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Seminars and Briefings

Seminar Series: Identity and Governance in England

7 May 2008
'Is there an English backlash?'
John Curtice

15 May 2008
'Re-imagining what it means to be British'
Varun Uberoi

Campaign Briefings

There is considerable international interest in the Scottish parliament elections in May 2007 which promise to be the most exciting since the parliament was set up in 1999. Since the beginning of the campaign David McCrone and Paddy Bort have briefed a wide range of media organisations, including: BBC TV and radio, Polish Public Television, Hong Kong radio, the British Council, Ministere des Relations Internationales, Quebec, Canada, print journalists from the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, La Presse (Montreal), Le Point (France), Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil), Weekend Avisen (Denmark), Reformatisch Dagblad (Netherlands) and Reforma (Mexico), as well as a number of British newspapers and journals.  

Our photograph shows Paddy Bort with Jean-Pierre Langellier of Le Monde.

Study of Social Mobility in Scotland

Cristina Iannelli and Lindsay Paterson

Extensive mobility between class of origin and class of destination has been a characteristic feature of societies in Europe and North America since the middle of the twentieth century. The last time this was investigated for Scotland, however, was in the 1970s. This research project analyses patterns of social mobility in Scotland and the role played by education and by educational reforms in the process of social mobility between generations.

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