November 2014 Crime in Scotland has fallen dramatically. But not everywhere and not for everyone. What are the underlying trends? Although crime has fallen dramatically overall, some crime types have fallen far more dramatically than others and trends in less serious ‘offences’ differ remarkably from those of more serious ‘crimes’. Moreover, the profile of crime victims has shifted and there
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November 2015 The question of how to widen access to higher education has been given unprecedented public prominence in Scotland following the launch of the Scottish Government Commission on Widening Access in 2015, chaired by Dame Ruth Silver. We were very pleased that Dame Ruth opened this AQMeN event, which brought international comparative research on the role of institutional factors
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Between 2013 – 2017 AQMeN held 60 different knowledge exchange events to disseminate research findings and engage a wide range of stakeholders with our research activities. These varied events included workshops, seminars, talks, round-table discussions and a 2 day international conference. Many of these events were filmed and the footage of presentations can be found at the . Listed below
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We are very pleased to share the slides from our 5 keynote speakers at the AQMeN International Conference on Rediscovering Inequalities: exploring the interconnections between crime, education and urban segregation. You can also view these presentations on the – see the notes under the videos for timings per presentation. Day 1 Professor George Galster, Clarence Hillberry Professor of Wayne State
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This event took place on 26-27th October 2016 at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh. You can view the presentations from the keynote speakers at this event here. You can also view the plenary sessions in full via the The aim of the conference was to offer a forum for researchers, policy makers and practitioners to discuss and
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We are pleased to share the presentations from ‘The Future of Education Data in Scotland’ event which took place on 13th June 2016 in collaboration with The Scottish Government Education Analysis Division. This one day seminar gave delegates an insight into the rich variety of education data sources available in Scotland and how this data is used by analysts and
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