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Thanks to everyone who joined our Stevenson Trust Roadshows in Oban & Ullapool!
Tonight, we are in Inverness with insights from the Scottish Election Study on voting, campaigns & Scotland’s constitutional future.
Register or walk in: tinyurl.com/2kvatxj3
📱 Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced plans to ban social media for under-16s in the UK.
Read our latest research blog by @uofglasgow student Isaac McCrory to discover the nuanced views of young people on social media bans & online misinformation 👇
#UKYouthPoll2026 @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
A new play exploring masculinity, shame and queer belonging is set to premiere at Edinburgh Pride.
'The Borrowed Room' - written by Steven Maxwell - will be performed at Edinburgh's Summerhall venue between 19 - 21 June.
More: www.summerhallarts.co.uk/event/the-bo...
It's Smith-mas Eve here at @uofgsocsci.bsky.social! Our celebration of The Wealth of Nations 250th kicks off tomorrow, focusing on slavery, empire, monopoly and justice. www.gla.ac.uk/explore/adam...
A little video, chatting Smith with my colleagues, to get you in the mood:
Yesterday, the John Smith Centre brought 70 S5 and S6 pupils from schools across the West of Scotland to @glasgow.ac.uk to take part in a mock election campaign 🗳️
It was fantastic to see a room full of young people engaging so enthusiastically in politics! 🌟
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🚨 The #UKYouthPoll2026 found that only 36% of 16-29-year-olds in the UK believe they will be better off than their parents – a dramatic collapse from 63% in 2025.
Read Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau's new blog to find out what is driving this decline 👇
#UKYouthPoll #GenZ @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
Scottish Child Payment is reducing child poverty - but more investment is needed to help children thrive, finds new research led by UofG and @manchester.ac.uk
Findings are from the Family Finances project, led by
@ruthpatrick0.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
New insights on the social media ban for under 16's and education💡📲
Prof @lundieeducation.bsky.social writes that a total ban can create barriers to educators being able to talk to young people about harms and the complex digital world they already inhabit.
Read:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
NEW: 2026 Election Policy Insights – Social security💡🚨
Dr Thomas Rochow @thomasrochow.bsky.social writes that to sustainably tackle inequality in Scotland, the new Scottish Government must bolster its existing approach with preventative, system-level change.
Read đź”— www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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With Australia and now the UK implementing social media bans for under 16s @ariadnevromen.bsky.social and @maia-aa.bsky.social argue that blanket bans on social media don’t work – and they impact young people’s rights.
Excellent read in today's @scotsman.com
bit.ly/4xtBH1g
Australia and now the UK are implementing social media bans for under 16s, but experts argue that these policies fail to protect young people from digital harms and infringe on their rights
One of the most striking findings of the UK Youth Poll 2026 was the fall in the number of young people who think their lives will eventually be better than their parents’. In 2025, 63% thought that…
The John Smith Centre’s UK Youth Poll 2026 shows young people occupy an online media landscape they don’t fully trust. Social media is here to stay, and we’re better off fixing it than binning it.…
Two men. One room. One hour. In a small library meeting room in a coastal town, two men who grew up together meet to record a conversation about why some …
