Category: Past Events

Interactive Workshop *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. The involvement of students in curriculum design for Higher and Further Education…

Debate *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. This event will discuss how we might re-think HE and TE curricula to…

Workshop *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. This event will draw together Higher Education (HE) practitioners to discuss the purpose…

Workshop As part of our ongoing project to create a Charter for Responsible Debate, YAS will hold an expert workshop on ‘Debating and Disagreeing’ at MILLENNIFEST Edinburgh on Saturday 26 October. MILLENNIFEST is a flagship event series hosted by think tank Common Vision. This touring…

Workshop What principles do you think should govern political debate? Democracies pride themselves on allowing space for free political discussion as a way of reaching a compromise. But political conversation in parliaments, on TV and on social media seems to be increasingly polarised. Join us…

Workshop In this fascinating lecture, Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, former Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will examine the role of  Scottish Enlightenment thought in shaping contemporary human rights ideas.  The lecture will look at Scottish Enlightenment ideas in the intellectual and policy streams…

Workshop Are there better and worse ways to disagree with one another? This workshop considers what underpins and threatens responsible debate. The outcomes of this discussion will inform our project to create a Scottish Charter for Responsible Public Debate. NB – This workshop will not…

Workshop Are there better and worse ways to disagree with one another? This workshop considers what underpins and threatens responsible debate. The outcomes of this discussion will i Workshop Migration and border control are used as increasingly divisive political tools. This often leads to a…

Workshop This day-long event aims to kick-start a new Young Academy of Scotland project titled ‘Preparing for climate change in Scotland’s marginalised communities’. The declaration of a ‘climate emergency’ by Scotand’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reflects a growing sense of urgency around climate change, and…