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At the start of 2014, Scotland is entering into a pivotal year. Whatever happens in the referendum there will be important questions that need to be answered and debates that need to be held in order to be able to understand where the future of…

Report   Nicola Sturgeon ‘A Choice between two futures – why it is better for all of us if decisions about Scotland are taken in Scotland’ – speech here. The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, gave a positive and clear exposition of her unwavering…

Report   Johann Lamont MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, perhaps in response to accusations of too much negativity in the Better Together campaign, explained her optimism for a Scottish future where a progressive movement across the UK could tackle the important issues of…

Report   The third ‘Politicians and the Professionals’ seminar saw Scottish Green Party leader, Patrick Harvie, speak of the opportunity independence could provide “to pursue a different economic model” which “prioritises equality and sustainability and supports small business and social enterprise”. Acknowledging his party and…

Picture courtesy of Jane Barlow (The Scotsman) The fourth lecture in our series started off by Mr Rennie stating that we probably all agreed on the third part of his title. And that he would argue that the first two, although of course more controversial,…

Report Ruth Davidson MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, delivered the final speech of our series with the title, “A Union Revived”. Ms Davidson used her lecture to argue that the referendum debate provided an opportunity for Scots, and also those living…

  We are particularly pleased to be able to announce this new series of seminars in which senior politicians from each of the five parties represented at the Scottish Parliament will speak for 45 to 50 minutes – one at each seminar – about the…

  This year’s ‘Science and the Parliament’ event was held at Edinburgh’s Dynamic Earth on Wednesday, 13 November and well represented by a number of YAS members. Organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the event – which was this year themed around Science…

  BTO Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology YAS Member Dr Christian Rutz received the 2013 BTO Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology, for “an important contribution which takes forward our understanding of avian ecology or conservation science”. The award recognises Christian’s work on using cutting-edge miniature…