to look...
Paul Sweeney: ...stated their concern about the fact that their children cannot take advanced higher maths, chemistry and physics in Glasgow schools because Glasgow City Council has cut the advanced higher hub at Glasgow Caledonian University and their schools do not provide those courses. That means that children at state secondary schools in Glasgow cannot access undergraduate engineering courses at the...
Paul Sweeney: ...Service—Enabling our Armed Forces community to thrive”, confirms that the social return on investment in such services is enormous and tangible. Researchers from the University of Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian University concluded that, for every £1 that was invested in the Glasgow’s Helping Heroes service, the social value of the result was £6.63. That figure reflects the time...
Clare Adamson: ...have gone to the University of Strathclyde—where, again, the class was less than 10 per cent women. I chose to do one of the first degrees at what was then Glasgow College, which has now become Glasgow Caledonian University. It was a four-year degree. It was not an honours degree, but it involved a year in industry. When it came to the intake of women and girls, there was a 50:50 split....
Tom Arthur: ...as relevant authorities—to establish and support annual reporting processes, including by developing an annual reporting template to capture the necessary data. We also commissioned researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University to carry out an evaluation of the first three years of asset transfer activity, which reported in July 2020. We set up a national asset transfer action group of...
Baroness Katy Clark: ...cleaners, administrators and library, catering, security and other support staff—took part in action. Further action is due to take place on dates later this month at Edinburgh Napier University, Glasgow Caledonian University and Robert Gordon University. Those workers will be joined by members of the Educational Institute of Scotland-University Lecturers Association and of the...
Carol Monaghan: ...students living there. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) has pointed out that, in Glasgow, as well as the University of Glasgow, we have the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and, of course, very close to Glasgow, we have the University of the West of Scotland. We also...
Jamie Hepburn: ...over the period that I mentioned, there has been significant growth in the number of 18-year-olds from SIMD20 areas attending the three universities there. That figure has gone up by 15 per cent at Glasgow Caledonian University, by 22 per cent at the University of Strathclyde and by 76 per cent at the University of Glasgow. That is the progress that is being made under this Administration.
Alex Rowley: ...and put it into the hands of ministers. That is not acceptable under any circumstances, and we need to address that. The written submission from Dr Andrew Tickell and Professor Alison Britton of Glasgow Caledonian University states: “we conclude that the main provisions of Part 1 of this Bill are generally in keeping with the law already applying in England and Wales ... and will...
Kaukab Stewart: ...to be pivotal and will undoubtedly impact the conversations that take place at COP26. We know that the work to develop critical thought must start early, and I warmly welcome the Caledonian club, a Glasgow Caledonian University initiative that works with schools in Glasgow to equip primary 5 and 6 pupils to answer questions such as “What is climate change and its effects?” and “What...
Bob Doris: ...the deployment of mobile Covid-19 vaccination units to university campuses and halls across Greater Glasgow and Clyde, such as Murano Street student village in my constituency last Saturday and Glasgow Caledonian University today. I commend the efforts of universities, the NHS and of course students to get vaccinated. How is the Scottish Government monitoring vaccination levels among our...
