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New policy podcast "Spotlight" launched

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:01:00 BST

University of Glasgow launches new podcast to discuss public policy and the political process in Scotland, across the UK and internationally through a Scottish lens

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Kezia Dugdale: We need to clean up our politics and learn to disagree better

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 BST

Covid has already got a lot to answer for but the flat, predictable atmosphere of last week’s TV debate can be added to the list

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David Lammy MP and Kezia Dugdale
David Lammy MP and Kezia Dugdale

David Lammy Power Hour - The Director's Cut

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:01:00 GMT

Watch the key moments from our recent Power Hour with Rt Hon David Lammy MP in Kezia Dugdale's Director's Cut

LGBT History Month
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John Smith Centre marks LGBT History Month 2021

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:01:00 GMT

The theme of Scotland's LGBT History Month is "Unsung." The John Smith Centre set out to mark LGBT History Month by asking leading LGBT politicians from across the UK to nominate their unsung heroes of the LGBT movement.

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Minority Ethnic Emerging Leaders Programme

A personal and professonal development programme aimed to remove barriers that can be faced by minority ethnic people moving into leadership positions in society

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