Our Scottish Future

Our Scottish Future
Our Scottish Future

Join former UK Prime Minter Gordon Brown and the Our Scottish Future team for conversation and debate with interesting individuals, smart thinkers and people with new ideas about how we can build a more cooperative UK. Our Scottish Future fights for a better Scotland within a reformed UK, and for a more cooperative UK.

  1. 19/02/2024

    Bringing Positive Change to the Community with Katie Kelly

    Positive change is possible in Scotland, and it's happening. New podcast with former East Ayrshire local authority leader Katie Kelly on how the council there helped to build vibrant communities. Political consensus needed to promote this brilliant work across Scotland. Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    58 min

  2. 23/01/2024

    Scotland's Schools: The Next Pisa the Puzzle with Lindsay Paterson and Melvyn Roffe

    In the wake of disappointing PISA results, Our Scottish Future Director Eddie Barnes is joined by two experts in Scottish education: Lindsay Paterson, Emeritus Professor of Education Policy at the University of Edinburgh and Melvyn Roffe, Principal of George Watson's College. Listen as they dive deep into Scotland's PISA results; why do they need to improve and how can they improve? This engaging and informative conversation covers multiple areas of Scottish education policy, including the Curriculum for Excellence.  Eddie begins the podcast as a pessimist, but by the end is an optimist! Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    48 min

  3. 04/11/2023

    A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap

    *LINK TO VIEW SLIDES REFERENCED* The recording of the presentation of the new report from Our Scottish Future. Titled, "A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap", the report argues that the successes of devolution has been stymied in recent years by a combination of “too much politics, too much government, a failure to cooperate, and a centralised political culture”. It praises several successes under the Scottish Government but concludes that Ministers too often “govern by press release”. The panel consists of report author, Jamie Gollings, OSF Chair, Prof Jim Gallagher and former civil servants Philip Rycroft and Lucy Hunter Blackburn. 📈 Link to slides: https://ourscottishfuture.org/closing-scotlands-implementation-gap-slides/ 👉 Read the full report here: https://ourscottishfuture.org/wp-cont... Follow us on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scottish_future Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    51 min

  4. 14/09/2023

    Scotland's NHS under the microscope

    Our Scottish Future's Eddie Barnes is joined by Alex Neil, former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Helen Puttick, health reporter at The Times and Professor David Kerr, head of the OSF health commission and professor of cancer medicine at Oxford University, to discuss Scotland's NHS and how it can be improved. Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    1h 1m

  5. 10/08/2023

    The Robin Harper Interview

    Eddie Barnes interviews Robin Harper. They cover; Harper's headline news making decision to resign from the Scottish Greens -the party he once led as the first Green MSP in the Scottish parliament- to climate change and the future of the UK.  Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    29 min

  6. 28/07/2023

    Pump Up The Volume

    Heat pumps. You've heard a lot about them, but what actually are they? Are they a solution to our energy troubles? Are the Scottish government's lofty goals deliverable? Our Scottish Future's Eddie Barnes speaks with Dr Peter Wood, an Associate Lecturer at The Open University in Scotland, a researcher in sustainability, and a trade unionist to find out more. You can read Pete's blog on the topic here: https://ourscottishfuture.org/pump-up-the-volume/ Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    25 min

  7. 12/05/2023

    Scotland's Drug Deaths with Annemarie Ward and Stevie Wishart

    The Our Scottish Future podcast is looking at key policy areas in Scotland to ask why things aren't working, and what we can do to fix them. This week we look at the scandal of Scottish drug related deaths. More than 1330 suffered a drug related death in the last year, 3.5 times higher than in the rest of the UK. Why? What's going wrong? How should our governments sort it? Two leading Scottish activists - Annemarie Ward of the charity FAVOR UK and Stevie Wishart - set out their views.  Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    53 min

  8. 21/04/2023

    How excellent is the Curriculum for Excellence? With Aveek Bhattacharya, Emma Seith & Dr Neil McLennan

    Welcome to our revamped podcast! Rather than provide a running commentary on recent political events, we want to use this podcast to discuss policy and specifically policy implementation. How can we do things better? This week, Our Scottish Future Campaign Director Eddie Barnes discusses education and the Curriculum for Excellence. He is joined by a stellar cast including: Aveek Bhattacharya, research director of the Social Market Foundation. Emma Seith, senior journalist at the Times Education Supplement. Dr Neil McLennan, former teacher and education expert. Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

    50 min
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Join former UK Prime Minter Gordon Brown and the Our Scottish Future team for conversation and debate with interesting individuals, smart thinkers and people with new ideas about how we can build a more cooperative UK. Our Scottish Future fights for a better Scotland within a reformed UK, and for a more cooperative UK.

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  • Creator
    Our Scottish Future
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Our Scottish Future
  • Show Website
    Our Scottish Future

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