Identifying and Tackling Unwarranted Variation in Support of Value Based Health and Care – Understanding the Perspectives of Health and Social Care Professionals

This qualitative research project will explore how health and social care staff currently perceive, identify, and respond to unwarranted variation in healthcare, and how this aligns with the principles of Realistic Medicine. It will focus on learning from staff experience to inform improvement, capability building, and engagement.  In addition to examining how unwarranted variation is currently understood, […]

Homes, Taxes and Choices: What the Evidence tells us about Property Tax and Housing Behaviour

This internship will contribute to the development of an evidence base on how residential property taxation may influence specific housing‑related behaviours. The main focus of the internship will involve a desk-based literature review examining evidence from Scotland, and other countries where relevant. It will also involve working closely with policy colleagues in both the Local Government and Tax Directorates […]

Employability pathways in prisons: understanding the current employability provision in prisons and how it supports people prior to release

The project will work with community justice policy staff, as well as research staff, and will focus on SPS’s current employability provision for people in custody, including mapping the breadth and impact of current provision as well as how this supports people prior to release. The suggested methodology for the study is as follows:    A proforma will be sent out […]