Urban policy and practice

 Teaching is a drag. When I first did one of these teaching philosophy statements, for the FHEA application my philosophy was all about teac...

 I’m extremely angry. I’ve been ranting on Twitter; so I thought it might be an idea to write a blog post. This time last year, across the...

I’ve not blogged in a while because of 2020, but a paper I wrote with a researcher colleague Chris Poyner is now out in Public Administrati...

Given the demands of the current crisis and response to COVID-19, and the need for governments to prioritise expenditure on healthcare and...

I bloody love Edinburgh. It’s why I’ve lived here for 15 years. I fell in love with the city when I visited as a tourist in 2003. I love i...

This is a blog-post to help advertise a couple of doctoral studentships I have been awarded through the ESRC funded Scottish Graduate Scho...

I’ve blogged quite a bit on here about using social media in my teaching – YikYak for anonymous questions when it was still a thing; and ...